Head Sounds from the Bam Caruso Waxworks, Vol. 1

1. Strange Things Are Happening
2. Alexander - Plasticland
3. And One Day - The Left Banke
4. Books
5. You Pretty Fool - The Webs
6. Dawning - Fortunate Sons
7. You're My Number One - Tony Jackson
8. She Loves You Too
9. Just What You Want, Just What You'll Get - John's Children
10. Save My Soul - Wimple Winch
11. When the Night Falls [Demo Version]
12. Jabberwock
13. Love to the 44th Power - United States of Existence
14. Workshop of My Mind
15. Celestial Empire
16. Why (Ain't Love Fair)
17. Jack in the Box
18. Don't Be Late - Nick Haeffner
19. Ship Sets It's Sail
20. Gabrielle - Paul Roland
See all 22 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Bam -Caruso, the pioneering record label started in 1983 with a mission to record the best new sounds emerging from the UK & US & merge them with rare & unknown psychedelic & garage/pop gems from the '60s. Selected cuts from the Bam-Caruso waxworks are offered here, including 'Your My Number one'-Tony Jackson, 'Just What You Want, Just What You'll Get'-John's Children, 'Save My Soul'-Wimple Winch & 'Giant Sky'-Tortilla Flats. 22 tracks. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Tracks:

Strange Things Are Happening
Alexander - Plasticland
And One Day - The Left Banke
Books
You Pretty Fool - The Webs
Dawning - Fortunate Sons
You're My Number One - Tony Jackson
She Loves You Too
Just What You Want, Just What You'll Get - John's Children
Save My Soul - Wimple Winch
When the Night Falls [Demo Version] - The Eyes
Jabberwock
Love to the 44th Power - United States of Existence
Workshop of My Mind
Celestial Empire
Why (Ain't Love Fair)
Jack in the Box
Don't Be Late - Nick Haeffner
Ship Sets It's Sail
Gabrielle - Paul Roland
Giant Sky
Liquidy Headbox - The Kings of Oblivion

Album Description

Bam -Caruso, the pioneering record label started in 1983 with a mission to record the best new sounds emerging from the UK & US & merge them with rare & unknown psychedelic & garage/pop gems from the '60s. Selected cuts from the Bam-Caruso waxworks are offered here, including 'Your My Number one'-Tony Jackson, 'Just What You Want, Just What You'll Get'-John's Children, 'Save My Soul'-Wimple Winch & 'Giant Sky'-Tortilla Flats. 22 tracks. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

Only one track really stands out..........2007-03-03

I only bought this CD for the reissue of The Left Banke's "And One Day" which is completely stellar and stands out from the rest of the songs on this CD.

I was not impressed with the other songs. The first two tracks are simply awful, others are kind of ok, but nothing special. The booklet is of nice quality and has some cool info about the bands in it.

If you are a fan of garage/psych rock, which I am not, you will probably like this CD. In my opinion though, Bam Caruso would have been better off just reissuing the entire Strangers On A Train aka Voices Calling LP from The Left Banke and then just adding some bonus tracks.

Great compilation from a great label........2002-02-25

Bam Caruso were one of the pioneering reissue labels before (largely) disappearing in the late nineties. This CD culls various material from their (seemingly unending!) releases, and manages to be one of those record label samplers that surprises with its quality.

To be sure, there's an awful lot of stuff that isn't represented, with Bam's compilations (especially Rubble and Circus Days) being largely ignored. But some of the treasures unearthed are remarkable, with the absolute jaw-drop-inducing gem probably being And One Day, from the Left Banke's never-released-on-CD reunion album. My god, I had no idea that this track could sound this *good*.

Record label samplers are often a mixed bag, but with Bam Caruso, it's pretty hard to go wrong.

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