NOMADDS - '65 original Radex label merseybeat freakbeat LP - VG vinyl

$

150

NOMADDS - 

(Radex mlp6521; *MONO*; 1965). RARE. (**Click on the pictures above for more info - *Double click for larger image**).

**This is an original (not a modern reissue) VG vinyl copy of this classic US freakbeat merseybeat LP; from Freeport, Illinois.

**NOTE: ACID ARCHIVES: THE LAMA REVIEWS: (Review #57) by Patrick Lundberg. NOMADDS (Radex US 1965). Rating: 7 out of 10: sounds best on fake ID beer outside a high-school dance. "Some of these 60’s LPs aren't just atmospheric snapshots of a time and place they actually contain good music. I've had the rare LP by Illinois five-piece the NOMADDS on hand for many years and have always felt it to be 'different' but never quite got around for a microscope analysis until now. The band came out of Freeport, IL and were known for years as the best live act around, mixing covers with several good originals. They had been going for some time when moptop-mania began in '64 their adjustment was flawless and seemingly without effort".

"The most notable aspect of the Nomadds LP is that it derives from a very specific moment in time, which is the American teen scene after the British Invasion had hit but before the eruption of the crazed garage sounds in 1966. This is an LP that looks to Merseybeat rather than Mick Jagger for inspiration. No sir, the band poster most likely pinned up in the basement where the Nomadds rehearsed was Gerry & the Pacemakers. The Pacemakers' fingerprints are all over this LP from Dean Kuehl's excellent Gerry Marsden-influenced lead vocals and the plaintive three-part harmonies to the stripped down, slightly reverbed instrumentation, as well as traces of late 1950s US pop that was in demand on both sides of the Mersey back in '63".

"The LP opens most impressively with one of five Nomadds originals, the catchy, sublime and just plain great "You Can Fall In Love"; a simple melody hook baiting the listener into swallowing a sweet minor chord bridge before getting delightfully gutted by a brief tempo shift. As far as 1964 beat sounds go, this is masterful. A flawless cover of "Shame Shame Shame" follows, done Cavern-style, which means an understated, subtle approach. The Nomadds then deliver another flawless original with "In Transit", an uncanny recreation of the best aspects of early Liverpool-mania, carrying the unabashed teen woes of 50s pop into the guitar band era. The vocals are superb, better than almost anything I've heard on a local LP from the era. Two "rockers" follow, paying tribute to forefathers Little Richard and Chuck Berry respectively, flawlessly done with lots of little details that suggest a backbone of several months of rehearsal and club dates before the Nomadds worked up the nerve to cut their album. Side 1 closes with another band original, another moody minor chord winner, the title being "There Is No More" and the band displaying their effortless grasp of tempo shifts and advanced verse-bridge-refrain structures like Brian Epstein might walk in the door any minute".

"Side 2 opens with the always popular "Just Like Me" which works up a bit of a frenzy and even some wild teen screams, suggesting briefly that the Nomadds were just another top 40 cover band gone haywire on asthma pills. The throbbing bass line and angular vocal harmonies that make up "Don't Cheat On Me" tells you that they weren't, the message being ‘garage’ but the sound being all beat. A slow, last-dance take on "Tragedy" reminds you that crooner ballads were still a mandatory ingredient on both sides of the Atlantic at this point. I'm convinced John Lennon would have nodded in approval of the clear-cut Nomadds take on that old Neal Cassady favorite, "Love Potion #9", a song I wish more 60s bands would have done. The drug theme is expanded further on "W.P.L.J." a teen booze-hound favorite extolling the virtues of White Port and Lemon Juice. It's a fine rendition, but like the two preceding covers, that unique Nomadds' touch doesn't fully carry over into the non-originals. Realizing the jeopardy they're in, the band slides back into your cortex with the supremely atmospheric original "Enter Into My Life", with a teen vocal so haunting that Gerry Marsden would have gone back to driving a milk truck if he'd ever heard it. A muffled, slightly reverbed guitar solo captures the timeless essence of the teen experience and when the guy starts humming along with the guitar towards the end you realize that this is the major league company in which the Nomadds belong whenever they worked up the cojones to write their own songs. All five originals on this LP are truly great!"

"There aren't many local US teenbeat albums from 1965, simply because the notion that it was possible to emulate the Beatles and the Stones needed time to sink in. Listening to the Nomadds often brilliant LP it seems obvious that the few local bands that made it onto microgroove weren't many steps behind the McGuinns and Sahms of the world. The Nomadds LP is close to an unknown classic and blows away a whole bunch of more obviously 'garage'-minded LPs from 1966-67".

**NOTE: Hear these cuts (not this copy) on YouTube: 1) "You Can Fall In Love": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpb2iv-1ZHo. 2) "There Is No More": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLCACzzavvw. 3) "Don't Cheat On Me": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp7SkcJ-AeQ. 4) "Enter Into My Life": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL6fVNwW0do.

**Heavy, thick vinyl (160 grams) looks VG. **NOTE: Side 1 plays much better, only a few pops or crackles. Side 2 plays with some pops and crackles. NO skips on either side.

**Thick cardboard cover has light general wear.

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