The Best of "Down In The Valley 1&2", by V/A

The Best of "Down In The Valley 1&2"

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	1.	Van Broussard - Mojo 02:42
	2.	The Little Bits - Girl Give Me Love 02:21
	3.	Frozen Sun - Jamm Pt.1 03:19
	4.	Phlegethon - You're No Good 04:32
	5.	The Penny Arcade - Funky Way 03:21
	6.	The Chapters - If You Can't Love Me - Pity Me 02:58
	7.	The Looking Glass - B-Side 02:24
	8.	The Four - Good Thing Going 02:11
	9.	Pump - Ashtray Candle 6:33 06:32
	10.	Joint Effort - Then I Grew Up 02:54
	11.	Morning Reign - Can't Get Enough of It 03:48
	12.	1906 & Company - Freight Ryder 02:31
	13.	Band of Gold - Like A Hurricane 02:05
	14.	Rex Garvin & Mighty Cravers - Strange Happenings 02:26
	15.	Animal Show Band - Tell Daddy 02:31
	16.	Gino Scorza - Little By Little 02:13
	17.	Gene & Team Beats - I'll Carry On 02:54
	18.	Big John K - Poor Souls 04:49

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“A heavy selection of mod-rockers, garage and psych-funk tracks,” runs the sub-title of new compilation series, Down In The Valley from Perfect Toy, encapsulating in a nutshell the multifarious pleasures on offer.

And what better way to open such a set than with Van Broussard's banging titty-shaker Mojo? This is followed by The Little Bits' screaming garage-soul cut Girl Give Me Love (recorded when the band members were all between nine and twelve years old!) and Frozen Sun's Jamm Pt.1 - a monster psych-soul number secretly laid down in the lobby of radio station KTKT (in Tucson, AZ) on a Sunday after midnight and about as aptly named as a track can get. Cover song thrills are to be had in the form of Phlegethon's heavy-psychedelic take on the Clint Ballard-penned classic You're No Good and The Penny Arcade's version of Funky Way while yet more garage-soul delights are locked down by offerings from The Chapters, The Looking Glass and The Four. Pump's previously unreleased Ashtray Candle 6:33 is a slow-grooving psych masterpiece and another previously unreleased cut is Morning Reign's dance-floor heater Can't Get Enough Of It. There are also two frantic garage-soul cuts from a pair of super-obscure groups: 1906 & Company and Band of Gold while Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers' titty-shaking instrumental Strange Happenings slows things down to a monster shimmy with retro horror movie vibes. The Animal Show Band's Tell Daddy provides the male answer to Etta James' Tell Mama and rocks just as hard as the original while Gino Scorza's funk-tinged soul heater Little By Little (which he originally privately pressed himself) gets reissued for the first time. Closing the album is a real treasure by Big John K in the shape of his heavyweight slab of soulful blues-funk - Poor Souls.

Once again, Chan the Man – previously the guiding light for Perfect Toy's Down & Wired series - was the driving force behind this project. It is his incredible knowledge, combined with the network of record collectors, DJs and vinyl nerds that he has established over the past few decades which have made it possible to come up with such a high-octane selection of super-heavy and extremely rare tracks. Accompanied by detailed liner notes and never-before-seen photos of the artists, The Best Of Down In The Valley sets the bar high.

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released May 18, 2018

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