1966 UNDOCUMENTED "VIVA" LP THE PHARAOHS & SAM THE SHAM = GARAGE
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MEGA RARE .... ORIGINAL 1966 FIRST PRESS
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"JOY WITH..."
SAM THE SHAM & THE PHARAOHS
USA - VIVA - PV - 109
Original circa 1966 MEGA RARE "Viva Records" (USA) issue, absolutely never seen and undocumented (check Discogs, etc) - not around, period. The LP is solid and centers on the grittier edges of the Texas garage band Sam The Sham & the Pharaohs who actually had a respectable career in delivering several 45rpm hits in the mid '60s .. think a USA version of the sixties Kinks with a Tex-Mex raw edge.
The thing about listening to THIS Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs LP is the potential to throw the listener back to the mid '60s when the British Invasion, Beatlemania & garage rock ssene was booming... Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs had the sound and delivered chart bound success; "Wooly Bully" made it to #2 on the Billboard singles chart in 1965 and the next year "Li'l Red Riding Hood" did the same. The group also had another seven songs that made it to the charts. "Ju Ju Hand" got to #26 and "Ring Dang Doo" to #33 in 1965, while in 1966 "Red Hot" came in at #82 and "The Hair on My Chinny Chin Chin" made it all the way to #22. In 1967, "Black Sheep" went to #68, "How Do You Catch a Girl" topped out at #27, and "Oh That's Good, No That's Bad" went to #54. I am surprised that when you have such a limited number of songs that can be labeled hits that one would be missing, but there is no reason to believe it is any great loss. "Pharaoh A Go-Go," would have been a better title for this obscure NEVER SEEN LP. The group had the immediate career smash "Wooly Bully" and musically when possible, they purposely adopted that gritty garage rave within most of their offerings ...the same way "The Hair on My Chinny Chin Chin" echoes "Li'l Red Riding Hood." Still, for a often forgotten wonder, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs certainly stake out their territory and stick to it and if you remember that we are talking the mid-1960s and think of them more as competition for the likes of the Dave Clark Five and the Troggs instead of the Beatles and the Beach Boys you can have a better appreciation of their music.
The Mephis Beat
Go Go Girls
I'M In With The IN Crowd
The Hair On My Chinny Cin Chin
How Love You Left Behind
Hanky Panky
Pharaoh A Go-Go
Wooly Bully
Don't Try It
Sorry 'Bout That
CONDITION: The cover: rated: VG++ solid, just a hint of wear beginning, should fit in fine with any collection, so rare you'd be lucky to own in ANY condition! There are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing
The vinyl: Rated: near M- very clean both sides, plays TOPS! NO distracting surface problems ... both VIVA labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
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All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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