THE MISSING LINKS The Missing Links LP RAVEN 1965 AUSTRALIA reissue RVLP-19
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THE MISSING LINKS
One of the best Australian bands of the '60s, though they weren't even stars in their home country, the Missing Links started as a very raw, Kinks-like combo, gaining a number two hit in New Zealand with "We 2 Should Live"/"Untrue." The first lineup folded in 1965, and a second, with entirely different personnel, took the name. This aggregation cut the rawest Australian garage/punk of the era, and indeed some of the best from anywhere, sounding at their best like a fusion of the Troggs and the early Who, letting loose at times with wild feedback that was quite ahead of its time. They didn't find commercial success, and split after several singles, an EP, and an album. Various members turned up in other Australian groups like Running Jumping Standing Still and Python Lee Jackson; the most notable of these was guitarist Doug Ford, who joined Running Jumping Standing Still and then graduated to the Master's Apprentices, the best Australian band of the '60s other than the Easybeats"THE MISSING LINKS"
<reissue, originally published in 1965>
LP RAVEN RECORDS RVLP-19
MADE IN AUSTRALIA 1984 REPRESSING
SINGLE SLEEVE
This version: "MONO" on back cover; "STEREO" on labels
Barcode and Other Identifiers
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LABEL: RAVEN - "BROWNISH/CREAM" LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: RVLP-19
Catalog on labels: RVLP-19 A / RVLP-19 B
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): RVLP-019-A Thanks Gil ?
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): RVLP-019-B
On labels: RECYCLING ROCK'S RAREST RELICS
AMCOS By Arrangement with PolyGram Records
Stereo
? & © 1984
Raven Records, Australia
All Rights Reserved
On Back Sleeve: Made and distributed in Australia by Raven Records...........3124
® & © 1984, All Rights Reserved......
Issued by exclusive arrangement with Polygram Records
tracklisting
Side A: WILD ABOUT YOU - HOBO MAN
BALD HEADED WOMAN - NOT TO BOTHER ME
MAMA KEEP YOUR BIG MOUTH SHUT - SOME KINDA FUN
Side B: YOU'RE DRIVIN' ME INSANE - NERVOUS BREAKDOWN - SPEAK NO EVIL
ON THE ROAD AGAIN - ALL I WANT - H'TUOM TUSH
grading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Their lone album is an uneven affair. The best cuts, "Wild About You," "Some Kinda Fun, "
"You're Drivin' Me Insane, " "Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut, " and "Speak No Evil, "
are tremendous '60s punk, with blistering, feedback-ridden guitar and cord-shredding vocals.
The rest is rather ordinary group originals and covers, save "H'Tuom Tuhs, " a nearly-six-minute
backwards version of "Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut" that was quite experimental for 1966...(AllMusic)
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