''Planetary Pebbles'' is an extensive series of

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that is a sub-series to the main ''Pebbles'' series, and was circulated through

AIP Records AIP Records is a record label that was started by Greg Shaw's Bomp! Records in 1983 to continue the Pebbles series. AIP stands for "Archive International Productions". The first 10 volumes in the Pebbles series had been released by BFD Records ...

. The complete series compiled over 80 songs of extremely rare and obscure

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and

garage rock Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The sty ...

musical artists from the 1960s that were previously nearly impossible to collect, even in the music artists' individual home countries. ''Planetary Pebbles'' is the third to branch out from the original series, with ''Best of: The Pebbles Series'' and ''

Essential Pebbles series right ''The Essential Pebbles Collection'' is a series of compilation albums of obscure garage rock and psychedelic rock recordings that were originally released in the mid-1960s. As the name implies, the series was created by AIP Records as a ...

'' preceding it. Among the three compilation albums to be released between 1997 and 1999 as a part of the series, there was an arrangement to specific regions. The first issue, ''

Surfbeat Behind the Iron Curtain, Volume 1 ''Surfbeat Behind the Iron Curtain, Volume 1'' is a compilation album featuring underground garage and surf rock musical artists east of the Iron Curtain that were recorded between 1963 and 1966. It is the first installment of the ''Planetary ...

'', was distributed in 1997 and featured artists east of the

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, arguably the rarest material in any ''Pebbles'' series. It is followed by ''Exito A Go Go'', a compilation dedicated to

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. The series concludes with a return to eastern Iron Curtain bands, but with a more dedicated approach to compiling only those musical artists.

Discography

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'' (1997) *''Planetary Pebbles, Volume 2: Exitos A Go Go'' (1998) *'' Planetary Pebbles, Volume 3: Surfbeat Behind the Iron Curtain'' (1999)

References

{{Reflist Pebbles (series) albums