''Pebbles, Volume 10'' is a

compilation album A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one Performing arts#Performers, performer or by several performers. If the recordings are from ...

among the LPs in the

Pebbles series ''Pebbles'' is an extensive series of compilation albums in both LP and CD formats that have been issued on several record labels, though mostly by AIP. Together with the companion '' Highs in the Mid-Sixties series'', the ''Pebbles series'' ma ...

. The music on this album has no relation to '' Pebbles, Volume 10'' that was released on CD many years later.

Release data

This album was the last of the Pebbles LP's to be released by BFD Records (as #BFD-5027), in 1980. The LP was kept in print for many years by

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 Reco ...

Notes on the tracks

The Five Americans The Five Americans was a 1960s American rock band, best known for their song "Western Union", which reached number five in the U.S. ''Billboard'' chart and was their only single to chart in the Top 20. In Canada, they had three in the Top 20. C ...

are known for their hit song "Western Union". The Ides of March had a quite different hit song several years after this track was recorded called "Vehicle" (referred to on the

liner notes Liner notes (also sleeve notes or album notes) are the writings found on the sleeves of LP record albums and in booklets that come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or cassette j-cards. Origin Liner notes are descended from the prog ...

of this album as a "horn dirge"). The marvelous cover of "The Train Kept A-Rollin'" by Steve Walker & the Bold is played much faster than most other recordings of this classic. The same band, but this time called The Bold is also included in '' Pebbles, Volume 9''. The Ugly Ducklings are one of several

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bands whose songs are sprinkled on the albums in the Pebbles series. "Primitive" was covered by

the Cramps The Cramps were an American rock band formed in 1976 and active until 2009. Their lineup rotated frequently during their existence, with the husband-and-wife duo of singer Lux Interior and guitarist Poison Ivy the only ever-present members. T ...

and is included on the '' Nuggets''

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as well as the Born Bad series (Songs the Cramps Taught Us).

Gary Duncan Gary Duncan (born Eugene Duncan, Jr., adopted at birth and named Gary Ray Grubb, September 4, 1946 – June 29, 2019) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was guitarist with The Brogues, then most notably with Quicksilver M ...

and

Greg Elmore Gregory Dale Elmore (born September 4, 1946, in the Coronado Naval Air Station, California) is an American drummer, formerly with The Brogues and the San Francisco rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service Quicksilver Messenger Service is a ...

the Brogues The Brogues were an American garage rock band formed in Merced, California, in 1964. Much of the group's brief recording career was marked by distorted-guitar melodies and R&B-influenced vocals. They released two regionally successful singles ...

later became members of

Quicksilver Messenger Service Quicksilver Messenger Service is an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. The band achieved wide popularity in the San Francisco Bay Area and, through their recordings, with psychedelic rock enthusiasts around the globe, ...

. Guitarist Bob Webber of the Moonrakers founded

Sugarloaf A sugarloaf was the usual form in which refined sugar was produced and sold until the late 19th century, when granulated and cube sugars were introduced. A tall cone with a rounded top was the end product of a process in which dark molasses, ...

with

Jerry Corbetta Gerald Anthony James Corbetta (September 23, 1947 – September 16, 2016) was an American singer-songwriter, keyboardist and organist, record producer, best known as a frontman for the Colorado rock band Sugarloaf, best known for their classic ...

, who brought in drummer Robert MacVittie and rhythm guitarist Veeder Van Dorn III from this band as well.

Track listing

Side 1: # The Next Five: "Talk to Me Girl" # The Moon Rakers: "You'll Come Back" # Peter Wheat and the Breadmen: "Baby What's New" # The Marauders: "Since I Met You" # The Ides of March: "Roller Coaster" # The Foggy Notions: "Need a Little Lovin'" # The Ugly Ducklings: "Just in Case You're Wondering" # Raga and the Talas: "My Group and Me" Side 2: # Leo and the Prophets: "Tilt-a-Whirl" # The Human Expression: "Love at Psychedelic Velocity" # The Wig/Wags: "I'm on My Way down the Road" # Steve Walker & the Bold: "The Train Kept a-Rollin'" #

Things to Come ''Things to Come'' is a 1936 British science fiction film produced by Alexander Korda, directed by William Cameron Menzies, and written by H. G. Wells. It is a loose adaptation of Wells' book '' The Shape of Things to Come''. The film stars Ra ...

: "I'm Not Talkin'" #

: "Slippin' and Slidin'" # The Groupies: "Primitive" #

The Brogues The Brogues were an American garage rock band formed in Merced, California, in 1964. Much of the group's brief recording career was marked by distorted-guitar melodies and R&B-influenced vocals. They released two regionally successful singles ...

: "Don't Shoot Me Down"

References

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