''Pebbles, Volume 11'' is a compilation album among the LP's in the Pebbles series and has no relation to the ''

Pebbles, Volume 11 ''Pebbles, Volume 11'' is a compilation album among the LP's in the Pebbles series and has no relation to the ''Pebbles, Volume 11 (CD), Pebbles, Volume 11'' CD that was released many years later. The cover was adapted and colorized for a later P ...

'' CD that was released many years later. The cover was adapted and colorized for a later Pebbles double CD, ''

Essential Pebbles, Volume 2 ''Essential Pebbles, Volume 2'' is a compilation album in the Essential Pebbles series. Although subtitled Still More Ultimate '66 garage classics!, not all of the recordings on the album were originally released in 1966. Release data This album ...

''.

Release data

This is the first album in the Pebbles series to be released 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 Recor ...

(as #AIP-10001), in 1983. It is also the first release on the AIP label.

Notes on the tracks

Bomp! Records evidently had numerous tracks all lined up when they decided to continue the Pebbles series, because this is one of the best albums of the entire series. One of the featured performers is the mysterious

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard language, Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the List of cities in Italy, second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 ...

(also known as The Leather Boy), who issued numerous classic singles under several different names in the 1965-1967 period; he was also an excellent

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music ...

and producer who has credits on many other records released throughout the decade. The surprisingly effective cuts by Modds and Barking Spyders are among the sparest

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 ...

tracks available; the former features only a guitar and tambourine plus growling vocals about a relationship breaking up, while the melody of the latter song — three notes up, three notes down — could scarcely be simpler. The album also has an unusual

cover Cover or covers may refer to: Packaging * Another name for a lid * Cover (philately), generic term for envelope or package * Album cover, the front of the packaging * Book cover or magazine cover ** Book design ** Back cover copy, part of cop ...

of a relatively rare

Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for six decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the rock era. In the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones pioneered the gritty, rhythmically d ...

song, " The Spider and the Fly". About the Illusions, the liner notes state: "This band is not related to the well-known Illusion of Long Island, or the other Illusion/Illusions bands, of which there were many." In the Pebbles series, the track listing on the LP cover and/or label don't always match the order in which the songs actually appear on the record; in this case, the superb

psychedelic rock Psychedelic rock is a rock music Music genre, genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelia, psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs. The music incorporated new electronic sound ...

song "Visions" closes Side 1, while it appears on the cover as the fifth track. Notable tracks on this LP include Galaxies IV's "Don't Lose Your Mind", Looking Glasses' "Visions", and Third Evolution's "Don't Play With Me".

Track listing

Side 1: #

The Leather Boy Milan Radenkovich (December 15, 1941 – March 14, 1971), who was always credited mononymously as Milan, was an American record producer, songwriter and recording artist on numerous songs made throughout the 1960s, mostly though not exclusi ...

: "I'm a Leather Boy" (

), 1:53 # The Leather Boy: "Shadows" (

), 2:10 # Illusions: "I Know" (Gardner/Touchton/Hewett/Williams), 2:25 # The Galaxies IV: "Don't Lose Your Mind" (The Galaxies IV), 2:40 # Rudy Von Ruden: "The Spider and the Fly" (

Mick Jagger Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the rock band the Rolling Stones. His ongoing songwriting partnershi ...

Keith Richards Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943), often referred to during the 1960s and 1970s as "Keith Richard", is an English musician and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the co-founder, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-princi ...

), 3:04 # Third Evolution: "Gone, Gone, Gone" (Therion), 2:34 – rel. 1966 # Looking Glasses: "Visions" (Berke/Naktin), 2:40" – rel. 1967 Side 2: # The Aardvarks: "I'm Higher than I'm Down" (Aardvarks), 2:12 # Fountain of Youth: "Hard Woman" (Ganz/Schnell), 2:23 # Modds: "Leave My House" (Modds), 2:15 # Barking Spyders: "I Want Your Love" (Perkins/Mackaness), 2:41 # Beaver Patrol: "E.S.P." (Bledsoe/Humphreys), 2:33 # Third Evolution: "Don't Play with Me" (Therion), 2:27" – rel. 1966 # Milan (the Leather Boy): "You Gotta Have Soul" (

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