The Continent Lashes Back

THE CONTINENT LASHES BACK

The Continent Lashes Back series is actually a sub-series of compilation albums of garage rock and psychedelic rock within the Pebbles series that covers 10 of the 28 volumes of LP’s. Unlike the Highs in the Mid-Sixties series — which has its own volume numbers — the 10 volumes in this series are interspersed among the later volumes of the Pebbles series itself. The albums contain rare recordings from continental Europe (the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany and other countries) that were recorded in the mid-1960’s. (More from Wikipedia)

Greg Shaw’s Pebbles output also included a vinyl-only series called Highs in the Mid-Sixties – which was nearly as long as the original Pebbles series and focused on particular states and regions – plus a subset of Pebbles called The Continent Lashes Back that put the spotlight on music from continental Europe. The Netherlands in particular has a rich musical scene that rivals the UK.

The three Dutch albums in The Continent Lashes Back sub-series within the Pebbles albums put me onto several more, and I found some other real rarities via the Bomp! mailorder store.

(January 2013)

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Anyway, once Kill City broke the ice, Bomp! Records and their affiliated labels like BFD Records, Voxx Records, AIP Records, Mohawk Records, and others began pressing LP’s by the truckload almost immediately. The label’s first compilation album, The Best of Bomp, Volume One was originally released in 1978. The Pebbles Series of 1960’s garage rock and psychedelic rock songs that number nearly 100 albums in all began shipping in 1978; besides Pebbles, the various series (both LP’s and CD’s) include the Highs in the Mid-Sixties Series, The Continent Lashes Back, Best of Pebbles, Great Pebbles, etc. Their other reissues of 1960’s music include the English Freakbeat Series, the Rough Diamonds Series, and the Electric Sugar Cube Flashbacks Series.

(December 2017)