MONO 1966 Orig QUESTION MARK MYSTERIANS "96 TEARS" COOL SNOTTY TEEN PUNK

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• 1966 COLLECTIBLE ORIGINAL
  
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• QUESTION MARK and THE MYSTERIANS

  96 TEARS

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• USA - CAMEO PARKWAY - 2004 - MONO
  
  Original 1966 first pressing vinyl of the killer farfisa organ/fuzz guitar garage punker in glorious MONO.
  
  The MONO issue offers different song mixes from the stereo release and contains a big blastin' bold punch in the sound production...reflecting the teen scene sights & sounds of the '60s...
  
  Question Mark and the Mysterians (or ? and the Mysterians) were from Flint, Michigan, and formed in 1962. The group is best known for its song "96 Tears," a garage rock classic recorded in 1966 that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and would go on to sell over one million copies and receive a BMI award for over three million airplays.
  
  Question Mark and the Mysterians was perhaps the first band to be described as "garage punk rock" and also may be the first Latino rock group to have a general audience hit record. The group named itself after the 1957 Japanese science fiction film The Mysterians, in which aliens from the destroyed planet Mysteroid arrive to conquer Earth
  
  Though the band couldn't be expected to record another song as fully realized and potent as "96 Tears," the rest of their first album is timeless and amazingly cool. Drenched in cool farfisa organ & fuzz guitar underpinning the band's raw garage rock rhythms, the tight self compositions move and groove in a danceable seductive manner, moreso than than their coastal contemporaries. The band wrote most of their own material, all the tracks are catchy, picking up a few purpose-built tunes -- like the super-fine "Don't Tease Me," the driving, infectious lead off "I Need Somebody," and equally potent "You're Telling Me Lies," "Why Me," etc. all sneering led vocals with attitude that made this band the definition of "garage-punk" -- even strong are the couple of covers they perform including a bluesy reading of "Stormy Monday" and the rave-up ripping "Shout."
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  I Need Somebody
  
  Stormy Monday
  
  You're Telling Me Lies
  
  Ten O'Clock
  
  Set Aside
  
  Nd Side
  
  B:
  
  "8" Teen
  
  "Don't Tease Me
  
  Don't Break This Heart Of Mine
  
  Why Me
  
  Midnight Hour
  
  96 Tears
  
  
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4. The cover: rated: MINT front cover, in factory cellophane, back cover-only which is also in cellophane has discoloration down the very edge of the pocket opening, again just a strip in the blank otherwise white pocket opening, back cover only!  All the rest front & back is MINT. Solid on all areas otherwise and truly a collection keeper at 54 years onward in MONO. Retains bright original colors = no delete marks (most survivors have delete drills) no split seams, no writing... collection worthy appearance

1. The vinyl: Rated: VG+(+) plays near M- audio. Has the glossy shine on both sides with stray (SOFT) light scuffs so plays in minty clean zones , enjoyable audio both sides. SOLID and dynamic  ...also has clean MONO Cameo Parkway labels)