MONO 1967 THE HOMBRES LET IT OUT Garage Ago-go HOWLER

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 CLEAN 1967 GARAGE ROCK CLASSIC COLLECTIBLE IN GLORIOUS MONO                                         

              THE HOMBRES

                    Let It Out!  

\                                        USA -  Verve Forcast FT 3036 - MONO

This is one of the great American garage albums that just don’t give a hoot.  A Memphis combo, the Hombres opted for the stoned side of garage-punk.  The Hombres’ album cover (which is their only album cover since no record label was brave enough to release another record by them) is an obvious reference to the Trashmen’s Surfin’ Bird LP, released in ’64, which shows the infamous surf band from Minneapolis clustered around a garbage truck.

 The Hombres did a whole album? A whole album of classics like 'Let It All Hang Out?' This I gotta hear! I'll just use Dad's credit card to pay the $1000 BUY IT NOW circa '67 and...45 minutes later, it arrived on my doorstep.

Wow! It's good! This band was no one-trick pony. Only two or three other songs could be considered "flipped-out" in the manner of "Let It All Hang Out," and those only because they were by all appearances calculated attempts to follow up that hit single with like material. There was "Am I High," an obvious as HELL drug song whose title is a "double-entendre" -- you see, the narrator is stuck at the top of a flagpole. The chorus: "Am I high? MAN AM I HIGH!" Then there was "Sorry 'Bout That," which wasn't so much a novelty song as a "fu*k off" to an old girlfriend that for no reason at all features a kooky low gravelly voice stating the song title after each verse. Finally there's the most obvious attempt at a follow-up to "Let It All Hang Out" - the album closer "It's A Gas." Just like that song, it begins with nonsensical narration followed by a gross noise (the big hit has a Bronx cheer, this follow-up boasts a belch) and on into a stylistic Dylan parody. Which is a shame because it's hard to get past the Dylan sound alike to realize how great the song really is. Both the gitarre riff and the lyrics are much darker than "Let It All Hang Out," with a neat fast ascending guitar pick slide tied to lyrics like "Little kids play in the street while the butchers sell their parents spoiled meat." -- that's a far cry from "Saw a man walkin' upside down, my TV's on the blink! Made Galileo look like a boyscout - sorry 'bout that, let it all hang out."

Which brings up a question I have for you, the consumer:  Did "Let It All Hang Out" mean to take all your clothes off or something? It sure doesn't sound like a marijuana or Satan reference.

The album also includes the great Jan & Dean-style hot roddin' on the beach with girls songs "Little 2 + 2" and "Hey Little Girl," a "Louie Louie" ripoff called "Mau Mau Mau," a "Wooly Bully" ripoff called "This Little Girl" and three cover tunes -- the gorgeous ballad "So Sad", "Ya Ya" (same one John Lennon later covered) and Them's "Gloria," in which the band practically rolls around pissing with glee at the fact that "Let It All Hang Out" shares the same chord sequence.

And voila! There's your album! The beats are mostly uptempo, the guitar tones are nice and '60sy, the dude's strange Southern accent is cool and most importantly of all - it's a FUN ALBUM!  = even WITHOUT beer!

Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)

Little 2+2

So Sad

Gloria

Am I High

B:

Mau Mau Mau

this Little Girl

Sorry 'Bout That

Ya Ya

Hey Little Girl

It's A Gas

CONDITION: The cover, it's with tight seams, a small delete drill at bottom left,  "EX" (excellent) taken decent care of, collectible appearance, just light handling. 

The vinyl is TOP M- retaining original bright shiny luster from 42 years old very very clean and nice

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record