Allmusic had good things to say about this one, and some later reason confirms this to be something of a guitar history missing link. I'm normally against compilations, but some of these older groups didn't necessarily put out album albums of particular note.
You probably know the languid bwaaaa-bwaaaa-bawaaaaaaaah of Rumble from about 4 seconds in. If you like that, there's plenty more for you here, lots of stripped down guitar work with more edge than you might associate with the 50's and early 60's. Like a lot more. This is some garagey, near-punk stuff, and from what I can piece together it was way ahead of its time. Surf rock on jagged coasts, greaser rock with daggered jackets. Some of it is just bluesey, which is the least successful stuff for me, and some of it peppers in vocals that largely don't move me, but the best tracks are overloaded instrumentals that still totally bristle with nervy energy today - see Jack the Ripper, Hang On and Deuces Wild.
A lot of this has been done before, but this has a roughness to it that largely works for me. It sounds spontaneous and dangerous, like the cops are gonna bust in on it at any minute. It's not much for variety, there's some clunkers there, and eventually the songs starting bwaah-bwaaah all run together, but its good fun, with plenty of highlights 4/5
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