Belfast Gypsies

by Them

Belfast Gypsies cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: December 1967
  • Label: Sonet
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:03:23
  • Community rating: 3.61/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Various

Album Notes & Community Reviews

After the original lineup of Them splintered, two former members formed the Belfast Gypsies, recording this incredibly raw, chaotic garage rock LP. Produced by Kim Fowley, the album pushes British R&B to its abrasive limits, characterized by howling harmonica, frantic rhythms, and a deeply primitive freakbeat energy. Released primarily in Scandinavia, it remains a cult classic of the 1960s garage underground.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Destination Mars (2:01)
  2. Travelin Blues (3:03)
  3. State & 32nd (2:08)
  4. Picasso (3:14)
  5. Bomb (0:38)
  6. Black Cat (1:56)
  7. Like (2:13)
  8. The Gears (3:03)
  9. Satin & Velvet (2:57)
  10. The Crazy Daisy (1:24)
  11. Dog (3:28)
  12. Monday Night @ 8pm (3:41)
  13. Cockroach (1:46)
  14. Dreaming (2:38)
  15. Big High Song For Somebody (3:50)
  16. Devil (3:48)
  17. Up Broadway (2:38)
  18. Drums In My Typewriter (2:38)
  19. Go Go Kitty (2:26)
  20. Let鈥檚 Make It (2:18)
  21. Rebellion (2:22)
  22. Tick Tock Sick (1:50)
  23. Swing Low Sweet Cadillac (2:38)
  24. Get Crazy (2:23)
  25. Have Another Expresso (2:22)

Credits

  • Various - primary artist
  • Lawrence Ferlinghetti - written-by
  • Philip Whalen - written-by

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