One of the rarest garage-rock collector’s items in existence, the Barons’ “Time and Time Again” 45 didn’t even appear on enthusiasts’ radar screens until 1996, 30 years after its release. The D.C. quartet’s one and only single was purchased at a Maryland record convention by a shadowy Pennsylvania collector who, according to “Moptop” Mike Markesich, legendary Branford, Conn.-based vinyl hound promptly “rang up all his buddies in glee and spun both sides of the disc over the phone.”
The collector community was duly impressed, and a frantic search for additional copies of what Markesich calls “one of the finest garage singles recorded” ensued. Born and bred in Hillcrest Heights, Md., the Barons got together in early 1965, using a local warehouse as a practice space.
The group bashed out covers of songs by British Invaders the Yardbirds, the Kinks, and the Animals, as well as some revamped Motown numbers and a few tunes by the Byrds, performing on the usual garage-band circuit of nightclubs and battles of the bands. http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/29703/indirect-hit
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One of the rarest garage-rock collector’s items in existence, the Barons’ “Time and Time Again” 45 didn’t even appear on enthusiasts’ radar screens until 1996, 30 years after its release. The D.C. quartet’s one and only single was purchased at a Maryland record convention by a shadowy Pennsylvania collector who, according to “Moptop” Mike Markesich, legendary Branford, Conn.-based vinyl hound promptly “rang up all his buddies in glee and spun both sides of the disc over the phone.”
music_xplosion
The collector community was duly impressed, and a frantic search for additional copies of what Markesich calls “one of the finest garage singles recorded” ensued. Born and bred in Hillcrest Heights, Md., the Barons got together in early 1965, using a local warehouse as a practice space.
music_xplosion
The group bashed out covers of songs by British Invaders the Yardbirds, the Kinks, and the Animals, as well as some revamped Motown numbers and a few tunes by the Byrds, performing on the usual garage-band circuit of nightclubs and battles of the bands. http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/29703/indirect-hit
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CaptainJam
Vert cool!
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@bloggerlees @CaptainJam Glad you liked it :)