the of mirror eye

* The Girls: My Baby (2.0 mb) | My Love (3.5 mb)
* The Beattle-ettes: Only Seventeen (2 mb)
* The 2 Of Clubs: Heart (4 mb)
From Girls With Guitars : Ace Records : CDCHD 989

So, you might want to take the hyperbole contained in this post with a grain of salt. Not without good reason, I suppose. But for those who don’t know me, I’ve got something to confess. There’s precious little that makes the blood of this old man race faster than the sight/sound/idea of guitar wielding girls on stage and playing some rawk ‘n’ roll. So, you might think that my judgment might be a wee bit clouded when listening to this compilation, Girls With Guitars. But I’m pretty durn sure that if you just take a listen to these songs that you’ll agree with me: that these gals rock the house with their incredible music.

When I first saw this compilation in the store, I immediately dropped everything that I was holding in my hands, picked up this cd and started drooling. I mean, what could be better than a compilation of all girl groups playing garage rock? Even the cover is a work of art, with a picture of four gals with “oh so serious” looks on their faces, holding guitars and clad in all black. I wiped up all the drool that I could, immediately plunked down some cash for this and rushed home to hear it. And oh boy was I ever glad that I did. Honestly, there’s tons of fantastic tunes and not one bad one on here. I even had a really difficult time trying to decided which tracks to post.

So, we start with two tracks by The Girls, the quartet of gals posing on the aforementioned cover art. These sisters (literally) rocked the contest circuit before being discovered. They went on the perform in Vietnam for the troops and even for Bob Dylan at one of his mega-birthday parties. Then we continue on with The Beattle-ettes, rumored to be one and the same as The Shangri-La’s (of Leader of the Pack fame), here with their provocatively titled, Only Seventeen. And last but not least, The 2 Of Clubs chime in with their masterpiece, the guitar/organ rave-up also known as Heart.

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