Let's Go Spiders!

by The Spiders

Overview

The Spiders recorded from the mid-'60s through around 1970 in a variety of styles. However, this 28-song compilation is exclusively comprised of the 1966-1968 British Invasion-garage-psych material with the strongest appeal to international collectors. Looked at in the cold objective light of day, it couldn't be rated among the best such stuff to pour forth from non-English-speaking lands, although it's certainly brimming with frenzied energy. Their weaknesses were common to many such bands, whatever their native language. Their original material was frequently derivative, and lacked the melodic invention and instrumental skill of their inspirations; many of these are feverish but basic R&B-pop hybrids. Getting past all that -- few people are checking this out expecting something on the order of the Yardbirds or even the Chocolate Watch Band, after all -- it's brash, if oft-rudimentary, beat music with some unusual twists, particularly in the ants-in-the-pants raunchy vocals, sung in both Japanese and English. "Kuroyuri No Uta" is a clever psych-pop number that appropriates a vocal hook from the Association's "Cherish"; "Lucky Rain" is a good illustration of their occasional facility with brooding, minor-keyed tunes; "Summer Girl" illustrates their occasional bent toward Beach Boys-influenced California pop; and "Kaze Ga Naiteriru" and "Ano Niji Wo Tsukamo" summon some genuinely weird moods with their mix of growly spy guitar and cinematic orchestration. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	12/12/2000
Label:	Big Beat Records
UPC:	0029667420228
Rank:	137147

Tracks

1. Furi Furi '66
2. Upside Down
3. Go Go
4. Johnny B. Goode
5. Teardrops
6. Hey Boy
7. Mr. Tax
8. Yves
9. Once Again
10. Ban Ban
11. Yogiri No London
12. Kuroyuri No Uta
13. Koi No Doctor
14. Akai Dress No Onna No Ko
15. Robby Robby
16. End Of Love
17. Lucky Rain
18. Thinking Of You Baby
19. Little Robby
20. Kaze Ga Naiteriru
21. Mo Ichido Mo Ichido
22. S.P.I.
23. Inside Looking Out
24. Summer Girl
25. No No Boy
26. Ano Niji Wo Tsukamo
27. Mr. Monkey
28. Sad Sunset

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Spiders   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Wayne Lewis   Composer
Alan Lomax   Composer
Alec Palao   Liner Notes,Photography
Phil Smee   Cover Photo
Chuck Berry   Composer
Eric Burdon   Composer
Katsuo Ono   Group Member,Composer
Masaaki Sakai   Group Member
Kuranosuke Hamaguchi   Composer
Hiroshi "Monsieur" Kamayatsu   Group Member,Composer
Kunihiko Murai   Composer
Kunihiko Kase   Group Member
Takayuki Inoue   Group Member
Mitsuru Kato   Group Member
Shochi Tanabe   Group Member,Composer
Jun Inoue   Group Member
Chris Popham   Design
Dave Clark   Composer