Sold Date: April 29, 2014
Start Date: July 18, 2013
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Brand new sealed record.

Monks - The Early Years: 1964-1965 2x LP

Light In The Attic, LITA 041

“Their melodies were pop destructive and must be played to your younger brother”
- Jack White, The White Stripes

“The Monks will always be a great band”
- Colin Greenwood, Radiohead

“Monastic Madness – Hard Driving Garage Rock!”
- Krist Novoselic, Nirvana

“This is a damned enjoyable slightly kinky 60’s garage record”
- Iggy Pop

Each limited edition Double-Vinyl gatefold LP features 180 gram wax, old school tip-on jacket, lyrics, and notes*

Today, “garage,” “psych,” and “punk” are three overused words to say the least. They’re dropped from every direction to brand, market, and sell, but looking back to the mid-1960s, there was only one group of musical mavericks that clearly defined them. The Monks were five beat playing American GIs stationed in Germany who, after their discharge, decided to stay and continue their musical mission. Meeting up with a team of local managers, they transformed themselves and their sound into a holy racket like the world had never known. This five-person order literally birthed the above genres through a fuzz-drenched evolution of sound, bursting with social commentary and future primitive rhythms. Krautrock? It started here. Do we hear non-believers? We are NOT making this up. If you aren’t already converted, it won’t take long…

Light In The Attic is ecstatic to present the Monks recorded legacy through two lavishly packaged and lovingly researched reissues (available on CD, LP, and digital download): The Early Years 1964-1965 as well as their landmark studio album Black Monk Time. Numerous period photographs (many unseen) and an extensive two-part essay by Canadian music journalist Kevin Howes (Jamaica – Toronto series) accompany both releases and tell the Monks story like it has never been told. Bonus material dating back to pre-Monks Torquays and up to post Black Monk Time 7"s are also included. From “Shut Up” to “Boys Are Boys”", “Complication” to “Cuckoo,” worlds will collide before your very eyes. Press play, drop the needle, zone in, and see for yourself. And while there’s no need to shave your head, you’ll certainly flip your wig. Come on everybody, it’s Monk Time!

1. Monk Time
2. Love Came Tumblin' Down
3. Boys Are Boys
4. Space Age
5. We Do Wie Du
6. I Hate You
7. Pretty Suzanne
8. Higgle-Dy - Piggle-Dy
9. Hushie Pushie
10. Oh, How To Do Now
11. Boys Are Boys (Bonus Track)
12. There She Walks (Bonus Track)

RECORD: M
COVER: M

Mint (M): New condition.

Near Mint (NM): Nearly perfect, a record with no obvious signs of wear, a perfect sleeve with no more than the most minor defects and signs of slight handling.

Very Good Plus (VG+): A very good plus record will show signs that it was played, but was taken good care of by the previous owner. Record surface may show slight signs of wear or minor scuffs that do not affect play. Picture sleeves may have slight wear, lightly turned up corners.

Very Good (VG): A very good record will show groove wear and may have a few vinyl imperfections which will affect the sound. Picture sleeves will show slightly more wear with perhaps a frayed top edge, ring wear or seam breakdown.

Good (G) / Good Plus (G+): A good record will show significant wear and /or scratches, but will play through without skipping. It will have considerable surface noise. Picture sleeves may have seam splits @ bottom & spines, tape, writing, ring wear, stickers and other defects that will start to overwhelm the item. A good or good plus item is usually acquired to fill a hole in a collection until a better copy comes along.