''Pebbles, Volume 11'' is a

compilation album A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one Performing arts#Performers, performer or by several performers. If the recordings are from ...

among the LP's in the

Pebbles series ''Pebbles'' is an extensive series of compilation albums in both LP and CD formats that have been issued on several record labels, though mostly by AIP. Together with the companion '' Highs in the Mid-Sixties series'', the ''Pebbles series'' ma ...

and has no relation to the '' Pebbles, Volume 11'' CD that was released many years later. The cover was adapted and colorized for a later Pebbles double CD, '' Essential Pebbles, Volume 2''.

Release data

This is the first album in the

to be released by

AIP Records AIP Records is a record label that was started by Greg Shaw's Bomp! Records in 1983 to continue the Pebbles series. AIP stands for "Archive International Productions". The first 10 volumes in the Pebbles series had been released by BFD Reco ...

(as #AIP-10001), in 1983. It is also the first release on the AIP label.

Notes on the tracks

Bomp! Records evidently had numerous tracks all lined up when they decided to continue the

, because this is one of the best albums of the entire series. One of the featured performers is the mysterious

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

(also known as The Leather Boy), who issued numerous classic singles under several different names in the 1965-1967 period; he was also an excellent

songwriter A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. ...

and producer who has credits on many other records released throughout the decade. The surprisingly effective cuts by Modds and Barking Spyders are among the sparest

garage rock Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock music that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The style is ...

tracks available; the former features only a guitar and tambourine plus growling vocals about a relationship breaking up, while the melody of the latter song — three notes up, three notes down — could scarcely be simpler. The album also has an unusual cover of a relatively rare

Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for over six decades, they are one of the most popular, influential, and enduring bands of the Album era, rock era. In the early 1960s, the band pione ...

song, " The Spider and the Fly". About the Illusions, the liner notes state: "This band is not related to the well-known Illusion of

Long Island Long Island is a densely populated continental island in southeastern New York (state), New York state, extending into the Atlantic Ocean. It constitutes a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land are ...

, or the other Illusion/Illusions bands, of which there were many." In the Pebbles series, the track listing on the LP cover and/or label don't always match the order in which the songs actually appear on the record; in this case, the superb

psychedelic rock Psychedelic rock is a rock music Music genre, genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelia, psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs. The music incorporated new electronic sound ...

song "Visions" closes Side 1, while it appears on the cover as the fifth track. Notable tracks on this LP include Galaxies IV's "Don't Lose Your Mind", Looking Glasses' "Visions", and Third Evolution's "Don't Play With Me".

Track listing

Side 1: # The Leather Boy: "I'm a Leather Boy" (

), 1:53 # The Leather Boy: "Shadows" (

), 2:10 # Illusions: "I Know" (Gardner/Touchton/Hewett/Williams), 2:25 # The Galaxies IV: "Don't Lose Your Mind" (The Galaxies IV), 2:40 # Rudy Von Ruden: "The Spider and the Fly" (

Mick Jagger Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English musician. He is known as the lead singer and one of the founder members of The Rolling Stones. Jagger has co-written most of the band's songs with lead guitarist Keith Richards; Jagge ...

Keith Richards Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English musician, songwriter, singer and record producer who is an original member, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-principal songwriter of the Rolling Stones. His songwriting partnership wi ...

), 3:04 # Third Evolution: "Gone, Gone, Gone" (Therion), 2:34 – rel. 1966 # Looking Glasses: "Visions" (Berke/Naktin), 2:40" – rel. 1967 Side 2: # The Aardvarks: "I'm Higher than I'm Down" (Aardvarks), 2:12 # Fountain of Youth: "Hard Woman" (Ganz/Schnell), 2:23 # Modds: "Leave My House" (Modds), 2:15 # Barking Spyders: "I Want Your Love" (Perkins/Mackaness), 2:41 # Beaver Patrol: "E.S.P." (Bledsoe/Humphreys), 2:33 # Third Evolution: "Don't Play with Me" (Therion), 2:27" – rel. 1966 # Milan (the Leather Boy): "You Gotta Have Soul" (

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