''Planetary Pebbles'' is an extensive series of

compilation albums A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one performer or by several performers. If the recordings are from one artist, then generally the tracks we ...

that is a sub-series to the main ''Pebbles'' series, and was circulated through

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 ...

. The complete series compiled over 80 songs of extremely rare and obscure

psychedelic Psychedelics are a subclass of hallucinogenic drugs whose primary effect is to trigger non-ordinary mental states (known as psychedelic experiences or "trips") and a perceived "expansion of consciousness". Also referred to as classic halluci ...

and

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 ...

musical artists from the 1960s that were previously nearly impossible to collect, even in the music artists' individual home countries. ''Planetary Pebbles'' is the third to branch out from the original series, with ''Best of: The Pebbles Series'' and ''

Essential Pebbles series right ''The Essential Pebbles Collection'' is a series of compilation albums of obscure garage rock and psychedelic rock recordings that were originally released in the mid-1960s. As the name implies, the series was created by AIP Records as a dis ...

'' preceding it. Among the three compilation albums to be released between 1997 and 1999 as a part of the series, there was an arrangement to specific regions. The first issue, '' Surfbeat Behind the Iron Curtain, Volume 1'', was distributed in 1997 and featured artists east of the

Iron Curtain The Iron Curtain was the political and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. On the east side of the Iron Curtain were countries connected to the So ...

, arguably the rarest material in any ''Pebbles'' series. It is followed by ''Exito A Go Go'', a compilation dedicated to

Latin rock Latin Rock is a term to describe a subgenre blending traditional sounds and elements of Latin American and Hispanic Caribbean folk with rock music. However, it is widely used in the English-language media to refer any kind of rock music featurin ...

. The series concludes with a return to eastern Iron Curtain bands, but with a more dedicated approach to compiling only those musical artists.

Discography

* '' Surfbeat Behind the Iron Curtain, Volume 1'' (1997) *''Planetary Pebbles, Volume 2: Exitos A Go Go'' (1998) *'' Planetary Pebbles, Volume 3: Surfbeat Behind the Iron Curtain'' (1999)

References

{{Reflist Pebbles (series) albums