Pebbles, Volume 8 (CD)

Infobox Album
Name = Pebbles, Volume 8
Type = compilation
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Artist =


Released = 1996
Recorded = Mid-1960's
Genre = Garage rock, Psychedelic rock
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Label = AIP Records
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Last album = Pebbles, Volume 7 (CD)
This album = Pebbles, Volume 8 (CD)
Next album = Pebbles, Volume 9 (CD)

"Pebbles, Volume 8" is a compilation album among the CDs in the Pebbles series; it is subtitled Southern California 1. The next CD in the series, "Pebbles, Volume 9" also feature bands from Southern California; while "Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 1", "Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 2", and "Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 3" showcase music from Los Angeles specifically.

Release Data

This album was released on AIP Records in 1996 as #AIP-CD-5025. Despite the similar catalogue number, there is no relation between the tracks on this CD and the tracks on the corresponding LP.

Notes on the Tracks

The Dovers are highly regarded in the garage rock community; this is the "A" side of their fourth single. Other Dovers songs were included on the first two LPs in the Pebbles series. "I Never Loved Her" by the Starfires is one of the most valuable garage rock singles. The Hysterics' "Won't Get Far" is included on the "Pebbles, Volume 9" CD.

Track listing

# Terry Randall: "S.O.S."
# The Gigolos: "She's My Baby"
# The Starfires: "I Never Loved Her"; Rel. 1965
# The Grains of Sand: "She Needs Me"; Rel. 1966
# The Humane Society: "Knock Knock (Who's There)"; Rel. 1967
# The Cindermen: "Don't Do It Some More ('Cause It Hurts So Good)"; Rel. 1966
# The Hysterics: "Everything's There"; Rel. 1965
# The Rumors: "Hold Me Now"; Rel. 1965
# The Colony: "All I Want"
# Byron and the Mortals: "Do You Believe Me"; Rel. 1966
# The Dirty Shames: "I Don't Care"; Rel. 1966
# Cloudwalkers: "Sunglasses"; Rel. 1965
# The Beckett Quintet: "No Correspondence"; Rel. 1965
# The Dovers: "She's Not Just Anybody"; Rel. 1966
# The Roosters: "One of these Days"; Rel. 1966
# The Avengers: "It's Hard To Hide"; Rel. 1966
# Sean and the Brandywines: "She Ain't No Good"; Rel. 1965
# The Rogues: "Wanted: Dead or Alive"; Rel. 1965
# The Last Word: "Sleepy Hollow"; Rel. 1966
# The Green Beans: "Don't Give Me No Friction"; Rel. 1965
# The Green Beans: "Who Needs You"; Rel. 1966
# The Bush: "Got Love If You Want It"; Rel. 1966
# Limey & The Yanks: "Guaranteed Love"; Rel. 1966
# Limey & The Yanks: "Out of Sight, out of Mind"; Rel. 1966
# The Caretakers of Deception: "X + Y = 13"