The Standells - Try It

180-gram vinyl

The band's controversial final LP  w/ banned title track

The original mono mixes from the Tower Records reels

The Standells' amazing string of punkish, tough-guy anthems, such as "Dirty Water" and "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White," define the legacy of mid-'60s garage rock like nothing else. Their key albums for the Tower label (Dirty Water, Why Pick On Me, and Try It) perfectly bottled a rebellious wave of sound sweeping across Mid-1960's teen clubs, radio playlists and record racks.

Starting with the genre-defining, proto-punk smash Dirty Water, these three Tower albums are a veritable feast of three chord, fuzz-drenched, Vox Organ-driven "squares"-repellant.

Built around the banned title track, Try It is a tale of two (LP) sides; one a cohesive step into super-charged '67 Standells Soul, the other a bet-hedging exercise that compiles possibly the strongest material of the band's career. Latter includes the classic Standells style, either at its most pulverizing ("Barracuda," "Riot on Sunset Strip") or now one foot into psychedelia ("All Fall Down," "Did You Ever Have That Feeling"). It provides the perfect bookend to the Standells' legendary Tower Records-era albums.

 

 

 

Side 1

Can’t Help But Love You

Ninety-Nine And A Half

Trip To Paradise

St. James Infirmary

Try It

Animal Girl

Soul Drippin’

Side 2

Barracuda

Did You Ever Have That Feeling

All Fall Down

Poor Shell Of A Man

Riot On Sunset Strip

Get Away From Here

Try It

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