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The Shades

From: Webster City, IA, USA

Nothing is known about this obscure garage band from central Iowa other than they issued one 45 ('When You Said Goodbye' b/w the outstanding instrumental 'Ballot Bachs') initially on the Princeton label sometime in the first half of 1968. The B-side is a fast-paced, fuzzed up monster written by D. Meyer and T. Whiting, presumably members of the group. In June of that year, the Chicago based Cadet label (a subsidiary of Chess Records) picked up the single for wider distribution, smartly swapping the A and B sides.

If you have any further information on this group, please e-mail to paulmaze@techwebsound.com.

Artist information sources include: The book, 'Fuzz, Acid, and Flowers Revisited' by Vernon Joynson.