Name: Melts In Your Brain...Not On Your Wrist! The Complete Recordings 1965-1967
Brand: Chocolate Watch Band
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Melts In Your Brain...Not On Your Wrist! The Complete Recordings 1965-1967

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Album: Melts In Your Brain...Not On Your Wrist! The Complete Recordings 1965-1967
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Let's Talk About Girls	More Info...
2)	Sweet Young Thing	More Info...
3)	Baby Blue	More Info...
4)	Blues Theme: The Hogs	More Info...
5)	Loose Lip Sync Ship: The Hogs	More Info...
6)	Don't Need Your Lovin'	More Info...
7)	Sitting There Standing	More Info...
8)	Misty Lane	More Info...
9)	She Weaves A Tender Trap	More Info...
10)	Are You Gonna Be There (At The Love In)	More Info...
11)	No Way Out	More Info...
12)	In The Midnight Hour	More Info...
13)	Come On	More Info...
14)	Gone And Passes By	More Info...
15)	I'm Not Like Everybody Else	More Info...
16)	I Ain't No Miracle Worker	More Info...
17)	Milk Cow Blues	More Info...
18)	Medication	More Info...
19)	'Til The End Of The Day	More Info...
20)	Psychedelic Trip	More Info...
	Disc 2
1)	Let's Talk About Girls	More Info...
2)	In The Midnight Hour	More Info...
3)	Hot Dusty Roads	More Info...
4)	Gossamer Wings	More Info...
5)	Baby Blue	More Info...
6)	Medication	More Info...
7)	Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying	More Info...
8)	Since You Broke My Heart	More Info...
9)	Uncle Morris	More Info...
10)	How Ya Been	More Info...
11)	Devil's Motorcycle	More Info...
12)	I Don't Need No Doctor	More Info...
13)	Flowers	More Info...
14)	Fireface	More Info...
15)	And She's Lonely	More Info...
16)	Dark Side Of The Mushroom	More Info...
17)	Expo 2000	More Info...
18)	Voyage Of The Trieste: The Yo-Yoz	More Info...
19)	In The Past: The Yo-Yoz	More Info...
20)	The Inner Mystique: The Yo-Yoz	More Info...
21)	The Uncharted Sea AKA Voyage Of The Trieste: The Yo-Yoz	More Info...
22)	Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go: The Inmates	More Info...
23)	Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go: The Inmates	More Info...
3)	Baby Blue	More Info...	0:04
4)	Blues Theme	More Info...	0:02
5)	Loose Lip Sync Ship	More Info...	0:03
6)	Don't Need Your Lovin'	More Info...	0:02
7)	Sitting There Standing	More Info...	0:02
8)	Misty Lane	More Info...	0:03
9)	She Weaves A Tender Trap	More Info...	0:02
10)	Are You Gonna Be There (AT THE LOVE IN)	More Info...	0:02
11)	No Way Out	More Info...	0:02
12)	In the Midnight Hour	More Info...	0:03
13)	Come On	More Info...	0:01
14)	Gone and Passes By	More Info...	0:03
15)	I'm Not Like Everybody Else	More Info...	0:03
16)	I Ain't No Miracle Worker	More Info...	0:03
17)	Milk Cow Blues	More Info...	0:03
18)	Medication	More Info...	0:03
19)	Til the End of the Day	More Info...	0:02
20)	Psychedelic Trip	More Info...	0:02
21)	The Uncharted Sea	More Info...	0:03
22)	Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go (Backing Track)	More Info...	0:02
23)	Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go	More Info...	0:02

Album: Melts In Your Brain...Not On Your Wrist! The Complete Recordings 1965-1967
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Let's Talk About Girls	More Info...
2)	Sweet Young Thing	More Info...
3)	Baby Blue	More Info...
4)	Blues Theme: The Hogs	More Info...
5)	Loose Lip Sync Ship: The Hogs	More Info...
6)	Don't Need Your Lovin'	More Info...
7)	Sitting There Standing	More Info...
8)	Misty Lane	More Info...
9)	She Weaves A Tender Trap	More Info...
10)	Are You Gonna Be There (At The Love In)	More Info...
11)	No Way Out	More Info...
12)	In The Midnight Hour	More Info...
13)	Come On	More Info...
14)	Gone And Passes By	More Info...
15)	I'm Not Like Everybody Else	More Info...
16)	I Ain't No Miracle Worker	More Info...
17)	Milk Cow Blues	More Info...
18)	Medication	More Info...
19)	'Til The End Of The Day	More Info...
20)	Psychedelic Trip	More Info...
	Disc 2
1)	Let's Talk About Girls	More Info...
2)	In The Midnight Hour	More Info...
3)	Hot Dusty Roads	More Info...
4)	Gossamer Wings	More Info...
5)	Baby Blue	More Info...
6)	Medication	More Info...
7)	Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying	More Info...
8)	Since You Broke My Heart	More Info...
9)	Uncle Morris	More Info...
10)	How Ya Been	More Info...
11)	Devil's Motorcycle	More Info...
12)	I Don't Need No Doctor	More Info...
13)	Flowers	More Info...
14)	Fireface	More Info...
15)	And She's Lonely	More Info...
16)	Dark Side Of The Mushroom	More Info...
17)	Expo 2000	More Info...
18)	Voyage Of The Trieste: The Yo-Yoz	More Info...
19)	In The Past: The Yo-Yoz	More Info...
20)	The Inner Mystique: The Yo-Yoz	More Info...
21)	The Uncharted Sea AKA Voyage Of The Trieste: The Yo-Yoz	More Info...
22)	Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go: The Inmates	More Info...
23)	Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go: The Inmates	More Info...
3)	Baby Blue	More Info...	0:04
4)	Blues Theme	More Info...	0:02
5)	Loose Lip Sync Ship	More Info...	0:03
6)	Don't Need Your Lovin'	More Info...	0:02
7)	Sitting There Standing	More Info...	0:02
8)	Misty Lane	More Info...	0:03
9)	She Weaves A Tender Trap	More Info...	0:02
10)	Are You Gonna Be There (AT THE LOVE IN)	More Info...	0:02
11)	No Way Out	More Info...	0:02
12)	In the Midnight Hour	More Info...	0:03
13)	Come On	More Info...	0:01
14)	Gone and Passes By	More Info...	0:03
15)	I'm Not Like Everybody Else	More Info...	0:03
16)	I Ain't No Miracle Worker	More Info...	0:03
17)	Milk Cow Blues	More Info...	0:03
18)	Medication	More Info...	0:03
19)	Til the End of the Day	More Info...	0:02
20)	Psychedelic Trip	More Info...	0:02
21)	The Uncharted Sea	More Info...	0:03
22)	Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go (Backing Track)	More Info...	0:02
23)	Let's Go Let's Go Let's Go	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

The Chocolate Watchband: David Aguilar.
Personnel: David Aguilar, Don Bennett Trio (vocals).
This double-CD set of Chocolate Watchband material is so overpowering that it's difficult to know where to begin. A group that never charted a single (forget an album) across four tumultuous years is suddenly given the box-set treatment in miniature, a double-disc package containing not only every track ever recorded and released by the actual Chocolate Watchband, but also every track ever attributed to them, and also three cuts featuring original Watchband lead singer David Aguilar providing new lead vocals to replace singing that was wiped (or not recorded) at the time. And just to show how screwed-up their history was, the non-Watchband material runs 20 minutes longer than the stuff they actually recorded. (Their one-time manager, Ed Cobb, who seldom seemed to have much good to say about the actual Watchband, is probably watching in total astonishment from whatever celestial plain he alighted upon in death.) And what makes it all even better is that not only is all of this material organized properly for the first time, the real Watchband stuff filling up disc one, but it all sounds incredible -- for the first time, even amid reissues by Rhino and Sundazed, here is a collection of songs that don't sound at least half a generation "off" in quality and source material. Disc two contains everything ever attributed to the group, including the contents of the entire third album, One Step Beyond (which was done by a substitute version of the band). The collection also, at last, identifies the sources of two sets of fake Watchband tracks as the rival West Coast bands the Yo-Yoz and the Inmates, both of which had been involved with Cobb. And even that material is in its best condition ever, and not bad for it, either -- it might not have been the Watchband, but most of this was better than decent music. The only two cuts here that were a mystery going in were the versions of "Medication" and "'Til the End of the Day" on which David Aguilar put on new vocals in 2005 -- and he pulls it off successfully. The 35-year gap is bridged without too much trouble, and if he sounds older, he still sings well. Basically, this set reduces in importance the prior reissues from Sundazed and other labels, and the accompanying annotation provides the most detailed history of the band ever assembled. In essence, it's worth every cent being asked for it, and then some, for fans of garage punk and '60s garage bands, as well as psychedelic enthusiasts. ~ Bruce Eder

Professional Reviews

Uncut (p.112) - 5 stars out of 5 - "NO US band bettered their snotty vocals, snarling guitars and pumping rhythm or achieved that Stones/Kinks/Them pastiche with greater commitment..."