MA Discography

Discography of Massachusetts Teen Beat releases. What do the ratings mean? [0 = plain bad] [1-2-3 = not good] [4-5-6 = ok] [7-8-9 = average quality, a good effort] [10-11-12 = good or very good track] [13-14-15 = fantastic gem]

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Label	Group	Homebase	Year	Title A	Title B	Label	Style	Rating
	Aladdins	Quincy	1965	Jeannie Was Her Name	Sandu	Magic Carpet	Fast rocking ok Garage Beat with a slightly moody edge / n/a	5 / n/a
	Apaches	Lawrence+	1966	Day By Day	-	Onyx	Beautiful moody slow cover with great shimmering organ and guitar work and competent vocals. Fake applause mixed in	11
	Atarras	Norwood	1966	Blue Is The Color	Daniel Boone	Polaris	n/a	n/a
	Ascots	Gardner	1965	Run Little Girl	Pinch	Liverpool	n/a	n/a
	Ascots	Natick	1966	Where I'm Going	Crash Dive	Normandy	Fantastic moody lament with tempo changes / Cool instrumental	11 / 6
	Back Beets	Wilmington	1967	That's The Way Life Is	Sandy	Marc	Cool sloppy riff-based rocker with amateurish charm and and unexpected moody edge in the chorus / Crude uptempo Teen Beat ballad, again with lots of amateurish appeal and a nice hook in the chorus	6 / 6
	Back Street Boys	Worcester	1967	Back Street Blues	Money	W.J.G.	Very good uptempo jangler with juvenile vocals and good guitar organ interplay /	8 / n/a
	Bad Manners	Worcester	1967	It's You	I Am Alone	Arco	Very good uptempo jangler / Great slow moody and desperate ballad.	9 / 11
	Balladeers	Framingham	Aug 1965	Words I Want To Hear	High Flying Bird	Coru	n/a	n/a
	Barbarians	Provincetown	Sep 1964	Hey Little Bird	You've Got To Understand	Joy	n/a	n/a
	Beep Beep & The Roadrunners	Worcester	May 1966	True Love Knows	Shifting Gears	Vincent	n/a	n/a
	Beep Beep & The Roadrunners	Worcester	May 1966	Don't Run	Watermelon Man	Audio Dynamics	n/a	n/a
	Bobby & The Farraris	Fall River	Sep 1967	In The Morning	Pretty	Tuff-Nuff	n/a	n/a
	Bobby James & The Dristells	Newburyport	Feb 1966	True Blue	Let's Go	Lant	Nice slow dramatic Teen Pop ballad with great girl harmonies and a cheesy spoken word part / Very good wild guitar sax instro riff pounder with some words thrown in between	5 / 6
	Bold	Springfield	Sep 1966	Gotta Get Some	Robin Hood	Cameo	n/a	n/a
	Bold	Springfield	Feb 1967	Train Kept A Rollin'	Found What I Was Looking For	Dyno-Voice	n/a	n/a
	Bondsmen	Concord / Sudbury	Jun 1966	I Don't Want Your Lovin Anymore	No Longer Mine	Fleetwood	Fantastic infectious Garage Beat with great harmonies and catchy guitar parts / Slow but strident Garage Beat ballad with nice guitar work and a very good middle eight that picks up the tempo	11 / 6
	Bonnevilles	Norwood	Oct 1964	See If I Care	You Just Can't Tell Her	Fleetwood	Cool fast driving Garage Beat with harmonies and a moody pop edge / Cool fratty Garage Beat thumper with pumping drums and rocking guitar parts	8 / 6
	Boss Todes	Acton	1967	Have Certainty	Sally The Pollywog	Sound City	n/a	n/a
	Bristols	Quincy	1965	Jeannie Was Her Name	Sandu	Magic Carpet	n/a	n/a
	Buck Rogers Movement	Quincy	1965	Jeannie Was Her Name	Sandu	Magic Carpet	n/a	n/a
	Bugs	Quincy	1965	Jeannie Was Her Name	Sandu	Magic Carpet	n/a	n/a
	C. C. & The Chasers	Quincy	1965	Jeannie Was Her Name	Sandu	Magic Carpet	n/a	n/a
	Cascades	Quincy	1965	Jeannie Was Her Name	Sandu	Magic Carpet	n/a	n/a
	Cavemen	Quincy	1965	Jeannie Was Her Name	Sandu	Magic Carpet	n/a	n/a
	Chain Reactions	Revere / Springfield	1965	Jeannie Was Her Name	Sandu	Magic Carpet	n/a	n/a
	Citations	Lowell	1966	The Day That She'll Go	Long Time Wanderin'	Pre-Sav Enterprises	n/a	n/a
	Countdowns	Sun Hadley Falls	Jun 1967	She Works All Night	Skies Will Be Happy To See You	WG	n/a	n/a
	Delrays Inc.	West Roxbury	Aug 1966	I'm A Lovin	Billy's Beat	Salem	n/a	n/a
	Dick Doherty	Woburn	1965	Fare Thee Well	Patriot Of Today	Park Square	n/a	n/a
	Distant Sounds	Webster	1965	It Reminds Me	Dreami	Citation	n/a	n/a
	Druids	Cohasset	1965	Jelly Belly	Over And Over (You Cheat On Me)	Broad Cove Teen Haven	n/a	n/a
	Ebb Tides	Fall River	1966	My Baby's Gone	Summertime	Arco	n/a	n/a
	End	Andover	1966	Bad Night	Make Our Love Come Through	Insegrievious	n/a	n/a
	End	Worcester	1966	Can't Get Free	Movin' Out	(no label)	n/a	n/a
	End	Worcester	1967	Can't Get Free	Movin' Out	Northeast	n/a	n/a
	Esquires	Northampton	1965	Down The Track	Shake A Tail Feather	Salem	n/a	n/a
	Ferrari's Of Canada	Boston	1964	(All I Ever Want Is) Girls	Please Tell Her	DCP	n/a	n/a
	Ferrari's Of Canada	Boston	1964	Little Pineapple	Irene Good Night	G-Clef	n/a	n/a
	Ferrari's Of Canada	Boston	1965	Tennessee Waltz	He's Just A Little Boy	DCP	n/a	n/a
	5:P.M.	xx	1968	How Many Days	Auburn Red	Ace	n/a	n/a
	Forerunners	Harvard / Cambridge	1965	A Long Way Down	Magic Of A Girl	Liberty	n/a	n/a
	Fumin' Humins	Tabor Acad. / Marion	1967	Relative Distance	Queen	The Angry Music Co.	n/a	n/a
	Citations	Quincy	1965	Jeannie Was Her Name	Sandu	Magic Carpet	n/a	n/a
	John Brown's Bodies	Quincy	1965	Jeannie Was Her Name	Sandu	Magic Carpet	n/a	n/a