You know when you get a white whale of a record that has been on your list for a few years? The more you don't see it, the more you want it. The Romancers' "She Took My Oldsmobile" is one of those records for me. I just found out what the problem is. It was released only as a promo record. Figuring that it might be pricey I checked at Discogs. Yikes. The first seller's $82 sounded like a lot but the next lowest price was $2500 and the third was $7600. Al of a sudden $82 sounded better, if for no other reason than to flip it, though I'm against flipping in general. Quick, nab it! Click. Shit. While I was thinking (maybe 15 seconds) someone snagged it. Oh well, here it is, the ridiculously over valued 45 in its streaming glory at YouTube. Probably the only way I'll ever hear it. The damn white whale is awesome though, really pretty garage, like an East L.A. version of the Seeds. It makes sense, it's from '66. "Love's the Thing" from '65 is also killer. The last few below are instrumentals from '63, some good licks here and there. This is East L.A., mid-sixties, Slauson all over the place.
The Romancers - Love's the Thing mp3 at Office Naps 1965
The Romancers - She Took My Oldsmobile (streaming) at YouTube 1966
The Romancers - Huggy's Bunny's mp3 at Internet Archive 1963
The Romancers - Double Slauson mp3 at Internet Archive 1963
The Romancers - Slauson Shuffle mp3 at Internet Archive 1963
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The Romancers: The Father of 60s East L.A. Bands by Mark Guerrero
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