Olympia 66

Olympia 66 Artist: Ralph
Label: Bongo Beat Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 067003195621
EAN: 0067003195621
ASIN: B000A29LAI


Release Date: 2000-05-18

Olympia 66


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Tracks:

  1. Introduction
  2. My Way Of Giving
  3. Olympia '66
  4. There Is No One Here When I'm Dancing With You
  5. Twist At St. Tropez
  6. Bright Colours
  7. Til The End Of The Day
  8. Brighton Mist
  9. Vox Guitars
  10. Gloria Drank Dirty Water On Her Way To The 99th Floor
  11. Bongo Beat

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Raw GARAGE ROCK epiphany + MOD LOVE .......2006-01-15

Ralph's 2nd CD (an EP, actually) is entitled Olympia '66 and was recorded live-to-DAT in June of 1995 in Vancouver. Olympia '66 features special guest Stephen Quinn on guitar and is "a loving tribute & travelogue through 60's rock, Beat music, French YéYé and the Mod experience."

Here's some more detailed info on this title from Ralph:


Ralph is many things; a monthly beat poetry zine (circulation 3000), a musical group of bongo crazy beatniks...but mostly, it's Ralph Alfonso, a name familiar to most everyone in the music industry for his work as a designer & his years promoting Canadian music at WEA Canada, Attic, and Capitol-EMI. Tom Cochrane, The Nylons, Glass Tiger...yeah, they've all yelled at him.

Olympia 66 is Ralph's second CD release; a special EP exploring the straight line from 50's Beat culture to the 60's UK Beat music explosion...primarily the Mod lifestyle, with sidetracks into French yéyé (the title track is a tribute to Johnny Hallyday) and U.S. garage rock....from one record collector to another. The Pretty Things, Small Faces, Yardbirds, Stones, Who, Standells, etc.....if you don't know what any of this means; you will after listening.

"Basically, it's just me on vocals with my friend Stephen Quinn on loud, revved-up guitars, recorded live in a sweaty club, playing our hearts out. Recorded straight to DAT. No overdubs, no nothing, just a total desire to celebrate the energy of Beat." says Ralph. Guitarist Stephen Quinn is known for his years in cult faves Go Four Three and his current pop band, Thrill Squad.

Ralph's unique interpretation of "My Way Of Giving" by The Small Faces is already getting airplay on CBC Real Time and CBC Night Lines. Olympia 66 also includes Bongo Beat, featuring the full Ralph combo. This is the highlight of the Ralph live show & previously unavailable.

As always, tons of liner notes & photos, extensive lyrics plus transcriptions of all the spoken introductions. It's the same attention to extras & detail that made his design work on the Zulu punk re-issues & the Grapes Of Wrath greatest hits so popular. "It's kinda like a pop lecture on the essence of 60s rock as seen through my experiences. It's really hard to explain because I don't think anyone's ever done anything like this, but it makes total sense once you see it and hear it."


Music Album:

  1. Rock N Roll 60's ~ Various Artists
  2. Receta De Amor
  3. Tortilla Party ~ El Vacilón de la Mañana
  4. Before These Crowded Streets ~ Dave Matthews Band
  5. The Dread ~ Dread
  6. Ocean Full of Tears
  7. 1985-2001 ~ Stephen Jones
  8. Follow Your Heart ~ Nikki Webster
  9. Cry Now, Cry Later, Vol. 3-4 ~ Various Artists
  10. Live at the Lafayette ~ Blodwyn Pig

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The Very Best of Edith Piaf ~ Edith Piaf

Jazzheads ~ Randy Klein

Echoes of a Note (A Tribute to Louis "Pops" Armstrong) ~ Tiger Okoshi

Personal ~ Hector Rey

Latin Band of ~ Mario Castro-Neves

Best ~ Noriko Matsumoto

Ochiba Shigure ~ Koichi Miura

Music from Central Africa ~ Various Artists

Architextures ~ Vijay Iyer