REMBRANDT RECORDS Chicago
***************** IL
USA
P.O.Box 4555
San Francisco
CA
USA
Exist : 1966-1967
Found : Anton Urban / Roger Weiss
Distr. : US -
Style : garage rock / psychedelic / prog rock /
818R 5001 NUCHEZ'S Open Up Your Mind 7" .1966
B.G.'s One Eye
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818R 5002 MONDAY'S CHILDREN Long Lost Friend 7" .1966
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818R 5003 THE CIRCUS Sands Of Mind 7" .1966
Reservations Only: Noah
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818R 5004 THE NICKEL BAG The Woods 7" 12.1966
Come On Back
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5009 THE LEMON DROPS A Live In The Springtime 7" 08.1967
Listen Girl
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818R 8001 NUCHEZ'S Open Up Your Mind 7" .1966
B.G.'s One Eye
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SS 6529 NITE-OWLS Boots Are Made For Talkin' 7" 04.1966
Hassle
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818R 6461 NITE-OWLS Come On Back 7" 06.1966
It's A Hassle
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Break-a-Way Records
BREAK 044.5 V / A : REMBRANDT RECORDS STORY 2LP+7" 02.2015
[OPEN UP YOUR MIND 1966-1967]
Side 1 1. Nite-Owls Come On Back (Gary Miller)
(Rembrandt 6461 / A-side – 1966)
2. Nuchez Open Up Your Mind (Reggie Weiss)
(Unreleased Mono Master / 1966)
3. Nickel Bag The Woods (Gary Miller-Jon Stocklin)
(Unreleased Mono Master / 1966)
4. Circus Sands Of Mind (Mike Levinson)
(Rembrandt 5003 / A-side – 1966)
5. Lemon Drops I Live In The Springtime (Reggie Weiss)
(Rembrandt 5009 / A-side – 1967)
6. Monday’s Children Long Lost Friend (Bill Archer)
(Rembrandt 5002 / A-side – 1966)
7. Nite-Owls It’s A Hassle (Gary Miller-Jon Stocklin)
(Unreleased Mono Master / Unreleased 1966)
Side 2 1. Nickel Bag The Woods (Gary Miller-Jon Stocklin)
(Rembrandt 5004 / A-Side - 1966)
2. Nite-Owls It’s A Hassle (Gary Miller-Jon Stocklin)
(Rembrandt 6529 / B-Side – 1966)
3. Lemon Drops Listen Girl (Danny Smola-Eddie Weiss)
(Rembrandt 5009 / B-side – 1967)
4. Circus Games We Play (Mike Levinson)
(Unreleased Stereo Master / 1966)
5. Nuchez Open Up Your Mind (Reggie Weiss)
(Rembrandt 5001/A-side - 1966)
6. Lemon Drops Sometime Ago (Reggie Weiss)
(Previously Unreleased / 1967)
7. Nuchez BG’s One Eye (Reggie Weiss)
(Rembrandt 5001/B-side - 1966)
7" 1. Nite-Owls Something You Got (Chris Kenner)
(Previously Unreleased 1966)
2. Nite-Owls Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Jesse Hill)
(Previously Unreleased 1966)
This collection covers the first two incredible years of Rembrandt Records, a Chicago
based Garage and Psychedelic label of the sixties. After the first release by the
Nite-Owls failed to chart, Rembrandt Records’ owner Reggie Weiss moved in a different
direction.
His next releases, “Open Up Your Mind” by the Nuchez, merged garage with psychedelic
music. The song was based on an LSD trip and response to the single was positive. Soon
other more psych-pop singles were issued by The Circus, the Nickel Bag and Monday’s
Children. Cash Box magazine began plugging Rembrandt Records during the fall of 1966.
But Weiss was unable to secure solid distribution and could not compete with the larger
Chicago based record labels such as Dunwich, USA, and Destination. By 1967, Weiss was
devoting all of his time to promote a high-school band called The Lemon Drops. He wrote
another LSD inspired song titled “I Live In The Springtime” for the band.Unfortunately,
the single was unable to chart, even regionally. Over the ensuing decades though, the
reputation of The Lemon Drops, The Nuchez, The Nite-Owls and other Rembrandt artists
has grown immeasurably. This compilation contains the most important singles sides
issued on Rembrandt Records between 1966-1967, plus a number of essential previously
unreleased versions and mixes that are appearing on vinyl for the first time ever. The
fourteen recordings on this album make it apparent that Rembrandt Records was way ahead
of its time when these treasures from the psychedelic 60’s were recorded.
(From: http://www.break-a-way.de/bands/rembrandt_va.html
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Cicadelic Records CICLP 983 LP .1985
A1 The Lemon Drops I Live In The Springtime
A2 The Nuchez's Open Up Your Mind
A3 The Lemon Drops Alone
A4 The Nite Owls Hassle
A5 The Nite Owls Boots Are Made For Talking
A6 The Mind Distortions Who Do You Love
A7 The Nickel Bag Come On Back
B1 The Nickel Bag The Woods
B2 Watermelon Trilogy
B3 Watermelon The Ocean Song
B4 The Lemon Drops Jennifer Ann
B5 The Infinite Pyramid On A Windowsill
B6 The Circus Games We Play
B7 The Nite Owls It's A Hassle
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Collectables COLCD 0516 CD .1993
Thunderbolt CDTB 164 CD .1995
V / A : CHICAGO GARAGE BAND GREATS-THE BEST OF REMBRANDT
RECORDS 1966-1968
1 The Nite Owls Hassle 2:07
2 The Nite Owls : Boots Are Made For Talking 3:08
3 The Nuchez Open Up Your Mind 3:02
4 The Circus No Reservations 2:52
5 The Nickel Bag Come On Back 2:29
6 The Nickel Bag The Woods 2:49
7 The Circus Games We Play 2:39
8 The Circus Sands Of Mind 2:43
9 Monday's Children Long Lost Friend 2:14
10 The Nickel Bag It's A Hassle 2:06
11 The Lemon Drops I Live In The Springtime2:50
12 The Lemon Drops Listen Girl 2:41
13 The Lemon Drops Nobody For Me 2:46
14 The Lemon Drops Flowers On The Hillside 4:59
15 Watermelon Trilogy 3:03
16 Watermelon Ocean Song 3:29
17 Buzzsaw I Can Make You Happy 2:52
18 Buzzsaw Nowhere To Go 4:23
19 Buzzsaw Roll On, Angeline 3:34
20 Buzzsaw : Walking Through A Rainbow 2:55
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