The Mascots

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The are at least three bands named The Mascots. 1.) The Mascots were a fairly successful Swedish sixties group, issuing around twenty singles and two LPs between 1964 and 1968, and reaching the Swedish Top Ten with five of their 45s. 2.) The Mascots were an American doo wop group from Canton, OH. Members were: Eddie Levert (Lead), Walter Williams, William Powell, Bobby Massey, Bill Isles. The Mascots went on to become The O'Jays 3.) The Mascots are a DIY punk rock band from Chicago, IL, formed in the early nineties by art-school friends. 1.) Although they wrote much of their own material, most of their output was extremely imitative of British Invasion pop, and they (like virtually all Swedish acts of the time) were unknown to the English-speaking world. However, if you're on the hunt for lightweight, but sometimes charming, pseudo-Merseybeat, the Mascots made some pretty enjoyable (and some extremely awkward) tracks along those lines. In particular, the ultra-catchy, close-harmony number "Words Enough to Tell You" is a gem of the genre. As it made #6 in Sweden in 1965 and was included in the best and most widely circulated compilation of Swedish 1960s rock (Searchin' for Shakes), it's the Mascots track non-Swedes are most likely to be familiar with. Alas, none of their other recordings were up to this level, although "A Sad Boy" (another Swedish Top Tenner) and a few other mid-1960s cuts were fair mock Merseybeat. The 1966 single "I Want to Live" was proof that they coul

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Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond, Vol. 2

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Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond

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Nuggets, Vol. 2: Original Artyfacts From the British Empire & Beyond Disc 2

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Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From the British Empire and Beyond, 1964-1969

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Nuggets II [disc 2]

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Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From The British Empire And Beyond 1964-1969

Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts From the British Empire and Beyond 1964-69 (disc 2)

Nuggets II

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Animal House - 100 Rock N' Roll Classics Of The '50s & '60s

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Nuggets II CD2

Maximum Freakbeat

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