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The Vagrants
12+ albums
Garage Rock60sPsychedelic Rockpsychedelicrock
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There have been several bands called the Vagrants. Most of you would know the Vagrants from the 60's with Leslie West. There is also a barber shop quartet based in LA. and a rock outfit from Australia (see below). The original Vagrants were a Long Island-based rock and blue-eyed soul group from the 1960s. The group was composed of Peter Sabatino on vocals, harmonica, and tambourine, Leslie West on vocals and guitar, Larry West on vocals and bass guitar, Jerry Storch on organ, and Roger Mansour on drums. By 1965, the group had developed a professional press kit and had gained the interest of the semi-professional Southern Sound record label and soon released a single: Oh Those Eyes b/w You're Too Young. Though the single wasn't very popular, it did gain the attention of directors Vince Scarza and Douglas Hickox, who were directing a Beach Party film called "Disk-o-Tek Holiday," which featured various music artists performing songs throughout the film. The clip that featured The Vagrants performing "Oh Those Eyes" is now considered a classic piece of mid-sixties history. However, The Vagrants weren't that thrilled with just one single and an unpopular sequence in a Beach Party film, and were soon signed to the "folkie" label Vanguard. It was then that the group released their first minor hit: I Can't Make a Friend, which is frequently found on garage band compilations and is one of their most recognizable early efforts. Still unhappy, though, was Felix Pappalardi, a record p
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Kharma
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968
The Great Lost Album
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968
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Nuggets Original Artyfacts fro
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 (disc 1)
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Nuggets Volume 1
Be True
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968
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Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 [Box] Disc 1
Nuggets