Teddy And His Patches – Suzy Creamcheese / From Day To Day (7″ Vinyl)
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Description
7 ” Vinyl single / 45RPM
Reissue – White vinyl
1967-USA
Format: 7″ Vinyl
#Ref: 688
Release date: 2016
Release notes
Repro of original 60’s Garage single from San Jose, CA. band that was part of the local scene that included Chocolate Watchband, The Count Five and many others. Catchy garage stompers. LTD. ED. COLOR VINYL
“Just open up your closed mind, and take a trip on mine, and you’ll never wanna touch the ground”
Teddy and His Patches were from San Jose, CA. They took their name from singer Teddy Flores Jr. who wore an eye patch as he had lost an eye to cancer as a child. They were part of a local music scene that included such garage luminaries as The Chocolate Watchband, The Count Five, and The Orphan Egg. Teddy and His Patches played everything from high school dances to opening slots for bands such as The Doors and Moby Grape, and they toured across California.
Their first single was recorded by Grady O’Neil at TIKI Studios for his Chance label and was released in February 1967. As drummer Steve Marley later recalled, the a-side was recorded live in the studio on a four track Ampex without overdubs, in just three or four takes. The psychedelic whoops heard on the track were part of the live recording, with Teddy moving from a studio mic to a hand held PA mic that was plugged into an old Fender tape-loop echo feeding back through a PA monitor. The record received considerable airplay in California.
‘Suzy Creamcheese’ begins with a short, mysterious spoken introduction that is a paraphrase of the beginning of The Mother of Invention’s ‘The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet’ from their Freak Out! album. On that, the spoken section is as follows:
- Male voice: Suzy?
- Female voice: Yes?
- Male voice: Suzy Creamcheese?
- Female voice: Yes?
- Male voice: This is the voice of your conscience baby – uh, I just want to check one thing out with you, you don’t mind, do ya?
- Female voice: What?
- Male voice: Suzy Creamcheese, honey, what’s got into ya?
Suzy Creamcheese was a semi-mythical character, originally based on Suzy Zeiger who had been in the The Mothers’ retinue and later moved to England (where for a while she was the girlfriend of counter-culture mover and shaker John ”Hoppy” Hopkins).
After the introduction, pounding drums and organ take over, followed by an instrumental section of pure psychedelic delirium, before the song ends in more reflective fashion – all in all, an absolute monster of acid punk.
‘From Day to Day’ is a more straightforward but catchy garage stomper.
In addition to the two singles released at the time, several more songs were recorded for an album but the group broke up before that could see the light of day. Unfortunately those recordings appear to be long lost.
Tracklisting
A. Suzy Creamcheese (2:45)
B. From Day To Day (2:33)
