Oh boy…su’more proto-punk magic for all you cough-syrup swillin’ freaks out there. Here we have a scorching, acid-damaged psych-punk “classic” from San Antonio’s The Outcasts. Legend has it that “1523 Blair” was the address of Lelan Roger’s (yep…Kenny’s brother!) the Doyle Jones recording studio in Houston Texas. The track is true 60’s punk if I’ve ever heard it….fast, ugly and heaps of attitude. The guitars are what first caught my ear…that initial delayed strum just snags and hooks you in for the blast of druggy sac-punch that follows. The track is a mere 1:46, which is the best part….it’s so fast and furious you wanna keep hitting repeat. A real killer.

I’m sure the original single is super hard to find and ridiculously expensive. I recommend picking up a recent comp called Acid Dreams on the Past and Present label…it’s where I pulled the track from. The rest of the comp is pretty amazing as well…tons of damaged sike-punk from the sixties. Apparently it is a re-issue of a compilation put together in the late 70’s by a Berlin record shop owner. He pressed up 77 copies and only sold them at his store save a few that went out to friends and label owners. If your into 60’s punk you must pick this CD up….do it!

the sketchy details:

ARTIST: The Outcasts
TRACK: “1523 Blair”
ORIGINAL RELEASE: 45rpm Single (Gallant)
RECENT REISSUE: Acid Dreams (Past and Present) 2009
YEAR: 1966 (I’m guessing….they existed from 1964-1967 and I think this was a later single)