Pebbles, Volume 23

Pebbles, Volume 23 is a compilation album among the LP's in the Pebbles series. It is one of 10 albums in the sub-series The Continent Lashes Back and is sub-titled Holland, Part 2. Pebbles, Volume 15 and Pebbles, Volume 25 also feature Dutch bands. (There is apparently no intention to distinguish between The Netherlands and Holland in this series — technically, North Holland and South Holland are 2 of the 12 provinces in The Netherlands — in the subtitle of the former album, The Netherlands: 1965-1968.)

Release data

This album was released on LP by AIP Records in 1988 (as #AIP-10040) and was kept in print for many years.

Notes on the tracks

The unusual name of the opening song is a double entendre, but only for Dutch listeners: "drollery" is very similar to the Dutch word for excrement. "Someday I'm Somebody" is an example of the sometimes clumsy titles and lyrics that these bands utilize in their English-language songs. The final cut by The Outsiders is from their legendary first album, one of the truly essential studio albums in all of rock music.

Track listing

Side 1:

1. The Fun of It: "Drollery" – Rel. 1966
2. The Bumble Bees: "Girl of My Kind" – Rel. 1967
3. The Phantoms: "Someday I'm Somebody" – Rel. 1965
4. Chapter II: "East of My Place"
5. The Jets: "I Was So Glad"
6. The Haigs: "Never Die" – Rel. 1966
7. The Marquees: "Call My Name" – Rel. 1967
8. The Haigs: "Where to Run" – Rel. 1966

Side 2:

1. The Jets: "Worker in the Night"
2. The Lords: "Day after Day" – Rel. 1966
3. The Counsellors: "I'll Be Your Man" – Rel. 1965
4. Les Baroques: "Working on a Tsjing Tsjang"
5. The Motions: "I've Got Misery" – Rel. 1964
6. The Jay/Jays: "Come Back If You Dare" – Rel. 1966
7. Zen: "Please Accept My Invitation"
8. The Outsiders: "If You Don't Treat Me Right" (Wally Tax/Ron Splinter) – Rel. 1967