The Sanctions / Jim and the Lords - Then Came The Electric Prunes (1970/2002)

The quality of the recording contained on this album cannot be described as 'hi-fi' : more an exercise in salvaging what was audibly acceptable from sadly decaying direct-to-disc acetates, that had been loosely stored for well over thirty years in an outbuilding somehwere in the mountains of California. These recordings, rough as they are, represent all that is available to give some idea of the sound of the formative years of the band that became known as The Electric Prunes. Beginning by practicing a few days a week in the Tulin family garage with a predominately surf-based repertoire, The Sanctions clearly developed fast, as there is a notable change happening only a few months later with the Jim and the Lords tracks here. In fact, those tracks must be pretty close to what was happening in the Tulin family garage in 1966, the day Barbara Harris walked by, liked what she heard, and started the chain of events that led to the band being signed, changing their name, developing further, and becoming The Electric Prunes.