Our pals Josh Styles and Drew Redmond are both super fine DJs of reet music. They have an occasional night together when they play nothing but American garage rock 45 RPM records. The night is called Midnight Offerings and it takes place on the second Saturday of the month at a joint in Bushwick, Brooklyn called the Bootleg Bar.

Since commencing his DJ activities around five or six years ago, Mr. Redmond has quickly become one of the busiest DJs in town. Twice a month he’s at the Bootleg Bar. His Salvation Sunday at the Montana Trail House features gospel, blues and new breed R&B. On the last Friday of the month he swings with Finger Lickin’ Fridays with our pal Charles Gaskins at the Grand Victory. He always seems to have a gig somewhere around the greater Brooklyn area.

Mr. Styles, one of the best DJs on the scene, is also the drummer for that cool blues and rhythm combo Daddy Long Legs. On the evening of Saturday April 11, Mr. Styles was so employed in Washington, D.C., and thus unavailable for Midnight Offerings DJ duties. It was Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus who Mr. Redmond called to swing in his stead!

The Boog rounded up a bunch of old rekkids and made it to the world on time. He adhered pretty much to the “American garage rock” theme, even though Mr. Redmond opened the parameters to include all of North America. The Boog packed a few jams from Mexico and Canada, but none of them were played* (see notes below for possible known obsessive trainspotter exceptions).

 

For his part, Mr. Redmond played some fabulous 45s, each with a boss fuzztone-drenched beat and snarling vocals. This Redmond cat has a few killer records! Some of them are featured in a gallery of labels below.

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus:

• The Ventures–Escape (Liberty; Japan)
• The Inmates–You Tell Lies (Columbia)
• The Knickerbockers–High on Love (Challenge)
• The Grass Roots–No Exit (Dunhill)
• The Bards–The Owl & the Pussycat (Jerden Music)
• Sir Frog and the Toads–The Frog (Downey)
• Shadows of Knight–Someone Like Me (Dunwich)
• Keith Everett–The Chant (Mercury)
• Group Axis–Smokestack Lightning (Atco)
• J.J. Lancaster–So Unkind (Date)
• The Tidal Waves–Action! (Speaks Louder Than Words) (HBR)
• The Original Emotions–You’re a Better Man Than I (Johnson)
• The New Order–You’ve Got Me High (Warner Bros.)
• The King Bees–What She Does to Me (RCA Victor)
• Billy Dee and the Super-Chargers–Curb-Service (Westford)
• The Bonniwell Music Machine–Astrologically Incompatible (Warner Bros.)
• Steppenwolf–A Girl I Knew (Dunhill)
• The Jamie Lyons Group–Gonna Have a Good Time (Laurie)
• The Sparkles–Hipsville 29 B.C. (I Need Help) (Hickory)
• the Telstars–Hold Tight (Columbia)
• The Doors–Take It as It Comes (Elektra; UK)
• The Tears–Weatherman (Scorpio)
• The Spades–You’re Gonna Miss Me (Zero)
• The Soul Set–He Don’t Love You (And He’ll Break Your Heart) (BB)
• The Invictas–The Hump (Sahara)
• The Guitar Ramblers–Surf Beat (Columbia)
• The Leaves–Too Many People (Mira)
• The Heros–I Can Only Give You Everything (M-Gee)
• The Electric Prunes–You Never Had It Better (Reprise)
• The Us Four–The Alligator (Rising Sons)
• She–Outta Reach (Kent)
• Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band–Frying Pan (A&M)
• Linda Gayle–Maggie’s Farm (Columbia)
• The Shadows of Knight–Oh Yeah (Dunwich)
• The Other Half–Mr. Pharmacist (G.N.P. Crescendo)
• The Squires–Going All the Way (Atco)
• The Thirteenth Floor Elevators–Fire Engine (International Artists)
• Rocky & His Friends–Riot City (Tower)
• The Pyramids–Pyramid’s Stomp (Best)
• The Standells–Rari (Tower)
• The Vejtables–Feel the Music (Uptown)
• The Jelly Bean Bandits–Generation (Mainstream)
• The Sonics–The Hustler (Etiquette)
• ? & the Mysterians–I Need Somebody (Cameo)
• The Odds and Ends–(Cause) You Don’t Love Me (South Bay)
• Billy Lee Riley–Valley of the Dolls (Mojo)
• The Magic Mushroom–I’m Gone (Warner Bros.)
• Del Shannon–Move It On Over (Amy)
• The Everly Brothers–Somebody Help Me (Warner Bros.)
• Joey Dee and the Starlighters–Feel Good About It (Part 1) (Jubilee)
• The Outsiders–Gotta Leave Us Alone (Capitol)
• The Bruins–The Slide (Roulette)
• The Motions–Beatle Drums (Mercury)
• Teddy and His Patches–Suzy Creamcheese (Chance)
• Positively Thirteen O’Clock–Psychotic Reaction (HBR)
• Jaguars–Black Is Black (Aztec)
• Harry Deal and the Galaxies–Don’t You Just Know It (Jubilee)
• Wayne Cochran–You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover (Chess)
• The Starlets–You Don’t Love Me (Tower)
• The British Walkers–Diddley Daddy (Try)
• The Preachers–Who Do You Love (Moonglow)
• The Moon Rakers–I’m All Right (Tower)
• Swamp Rats–Hey Joe! (St. Clair)
• The Palace Guard–All Night Long (Orange-Empire)
• The Young Ones–Sour Grapes (Columbia)

None of these records are for sale.

 

• = To a certain extent, Steppenwolf is a Canadian group—most of its key members are from Toronto, but it was in Los Angeles where it recorded and became famous.

• The Everyly Brothers are, of course an American singing sensation, however, this particular track was recorded in London with the brothers backed by The Hollies!

Here is a gallery of the records played by Drew Redmond at Midnight Offerings: