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V/A “Days of a Quiet Sun” CD

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Pro-duplicated CD edition of 100. Contains five bonus tracks. Packaged in a 6-panel Digipack with liner notes.Mid-1960's Richmond, Virginia had little to offer aspiring local...



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Pro-duplicated CD edition of 100. Contains five bonus tracks. Packaged in a 6-panel Digipack with liner notes.

Mid-1960’s Richmond, Virginia had little to offer aspiring local artists. Enter Martin Gary, a local kid who grew up working at Gary’s, the primary record shop in town that his father opened in 1939. Starting in junior high, Martin Gary became interested in producing local bands, however Richmond lacked any real recording studios. Gary first linked up with The Barracudas, a teen group from nearby Sandston, traveling up to Washington, DC’s Edgewood Recording in June 1966. The resulting session produced a 45 on the Cuda imprint, establishing NewBag Music for publishing, and using Gary’s Records (which would grow into an 8-store chain) as distribution.
More 45’s soon followed in ’67 and ’68, with Gary creating the Groove label that would release The Hazards “Hey Joe” (one of the best versions from the late 60’s g

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