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We pay tribute to James Lowe who passed away 22 May 2025 with a selection of Electric Prunes tracks, solo efforts, covers and more. Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

A bunch of individuals, THREE covers of Gloria and a whole lot more! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

We're unearthing Europe's '60s Garage Unknowns and Beat Gems with cuts from Germany, Italy, Denmark, Spain, France & Poland! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Get ready for tales of teenage rebellion, frustration, disgust, respectability, and satifaccion! Questionable recording techniques, and the sheer unadulterated energy of a sound that was just a little bit... off. Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Dive deep down the rabbit hole with us in this week's episode as we unearth hidden gems of 1960s psychedelic rock. Prepare for swirling organs and lyrics that will leave you scratching your head in the best possible way. Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Think the US had a monopoly on raw, fuzz-drenched rock in the '60s? Think again! This week, we're digging deeper than the Pacific Northwest Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

After four straight weeks of US garage - let's balance things up with a set of super-cool Global Garage covers, including a healthy serving of 'GS' tracks outta Japan! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

[Corrected file] The fourth and final installment of Retrospect On Tour. We hit NYC! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Retrospect On Tour! I’ve made it to The Big Apple, the city that never sleeps! So here’s a set of classic and obscure garage tracks from in, around or about this amazing place! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Retrospect On Tour! I’m in and around Allamuchy New Jersey hanging with Jerry [host of awesome Free FM show The Paleface Parabola] so here’s a set of classic and obscure garage tracks from in and around the wider state! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Retrospect On Tour! I’m in Detroit so here’s a set of classic and obscure garage tracks from in and around the great, not so great, becoming great again city, and wider Michigan. Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Retrospect is ON TOUR – this weekend landing in Chicago, USA! Much fun will be had.... Because I finally get to hang out with my buddies in The Cave Dwellers – TWO of their tracks kick off this weekend’s show! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

We dip back into the archives for an episode featuring THE JEWISH RACING TEAM, THE DRIVING STUPID, a set of Japanese 'GS' bands, a couple of super obscure acetates from unknown groups, and more! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Shout out to the 'In The Past Garage Rock Podcast' guys - excellent recent episode on the Elevators' classic - so this week I kick off with another cover of it, and a couple of identically-titled tunes, and LOTS more! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

It's episode 666! So we check in with The Evil One - Belial, The Devil, Satan, Lucifer, The Great Googly Moogly. Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

You know what we do, and you know what we don't do. This week we do do what we don't do - and that is kick off with some *new* garage from the UK. Then it's pure 60s punk with The Raws, Barbarians, Bluestars, Sonics, Primitives and more! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Dipping into the Australian Quagmire comp series, plus Continental European selections - Belgium, Denmark, Norway and Sweden all get a blast! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Czech This! Entire show dedicated to the 'Big Beat' scene of Czechoslovakia c. 1966-70 Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Going waaaay deep - unknwown acetates, Asian garage, psych and more! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

The TR5, Intruders, Spiders, Raves, Sharons, Teddys and ..... SAICOS! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

We crank it up with The Pullice, Atilla & The Huns, Ruins, Creatures, Invaders, Collectors and more. Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

The Retrospect Acid Test - obscure psych deep cuts from US, Canada, Mexico, Sweden, Belgium Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

We crank up the amps with some fuzzed out picks from Paul Bearer & The Hearsemen, The Klansmen, The Bummers, The Sharp Hawks and more! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

X+Y=13, One Potato, Two Souls, Three From Three, Take 7, 7 & 7 Is, 8 1/2 Hours, Eight Day Blues.... you get the gag. Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Wrapping 20204 with a best-of-the-year - taking in psychedelia, Hendrix covers, Who covers, picks from two guest selectors. Thanks ALL of you for being part of the show! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

You guessed it - festive garage from the US,NZ, even Korea. Be merry and be safe folks. Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

From a Dutch VU cover, to a ripoff of Gloria, De Maskers, De Clicheemannetjes, 4 Daviola and way more. Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Another hour of way cool 60s garagey goodness including aforementioned curio from Dick Clark, and wild 60s garage from US, Canada, UK, Italy, Spain, Peru, Mexico and more! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

13 fine selection from MENTAL INSTITUTION, PLASTIC CLOUD, NICKEL BAG, ULTIMATE SPINACH, ASHTRAYS and GOTHS. Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Shel Talmy was US-born and raised, but forged his production career in the UK. Best known for his seminal work with The Kinks and The Who, he also produced a wide rang eof 60s garage and freakbeat. We pay tribute with a few of the tracks he worked on, and some deep cut covers of his influential work. Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Another hour of way cool 60s garagey goodness from the Retrospect Archive Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

It's all Psych! The escape for these crazy times. Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

The classic trans-Tasman tussle - NZ vs Australia in a clash of cool 60s garage picks! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Half-US, half-continental Europe - compare and contract classic US garage punk with fuzzed-out Euro Freakbeat! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Another hour of way cool 60s garagey goodness from all over the American continent! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

I'm delighted to be joined by my latest Guest Selector - Katherine River Sage [she/her] from New Jersey - and what a selection. She knows her stuff! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

A dip into the extensive archives - with two WHO covers, THE MEAT DEPT., THE SPONTANEOUS GENERATION, LOS SAICOS, THE OSNICS and more! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Wrapping this year's Lysergic Party with TROY, HAND, ZOO, CREATION'S DISCIPLE, OCTOBER CHERRIES and more. Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Continuing the theme with two Texas bands who sound uncannily similar, two Canadian choices, the bonkers Kim Fowley and more. Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ]

From GIANT CRAB to VELVET CREST. Some shout outs, some Wah-Wah. Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Our second deep dig into obscure psych with Venezuelan take on Hendrix, Swedish take on The Stones and lots more! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

It's BACK BABY! Crazy psych from all over the planet - for all of PSYCHEDELIC PSEPTEMBER! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Dipping into our extensive archives with an episode packed with reinterpretations of Link Wray, Troggs, Doors, Beatles, Them and Hendrix. Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Another hour of way cool 60s garagey goodness, lotsa covers, and a wrap up before we hit PSYCHEDELIC PSEPTEMBER for 2025! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

We preview this year's PSYCHEDELIC PSEPTEMBER with a selection of psych deep cuts - Fuzzy Phases, Tangerine Zoo, Hell Preachers, Speakers, Beavers, Zipps and more. Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Another hour of way cool 60s garagey goodness with a great selection of Continental European garage and freakbeat! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

From the archives: repurposed old show featuring Canadian Hendrix cover, Brazilian Who cover and more! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

This week we dump the dude in the front, and focus on the stellar work of the band - with an all instrumental episode with obscure garage from Canada, the US, Mexico, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland and South Africa. Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

Another hour of way cool 60s garagey goodness lifted from the 2 volumes of 'Scum Of The Earth'... one of which appears to have been released on 'Wanker Records' [?]. Oh, and global garage too! Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].

100% cover versions - from US, Mexico, Peru, Australia, Norway, Japan. Full playlist always posted via Retrospect 60s Garage Punk Show on Facebook and Insta. Retrospect is created by Phil Grey at Free FM 89.0 [Kirikiriroa/Hamilton, NZ].