Uprising #4 : THE NO-NA-MEE'S - GOTTA HOLD ON

We go back to the garage for the fourth release on the ROVR × Ace Record UPRISING label, handpicked by the one and only Kebdarge.

The No-Na-Mees were your typical “any gigs we can get” local teen band. Recorded in California in 1966, this was their only release under their own name. They did once back a rockabilly singer on his 45, but apart from that, they were simply a local band chasing whatever gigs came their way.

Both sides are frantic, Farfisa organ-driven pounders that have become firm dance-floor fillers in today’s clubs. Original promo copies sell for a few hundred pounds, while stock copies are almost impossible to find.

Perhaps that explains what happened next. Later that year, the band fell out with their producer and label, disappeared, and were never heard from again.

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Side A: The No-Ná-Mee's - Gotta Hold On
Side AA: The No-Ná-Mee's - Just Wanna Be Myself