An extremely rare version of LOUIE LOUIE sold for $499 last week on eBay.
The Aliens were a band from upstate New York. They put out a very limited edition 45 single in 1967 with “LOUIE LOUIE” on the A-side, and “Gloria” on the B-side.
Or was it the other way around? Hard to tell, as I couldn’t see any “A” or “B” type notations on the label scans.
Anyways, the Aliens were composed of Ray Marion on lead guitar and lead vocals (playing a Gibson cherry red ES335), Curt Meinel, bass (Hagstrom?), Glen Kane on drums, and a guy named Howie on Farfisa organ.
They were previously a LOUIE of the Week in 2009, but with the unexpected high price from last week’s auction, I thought they’d be worthy of a repeat posting.
If you visit the eBay listing or the GarageHangover.com page, you can hear what this recording sounds like – FREE of charge!
ENJOY!
eBay posting at:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360420142537#ht_1985wt_882