"The Nomadds, from Freeport, Illinois—that's with two D's, by the way—were the big deal where I grew up. They worked for years as a club band, originally doing Little Richard and Chuck Berry and Everly Brothers kind of stuff. Then when the Beatles hit in '64, they suddenly became the hottest band in the area because they could do Little Richard songs and harmonize like the Everly Brothers, and it came out sounding like the Beatles. They also did a lot of original stuff, and they were just the best band I'd ever heard. They kicked butt live—I must have seen them 50 or 100 times live, every weekend. It was two guitars, bass and drums played through two amplifiers—one amp for bass and lead, and one amp for vocals and rhythm guitar—and it was the best live sound I ever heard, just like the records."
Billy Zoom, nice guy/punk legend/guitarist with X, Orange County Weekly, Los Angeles, CA
Billy Zoom, nice guy/punk legend/guitarist with X, Orange County Weekly, Los Angeles, CA
The only authorized reissue of The NOMADD album appears on WayBack Records, located in Tuebingen, Germany. The album is available on many websites and there are bootlegs that can easily deceive. However, you can be assured of its authenticity at the Wayback Records website:
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The original 1965 NOMADD recording often appears on collector’s sites around the world. In his book, 5001 Record Collector Dreams: Price Guide, the Austrian collector and author Hans Pokora values the NOMADD album at $900 - $1,000 for a single mint condition copy.
Third Coast Sound Distortions, in Tula, Oklahoma, specializes in obscure collectibles. You can find one of the original NOMADD records there.
"NOMADDS-Same-Radex(U.S., '65)-Super rare garage album; half originals, half covers. Plays really clean in spite of appearance. (EX-/FC EX,BC EX+,MO,SRW,WOC) $550." Click here
