The MGM Singles

These days, Sam the Sham and the Pharohs are best remembered for such infectious '60s hits as "Wooly Bully" and "Lil' Red Riding Hood," and for the sartorial splendor of turbanded frontman/organist Sam the Sham (Domingo Samudio) and his bandmates. But the one-of-a-kind Memphis-by-way-of-Texas quintet produced a large and highly original body of R&B/Blues/Tex-Mex/garage tunes that established them as one of the greatest singles bands of the 1960s. While the band's wacky humor and flamboyant visual image may have threatened to brand them as a novelty act, their raw exuberance, rootsy grit, and playfully subversive streak made it clear that Sam and his Pharohs were the genuine article.
Throughout the second half of the sixties, Sam the Sham and the Pharohs turned out a lengthy string of 7"s. Many of those singles boasted non-album B-sides that were as memorable as their better known A-sides. Now, for the first time ever, Sundazed Records has gathered both sides of every one of the band's original MGM Records singles on this lovingly packaged 2xLP set and CD collection. These long out-of-print gems have been sourced from the original MGM masters and sound better than ever.