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ABKCO release the first two albums by Michigan garage rock legends aka Question Mark and The Mysteriansnbsp96 Tearsnbsp1966 andnbspActionnbsp1967.Formed in the Bay City Saginaw area of Michigan in 1962 by MexicanAmerican children of migrant farm workers, the band gained popularity with the addition of drummer Robert Martinezrsquos brother Rudy, aka Question Mark, as lead vocalist. The eccentric Question Mark often stylized asnbsplsquorsquo has claimed to have been born on Mars and lived among dinosaurs in a past life.A mere eight months after 96 Tears was released, CameoParkway put out the follow up fulllengthnbspActionnbspin June of rsquo67. Their sophomore album is more evenly split between originals and covers, among them ldquoCanrsquot Get Enough of You, Baby,rdquo written by Denny Randell and Sandy Linzer and first recorded by The Four Seasons one year previous. and The Mysteriansrsquo version got to 56 on the Billboard Hot 100, faring better than Smash Mouthrsquos ubiquitous 1998 version, which appeared on four other Billboard charts but was absent from the coveted Hot 100. Action would be the bandrsquos last studio album for more than three decades. Question Mark and The Mysterians is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only u00a333 +P&P