 The "English Freakbeat series" is a group of five compilation albums, released in the late 1980s, that were issued by AIP Records.The LPs featured recordings that were released in the mid-1960s by English rock bands in R&B, mod, and beat genres.The series served as a follow-up to the "Pebbles, Volume 6" LP, itself subtitled "The Roots of Mod", which was the only album in the Pebbles series that was devoted to English music.