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Post by Carpet Man on Mar 19, 2013 14:27:32 GMT
Ok, hello new members,
Shall we get the ball rolling?
How about giving us your favourite SP group and album you'd most like to see reissued.
Though I frequent several forums, this is the first one I've started so any suggestions on rules etc would be welcome.
Guy
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Post by aquariuscsm on Mar 19, 2013 15:21:15 GMT
A couple of recent fave sunshine pop/softpsych lps of mine,Forever and Ever-"The First Look At",and Northern Lights-"Vancouver Dreaming". It`d be awesome if there`s any unreleased recordings,45-only cuts,non-lp b sides.
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Post by Carpet Man on Mar 19, 2013 15:36:37 GMT
Gee, there's two already that I have to look into.
My favorite? Probably "The Secret Life Of Harper's Bizarre".
Dug out the Mutual Understanding album the other day a and had forgotten how good it was.
Though it was reissued once in Japan, I'd love to have the Pleasure Fair album plus singles on CD.
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Post by aquariuscsm on Mar 19, 2013 15:47:01 GMT
I found a mint mono of Harper`s Bizarre`s 1st lp awhile back. I LOVE the song Rasperry Rug (did I spell that right?). I also found 2 copies of the pre Harper`s band The Tikis "Bye Bye Bye/Lost My Love Today". What`s weird is one copy is straight folk,while the other copy is garage versions of the same songs. Wonder why they released two different takes of the same songs,although the folk version is a white label promo.
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Post by beercansonthemoon on Mar 20, 2013 0:50:28 GMT
Joyride would have to be my favorite. 3 singles (5 songs) of pure pleasure on World Pacific records..
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Post by aquariuscsm on Mar 20, 2013 1:30:38 GMT
Has anyone scored any new vinyl lately? I`ve bought a few this week:
Lee Mallory "That`s The Way It`s Gonna Be" (Valiant 45)
Ginny Tiu and the Few "I`ve Got To Get You Off My Mind" (Amaret 45)
Fenwyck "I Wanna Die" (Progressive Sounds Of America 45)
Paul Williams "Someday Man" (Reprise lp)
Fantastic Deejays "Two Times Two" (Red Fox 45)
Novas "And It`s Time" (S.T.A.R. 45)
George Bean "The Candy Shop Is Closed" (CBS 45)
The Mission "Calmilly" (BET 45)
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Post by Carpet Man on Mar 20, 2013 21:22:34 GMT
Beercans,
I'll have to check I've got all those Joyride tracks. Some cool stuff came out on World Pacific 45s - Gypsy Trips, The Sandals, Hard Times, Raga & The Talas, Gil & Johnny, the Meditations, New Phoenix, Decembers Children, late period Marketts, Harper & Rowe, not to mention Cathy Rich! Would make a nice compilation.
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Post by beercansonthemoon on Mar 21, 2013 1:49:48 GMT
Billy T - Love that Meditations single (he he he). It's probably the definition of so bad that it's good.
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Post by aquariuscsm on Mar 21, 2013 3:42:53 GMT
Billy T - Love that Meditations single (he he he). It's probably the definition of so bad that it's good. Are The Meditations the same guys who were the Sounds of Sunshine and Phineus And The Lemon Phogg (Wilder Brothers)? I have a bunch of their stuff. |
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Post by Carpet Man on Mar 21, 2013 21:33:11 GMT
I'll have to look into that, don't have the label to hand at the moment. I'm guessing not.
Listening to those "Spiritual Obscurities" comps tonight. They did the rounds back in the early days of internet sharing - when we still used to mail CDs to each other!
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Post by aquariuscsm on Mar 25, 2013 3:15:36 GMT
when we still used to mail CDs to each other! Ahh,the good old days :^) |
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Post by aquariuscsm on Mar 25, 2013 3:24:47 GMT
I just got back from record store shopping and just running around town. Found these:
BJ Thomas and the Triumphs-I`m so lonesome I could cry/candy baby (Pacemaker 45)
-Baby cried/can`t help it (Pacemaker 45)
Hollies-Sorry suzanne/not that way at all (Epic 45)
Rose Colored Glass-Can`t find the time/mystic touch (Bang 45) BEAUTIFUL sunshine pop!!
Vanity Fare-I remember summer morning/something telling me (Page One 45)
Beatles-She loves you/I`ll get you (Swan 45)
Boyce and Hart-Test patterns (A&M mono lp)
Byrds-preflyte (Together lp)
PF Sloan-Songs of our times (Dunhill lp)
Silkie-You`ve got to hide your love away (Fontana mono lp)
Emitt Rhodes-The american dream (A&M lp)
Tin Tin-(Atco lp)
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Post by Carpet Man on Mar 25, 2013 18:24:25 GMT
That's a cool haul aqua, I don't do the record shops much these days but that makes me miss it.
I'm a big Bang! records fan but I don't think I've heard that Rose Colored Glass 45. I will have a look for it tonight. What do you make of the PF Sloan LP? Haven't got much of his solo work.
That lot on Swan will never make it!
I've been looking into the World Pacific label this week and may post a little label survey if I get the time. Loads of good stuff to be found there.
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Post by aquariuscsm on May 9, 2013 3:32:25 GMT
Man it`s been WAY too quiet here lately! Thought I`d share my newest sunshine pop/garage scores :^)
Chris Wilson-inspiration road/all the joy (Columbia 45)
The Scandal-girl you`re goin outa my mind/there`s reasons why (Pepper 45)
Arch of Triumph-lands of shadow/sunshine and you (date 45)
Son`s of the Keystone Kops-i laughed you cried/chain gang man (Public 45)
Becky and the Lollipops-come on home/i don`t care (Troy 45)
Heather Black-walking back to waco/she`s my woman (American Playboy 45)
The Triumphs-better come get her/morticia baker (Pacemaker 45)
Featherbed-amy/morning (Bell 45)
El Campo Jades-the 13th song (Golden Eagle lp-101)
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Post by beercansonthemoon on May 20, 2013 19:45:40 GMT
PF Sloan's two Dunhill lps, and the few non-lp Dunhill 45s, are all excellent. The lps are pretty spare (one voice with a small group occasionally backing him) singer-songrwiter affairs. According to PFS, Dunhill only released the lps as they thought they would serve as demos for other artists. Ace released a nice single disc comp of the Dunhill material, but could have done the world a big favor by gathering it all onto two cds. Oh well.
Speaking of Sloan & Dunhill, I'm still flabbergasted at how wonderfully Barry McGuire interprets Sloan's songs on his two Dunhill albums.
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