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| From | "Patrick Beckers" <patriczik@wanadoo.nl> |
| Subject | Re: Late Faves |
| Date | Fri, 24 Jan 2003 14:10:32 +0100 |
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>Im curious about the Critters 1968-9 recordings on Project 3. Jeffrey Glenn
>featured a track called "Lisa - But Not The Same" on his Wes Farrell >
>compilation that is amazing soft-pop, perhaps better than anything they
>recorded for Kapp. The Fuzz Acid and Flowers website mentions two albums
>they cut for the label, anyone here have them and are they any good?
I have the Touch 'n Go album and used to have the other one on Project 3.
I love Touch 'n Go. It contains some great tunes. Touch 'n Go is a vintage
Bonner/Gordon composition. A Moment Of Being With You, Let's Love, Cool
Sunday Morning, and Forget it are great Jim Ryan originals, while another
Ryan track Awake In A Dream is my highlight of the album. A great poptrack
with great vocals and harmonies wrapped in a psychedelic kind of
arrangement. The album also features two fine covers of Reason To Believe
and Younger Generation.
I found the other Project 3 Critters album in Tokyo (of all places...) a
couple of years ago. It was very expensive, but despite this I took it with
me. I was very disappointed with it. The pop/harmony influences that
highlighted their previous albums had, for the most part, gone. Songwise,
the tracks on this album didn't do it for me. But, that's just my opinion.
Maybe there are others on the list who do dig this album.
Anyway, I sold the album one or two years ago.
Just my 2c on The Critters Project 3 years (btw: I just love Don't Let The
Rain Fall Down On Me!).
Patrick Beckers
----- Original Message -----
From: "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: Late Faves
>
> >2. The Critters. Finally picked up something by my the most famous and
> >successful band from my hometown (Westfield NJ). I put off buying it
> >because I didn't expect it to be very good, but I screwed up again.
> >Aside from the singles (John Sebastian's "Younger Girl" and future Four
> >Season Don Ciccone's "Mr. Dyingly Sad"), most of the songs are written by
> >Jimmy Ryan, and his stuff is really interesting. The arrangements and
> >harmonies are different enough to make this group really stand out.
> >Great stuff!
>
> Im curious about the Critters 1968-9 recordings on Project 3. Jeffrey
Glenn
> featured a track called "Lisa - But Not The Same" on his Wes Farrell
> compilation that is amazing soft-pop, perhaps better than anything they
> recorded for Kapp. The Fuzz Acid and Flowers website mentions two albums
> they cut for the label, anyone here have them and are they any good?
>
> Billy
> (it took me awhile to find out about the Move too - God Bless Cheap
Trick!)
>
>
>
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