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| From | "David Bash" <bashpop@earthlink.net> |
| Subject | Re: 60s Soft Pop |
| Date | Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:58:35 -0700 |
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--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, Florapop@a... wrote:
> hi pop friends!
>
> i've been following the thread on aerovon, honeybus, billy nichols,
etc...and i'm quite intrigued to start looking up this music. i'm a big fan
of soft pop ala keith and left banke, and now i'm realizing (thanks to this
list) that there's so much more of that stuff out there.
>
> i was thinking it'd be cool to read a handful of your lists of bands with
descriptions and their best compilations/albums to serve as a guide to some
upcoming purchases. and those could be fun to read on audities, or fun off
list as well.
>
> cheers and pop on!
> mark flora -- who is thrilled to know that at age 39 there is still plenty
of great pop out there i've never heard. :)
When I first read this post I said to myself "I know I have a list of great
soft pop albums somewhere", and after searching for awhile I finally found a
list that had been part of a column I wrote for the Pure Pop website in
1999. It was basically a list of great soft pop LPs which needed to be
released on CD. Below is that list. Afterwards, I'll list those which have
since been released on CD:
#1 Album-Chris & Peter Allen (Mercury, 1968)
The American Revolution-The American Revolution (Flick Disc, 1968)
I Can’t Quit Her/The Letter-The Arbors (Date, 1969)
Are Not For Smoking-The Blades Of Grass (Jubilee, 1968)
Bound To Happen-Cashman, Pistilli, and West (ABC, 1968)
Chamaeleon Church-Chamaeleon Church (MGM, 1968)
The Cambridge Concept of Timothy Clover-Timothy Clover (Tower, 1968)
Rain And Shine-The Canterbury Music Festival (B.T. Puppy, 1968)
Peter Cofield-Peter Cofield (Coral, 1968)
The Collage-The Collage (Smash, 1967)
Colours-Colours (Dot, 1968)
We Can Fly-The Cowsills (MGM, 1967)
Touch ‘N Go With The Critters-The Critters (Project 3, 1968)
Daughers Of Albion-Daughters Of Albion (Fontana, 1968)
So Good-Don And The Goodtimes (Epic, 1967)
Edwards Hand-Edwards Hand (GRT, 1968)
Miss Butters-The Family Tree (RCA, 1969)
The Magic Garden-The Fifth Dimension (Soul City, 1967)
Five Man Electrical Band-Five Man Electrical Band (Capitol, 1968)
Elephant Candy-The Fun and Games (UNI, 1969)
Color Blind-The Glitterhouse (Dynovoice, 1968)
The Gordian Knot-The Gordian Knot (Verve, 1968)
Take A Picture-Margo Guryan (Bell, 1968)
Blew Mind-The Hard Times (World Pacific, 1968)
Down To Middle Earth-The Hobbits (Decca, 1967)
Tic Tac Toe-The Jackpots (Sonet Svenska, 1967)
Jack In The Box-The Jackpots (Sonet Svenska, 1968)
Love Generation-The Love Generation (Imperial, 1967)
A Generation of Love-The Love Generation (Imperial, 1968)
Montage-The Love Generation (Imperial, 1969)
A Midsummer’s Day Dream-Marc Eric (Revue, 1969)
Marshmallow Way-Marshmallow Way (United Artists, 1968)
Montage-Montage (Laurie, 1968)
Without Earth-The Moon (Imperial, 1968)
Mortimer-Mortimer (Phillips, 1968)
October Country-October Country (Epic, 1967)
Orange Colored Sky-Orange Colored Sky (UNI, 1968)
Will You Be Staying After Sunday-The Peppermint Rainbow (Decca, 1969)
Peppermint Trolley Company-Peppermint Trolley Company (Acta, 1968)
Hot, Cold, & Custard-Peter & Gordon (Capitol, 1968)
Procession-Procession (Smash, 1969)
Queen Anne’s Lace-Queen Anne’s Lace (Coral, 1968)
It’s Happening-The Red Squares (Columbia Denmark, 1967)
The Robbs-The Robbs (Mercury, 1967)
It’s Now Winter’s Day-Tommy Roe (ABC, 1967)
Phantasy-Tommy Roe (ABC, 1967)
The Rose Garden-The Rose Garden (ATCO, 1968)
The Blue Marble-Sagittarius (Together, 1969)
The Smoke-The Smoke (Sidewalk, 1968)
Anything You Choose/Without Rhyme Or Reason-Spanky And Our Gang (Mercury,
1969)
Divided We Stand-The Split Level (Dot, 1967)
Captain Nemo-The Sundowners (Decca, 1968)
Basic Magnetism-Teddy & The Pandas (Tower, 1968)
Island In The Sky-The Tuneful Trolley (Capitol, 1968)
Twinn Connexion-Twinn Connexion (Decca, 1968)
For Women Only-Bergen White (SSS International, 1969)
Hair-Zen (Phillips Holland, 1969)
Since this column was published:
The Blades Of Grass, Marc Eric, Moon, and Sagittarius albums have all been
reissued on Rev-ola Records
The Chameleon Church on Akarma
The Canterbury Music Festival on Air Mail, Japan
The first five Fifth Dimension albums on Buddha
Margo Guryan on Franklin Castle
The Montage S/T on Sundazed
The Rose Garden on Collector's Choice
The first three Spanky And Our Gang albums on Vivid Sound, Japan
Zen on Universal, Holland
There is also a great Love Generation compilation on Sundazed, and a
Jackpots Compilation on Universal, Sweden.
So, some wishes do come true!
--
Soft Pop Rules!!!!!
Take Care,
David
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