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| From | "Craig Leve" <CraigL@ori.org> |
| Subject | Milk 'n' Cookies reissued! |
| Date | Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:59:41 -0800 |
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From the March Rev-Ola update-
Craig
Milk 'N' Cookies
Milk 'N' Cookies
RPM 291
File between Sparks and Roxy Music. Our first spin off from the
Glitterbest
compilation is a classic of that immediate pre punk era where New York
art
rockers sneered their way through 3 minute pop songs.
The band were at the time, 1975/6, often found to be playing at Max's
Kansas
City usually supporting either the Ramones or Talking Heads. Both groups
were
signed to Sire and the Milk n Cookies were set to follow. However
previously
they had recorded an album with Muff Winwood at Island, having been
taken there
by manager John Hewlett, who also looked after Sparks. Island released a
single
then sat on the album, in 1974, and the band returned to New York to
join the
emerging scene there, when in 1976 Island suddenly decided to release
after all.
Timing all wrong, and with no real backing from the label, the LP died
and so
did the bands prospective deal with Sire, thus the band collapsed.
Bassist Sal
Maida joined Sparks, having previously played with Roxy Music, guitarist
and
principle songwriter Ian North went solo. As for the singer Justin
Strauss....oh
he married Hollywood actress Kathleen Turner!
So resurrected now following growing interest in this Sparks related
combo, we
have added the single to the LP, plus the album out takes and
Sire/Warner Bros
demos. Put together in cooperation with the band the package comes with
an essay
by noted New York Dolls biographer Nina Antonia, and photos from the
bands own
archive.
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