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| From | Anna Borg <anna@tallboyrecords.com> |
| Subject | Re: The Turtles |
| Date | Sat, 17 Sep 2005 23:45:59 -0700 (PDT) |
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I'll second all this talk about how great the Turtles
are. I didn't realize their stuff was out of print,
Amoeba here in LA has a steady stock of most of their
releases. Maybe they are used and I never noticed!
I'd also highly recommend the Turtles DVD Rhino put
out a while back. Highly entertaining.
anna
--- DethRokrX@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 9/17/05 11:08:18 PM,
> audities-owner@smoe.org writes:
>
> << Are any of non-best of Turtles or Flo and Eddie
> albums worth seeking out?
> >>
>
> Just about all of them, if you can find them.
>
> Despite their image as lightweight pop hitmakers,
> the Turtles made wonderful,
> creative records for most of their career, despite
> some soul-crushing
> business problems, and their albums were
> surprisingly filler-free. Sundazed reissued
> all of their original albums a few years back,
> though I believe that those
> are out of print. They were also available as
> imports with bonus tracks--I
> think those are currently unavailable as well.
>
> The Shout Factory comp contains all the hits, but it
> doesn't really do the
> band justice. A much more representative package
> was the "Solid Zinc" double CD
> that Rhino released a few years years ago--I think
> that's out of print too,
> but it's well worth seeking out on ebay or Amazon.
>
> The Flo and Eddie albums were all really cool too,
> but I think that only the
> later ones were ever reissued on CD, and they're
> very hard to find now.
>
> Actually, this is a pretty lousy time to become a
> Turtles fan, since most of
> their catalog is out of print. But I believe that
> Howard and Mark own all of
> the band's masters, so I'd imagine that they'll be
> available again soon enough.
>
Anna Borg
AIM: cakeab
TallBoy Records
P.O. Box 27757
Los Angeles, CA 90027-0757
http://www.tallboyrecords.com
http://www.myspace.com/anna23
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