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 
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