So far I have had some good bands and artists to talk about over the past two dozen months. They have all been bands that I love, first of all.
THE BREAKAWAYS – Lost recordings have just been released from this transition band between two seminal bands, the Nerves and the Plimsouls.
Yachts evolved out of an earlier R&B band called Albert Dock. Some of the song titles have some boating lingo, “Yachting Type” and “Semaphore Love”.
Raspberries is the debut album by the Raspberries and includes “Go All the Way” and another charting single, “Don’t Want to Say Goodbye”.
Fotomaker was started by two former members of the Rascals, Gene Cornish and Dino Danelli, plus ex-Raspberries guitarist Wally Bryson.
Linda Ronstadt was so taken with Thin Red Line by the Cretones that she included three of these songs on her “new wave” album Mad Love (1980).
The Best of Bomp, Volume One was among Bomp’s first LP’s and assembles highlights from their early records released over the preceding four years.
Choir Practice is a retrospective album by the Choir that has been released in both LP and CD format, including their classic “It’s Cold Outside”.
The Choir is a retrospective EP by the Choir that has been released only in 7″ format. There are actually five songs on the record.
The Choir was a garage rock band whose largest commercial success came with the release of their first single “It’s Cold Outside” in December 1966.