Soft Pop

Into the Soft Vol 2 – Mirror Maze

Posted by funky16corners on April 29, 2020
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The Match – Mirror Maze Lady (RCA)
Lesley Gore – Brink Of Disaster (Mercury)
Michael J James – Love’s Funny (Uni)
Anthony and the Imperials – My Love Is a Rainbow (Veep)
The Guild – The Sun Shines For You (Twinight)
Bruce and Terry – Thank You Baby (Columbia)
Doodletown Pipers – Image of You (Epic)
Julie Budd – Yesterday’s Sunshine (MGM)
The Pufnstuf – Nonsense (Decca)
Love Generation – The Love In Me (Imperial)
Sugar Shoppe – Canada (Yorkville)
The Hour Glass – Silently (Liberty)
The Collage – Can I Go (Smash)
The Tokens – Portrait of My Love (WB)
The Lennon Sisters – Everything That Touches You (Mercury)
The Four Freshmen – Love Is a Happy Thing (Liberty)
Claudine Longet – Small Talk (A&M)
Gabor Szabo with the California Dreamers – 12:30 (Young Girls Are Coming To the Canyon) (Impulse)
Pink Cloud – Midnight Sun (Tower)
Dino, Desi and Billy – Thru Spray Colored Glasses (Uni)
Roger Nichols and the Small Circle of Friends – Kinda Wasted Without You (A&M)
The Sunshine Company – To Put Up With You (Imperial)
Uncle Sound – I’m Gonna Ask Him (WB)

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Greetings all!

The lockdown continues apace, and so then, does the mix-ology!

Into the Soft Vol 2 – Mirror Maze is the second collection in a row of rare and unusual 1960s soft and harmony pop.

There are some better known artists as well as a ton of more obscure performers.

So open your mind (and heart) , pull down the ones and zeroes and dig!

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So dig it, make sure to tune in, and I’ll see you all next week with a new mix.

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Iron Leg Radio Show #108

Posted by funky16corners on April 6, 2020
Posted in: 45s, Au Go Go, Beatles-esque Sounds, Bubblegum, Buffalo Springfield, Country Rock, cover versions, Culture, Easy Listening, folk rock, Free Design, garage punk, Iron Leg, Iron Leg Radio Show, Kitsch, Laurel Canyon, Music, Now Sound, pop, psychedelia, Rock, Soft Pop, Sunset Strip, Sunshine Pop. Tagged: , , , , . Leave a comment

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Les Reed Orchestra with the Eddie Lester Singers – Something In the Air (London)
Don Sebesky – Dance the Night Away (Verve)
Billy Vaughn – Time of the Season (Dot)
Bud Shank – Blue Jay Way (World Pacific)
Alan Lorber Orchestra – Within You Without You (Verve)
Paul Horn Quintet – Eight Miles High (RCA)
Ronnie Aldrich and His Two Pianos – Ride My Seesaw (London)

Al Hirt – Theme From the Monkees (RCA)
Sir Raleigh and the Coupons – Tomorrow’s Gonna Be Another Day (Jerden)
Classics IV – Daydream Believer (Liberty)
Palace Guard – Saturday’s Child (Parkway)
Peddlers – Last Train To Clarksville (Philips)
Harry Nilsson – Cuddly Toy (Demo)
Rising Sons – Take a Giant Step (Columbia)

Carole King – Pleasant Valley Sunday (Demo)
Ray Martin and His Orchestra – Pleasant Valley Sunday (Camden)
Bobby Vee – The Girl I Left Behind Me (Liberty)
Boyce and Hart – Teardrop City (A&M)
Sandy Posey – Shades of Grey (MGM)
Ventures – A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You (Liberty)
Paul Butterfield Blues Band – Mary Mary (Elektra)
Diane Hildebrand – Early Morning Blues and Greens (Elektra)
Del Shannon – She (Liberty)

Michael Murphey – What Am I Doin’ Hangin’ Round (A&M)
Keith Allison – I’m a Believer (Columbia)
Nat Stuckey – Listen To the Band (RCA)
Bucky Wilkin – I Wanna Be Free (RCA)
Enoch Light Singers – Valleri (Project 3)
Golden Gate Strings – (I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone (Epic)
Nilsson – Daddy’s Song (RCA)
Wichita Train Whistle – Tapioca Tundra (Dot)
Ray Martin and His Orchestra – Words (Camden)

Sounds of Our Times – Come To the Sunshine (Capitol)
Santo and Johnny – It’s Wonderful (Imperial)
Bill Page Orchestra – We Ain’t Got Nothin’ Yet (Tower)
Folkswingers feat Harihar Rao – Grim Reaper of Love (World Pacific)
Tony Mottola – Going Out Of My Head (Project 3)

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This month’s Iron Leg Radio Show, episode #108 is a treat for Monkees fans!

Sandwiched in between a couple of sets of groovy Now Sound covers of 60s pop, rock and psych, is a big helping of covers of tune from the Monkees catalog from all over the musical spectrum.

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Iron Leg Radio Show #106

Posted by funky16corners on February 3, 2020
Posted in: 45s, acoustic, Beach Boys, Beatles-esque Sounds, Brian Wilson, British Beat, Buffalo Springfield, cover versions, Culture, Easy Listening, folk rock, freakbeat, garage punk, Hammond Organ, Instrumental, Iron Leg, Iron Leg Radio Show, Kitsch, Mod, Mod Revival, Music, pop, psychedelia, Rock, Soft Pop, Sunset Strip, Sunshine Pop, Swinging London. Tagged: , , , . 4 Comments

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The Seeds – Pushin’ Too Hard (GNP/Crescendo)
The Seeds – Mr Farmer (GNP/Crescendo)
Buffalo Springfield – Everybody’s Wrong (Atco)
Buffalo Springfield – Flying On the Ground Is Wrong (Atco)
The Turtles – Sound Asleep (White Whale)
The Turtles – Buzz Saw (White Whale)
The Beach Boys – Wild Honey (Capitol)
Miracle Workers – I’ll Walk Away (Voxx)
Miracle Workers – One Step Closer To You (Voxx)

Billy Nicholls – Daytime Girl (Immediate)
Billy Nicholls – London Social Degree (Immediate)
The Kinks – Waterloo Sunset (Reprise)
The Kinks – End of the Season (Reprise)
Chad and Jeremy – Sunstroke (Columbia)
Chad and Jeremy – The Ark (Columbia)
Marty Wilde – Abergavenny (Philips)
Marty Wilde – Ice In the Sun (Philips)

Wendy and Bonnie – The Paisley Window Pane (Skye)
Phil Woods – Got a Feelin’ (Impulse)
Herbie Mann – Miss Free Spirit (Embryo)
Herbie Mann – In Tangier/Paradise Beach (Embryo)
Wendy and Bonnie – You Keep Hanging Up On My Mind (Skye)

Alan Hawkshaw – Dave Allen At Large (RPM)
Mohawks – Beat Me Til I’m Blue (RPM)
Mel Torme – My Little Red Book (Columbia)
Mel Torme – Secret Agent Man (Columbia)
Cass Elliott – Say Hello (RCA)
New Hope – Rain (Jamie)
PP Arnold – (If You Think You’re) Groovy (Immediate)
PP Arnold – Though It Hurts Me Badly (Immediate)

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This month’s Iron Leg Radio Show, episode #106 is another windfall of new and recent arrivals, with some very groovy UK popsike, far-out jazz, Now Sound (Hawkshaw!) and pop.

There are two full hours to pour over your brains.

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Iron Leg Radio Show #105

Posted by funky16corners on January 5, 2020
Posted in: 45s, Australian Pop, Bacharach/David, Beatles-esque Sounds, British Beat, cover versions, Culture, Easy Listening, folk rock, freakbeat, garage punk, Instrumental, Iron Leg, Kitsch, Music, Now Sound, pop, psychedelia, Rock, Soft Pop, The Sonics. Leave a comment

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Ray Brown and the Whispers – Midnight Hour (Leedon)
Ray Brown and the Whispers – Now Is the Time (Leedon)
The Searchers – This Empty Place (Kapp)
Brenda Lee – Time and Time Again (Decca)
Piccola Pupa – Breakaway (WB)

Jamme – Strawberry Jam Man (Dunhill)
Jamme – Scarborough Rose (Dunhill)
Folkswingers – Kicks (World Pacific)
Folkswingers – Along Comes Mary (World Pacific)
Harper’s Bizarre – Knock On Wood (WB)
Harper’s Bizarre – Poli High (WB)
Syndicate of Sound – I’m Alive (Bell)
Syndicate of Sound – The Witch (Bell)

Harumi – Talk About It (Verve)
Harumi – Samurai Memories (Verve)

Jeff Beck Group – Shapes of Things (Epic)
Jeff Beck Group – Beck’s Bolero (Epic)
Group Therapy – Foxy Lady (RCA)
Chaps – Ascension To Virginity (Decca)
Chaps – Constant Journey (Decca)
Roger Eckers – Carry On (Zez)

Rascals – It’s Wonderful (Atlantic)
Rascals – Easy Rollin’ (Atlantic)
Dinah Shore – Undun (Stanyan)
Lionel Bart – May a Man Be Merry (Deram)
Lionel Bart – Looking Glass Looking Glass (Deram)
Bill Page and His Orchestra – Penny Lane (Tower)
Bill Page and His Orchestra – We Ain’t Got Nothing Yet (Tower)
Gulliver – Every Day’s a Lovely Day (Elektra)
Gulliver – A Truly Good Song (Elektra)

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This month’s Iron Leg Radio Show, episode #104 features a lot of new and recent arrivals, some heavy stuff, so pure pop, a couple of out there new sound things and some psychedelia.

There are two full hours to stuff into your ears.

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Testify! Episode #

Posted by funky16corners on December 16, 2019
Posted in: 45s, acoustic, Australian Pop, Canadian Music, Country Rock, cover versions, Culture, folk, folk rock, Iron Leg, Laurel Canyon, Music, Nederbeat, pop, psychedelia, Rock, Soft Pop, Sunshine Pop. Tagged: , , , , , , . Leave a comment

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Testify Episode #144. Originally broadcast 12/11/2019

The Guild – The Sun Shines For You (Twinight)
Chris and Peter Allen – My Silent Symphony (Mercury)
Gordian Knot – We Must Be Doing Something Right (Verve)
Sugar Beats – Begin-Give In (A&M)
Jim Valley – Invitation (Dunhill)
Boyce and Hart – For Baby (A&M)
The Banned – Goodbye Groovy Goodbye (Fontana)
Tin Tin – Toast and Marmalade For Tea (Atco)

Crib and Ben – Emily (Decca)
Guild Light Gauge – Cloudy (We Make Rock’n’Roll Records)
Triste Janiero -In the Garden (GPC)
Gordon Lightfoot – For Lovin’ Me (UA)
Gordon Lightfoot – The Way I Feel (UA)
Judy Collins – Hey That’s No Way To Say Goodbye (Elektra)
Steve Noonan – Buy For Me The Rain (Elektra)
Steve Noonan – Leaning Back and Laughing (Elektra)
Steve Noonan – Shadow Dream Song (Elektra)
Jim and Jean – Time Goes Backwards (Verve)
Jim and Jean – What’s That Got To Do With Me (Verve)

Mickey Newbury – Write a Song a Song/Angeline (Mercury)
Lowell George – Find a River (WB)
Bert Jansch – Poison (Transatlantic)
Dion – Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Laurie)
David Ackles – That’s No Reason To Cry (Elektra)
David Ackles – Woman River (Elektra)
Patrick Sky – Children’s Song (Verve Forecast)
Patrick Sky – The Dance of Death (Verve Forecast)
Patrick Sky – Follow the Longhaired Lady (Verve Forecast)
Rare Earth – Smiling Faces (Sometimes) (Rare Earth)
Boudewijn de Groot – Aeneas Nu (Decca)
Keef James – Somewhere (Rare Earth)

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers – I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor) (Like)

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Greetings all!

This week’s edition of Testify! is two hours of soft/sunshine pop as well as a grip of cool singer/songwriter stuff (as well as a couple of surprising left turns). 

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Iron Leg Radio Show #102

Posted by funky16corners on October 6, 2019
Posted in: 45s, Bacharach/David, Baroque, Brill Building, cover versions, Culture, Easy, Easy Listening, folk, folk rock, freakbeat, Iron Leg, Iron Leg Radio Show, Kitsch, Music, Now Sound, pop, psychedelia, Rock, Soft Pop. Tagged: , , . Leave a comment

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The Dig – Send It Through the Post (Susstones) 1985
The Dig – Mr Nobody (Susstones)
The 27 Various – Principal Percival (Susstones) 1987 HI
The 27 Various – Yes Indeed (Susstones) 1989 Yes Indeed
The 27 Various – I Feel Damaged (Clean) 1990 Approximately

Ann-Margret – I Just Don’t Understand (RCA) 1961
Innovation – Thing’s Aren’t the Same (Amy) 1968
Innvation – You’re Time’s Gonna Come (Amy) wr/prod Ellie Greenwich
Gotham Rockets  – Bad With Girls (Murray Sounds/Rum Bar) 2019
Gotham Rockets – Nothing But a Man (Murray Sounds/Rum Bar)

 

Jim and Jean – The Planet June (Verve) Jean  arr George Tipton
Jim and Jean – Topanga Road (Verve) Jean arr George Tipton
Jim and Jean – What’s That Got To Do With Me? (Verve) Jim
Jonathan and Leigh – Changes (Vanguard) 1967 wr Phil Ochs
Good and Plenty – The Good Dr Jefferson (Senate) 1967 wr Wes Farrell
Brooks Arthur Ensemble – First of May (Verve) 1969 Traces Bee Gees
Brooks Arthur Ensemble – Knowing When To Leave (Verve) Bacharach/David
Les Reed Orchestra – Something In the Air (1969) Love Is All
Stu Phillips – Morocco – Camel Farm (UNI) 1969 Follow Me OST
Stu Phillips – India – Ranee Express (UNI)
Stu Phillips – Mahahbalipuram (UNI)

 Tin Tin – She Said Ride (Atco) 1970 prod various inst Maurice Gibb
Tin Tin – Toast and Marmalade For Tea (Atco)
Tin Tin – Only Ladies Play Croquet (Atco)
Hubert Laws – Cymbaline (CTI) 1969 Pink Floyd More
Tommy James and the Shondells – Kathleen McArthur (Roulette)
Tommy James and the Shondells – I Am a Tangerine (Roulette)
Tommy James and the Shondells – I’m Alive (Roulette)

 Patrick Sky – Children’s Song (Verve) 1968 Reality Is Bad Enough arr Stu Scharf
Patrick Sky – Follow the Longhaired Lady (Verve)
Patrick Sky – The Dance of Death (Verve)
Patrick Sky – I Don’t Feel That’s Real (Verve)
Smokey and His Sister – Lonely Together (WB)
Smokey and His Sister – Imagination (Strange As It Is) (WB)

 

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This month’s Iron Leg Radio Show, episode #102 starts with a tribute to the late Ed Ackerson of the Dig and 27 Various, some new arrivals,  with some interesting singer/songwriter stuff, some psychedelia and easy/instro pop.

There are two full hours of groovy sounds herein.

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Testify! Salutes Burt Bacharach

Posted by funky16corners on March 10, 2019
Posted in: 45s, Bacharach/David, cover versions, Culture, Free Design, Iron Leg, Mod, Music, Now Sound, Original versions, pop, Rock, Soft Pop, Sunshine Pop, Testify!, Uncategorized. Leave a comment

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Testify Episode #100. Originally broadcast 02/27/2019

Testify! 100th Episode!

Love – My Little Red Book (Elektra)
The Love Affair – Please Stay (Muza)
Alohe Burke and the Five Stairsteps – The Look of Love (Cobblestone)
Alan Lorber Orchestra – The Look of Love (Verve)
Dionne Warwick – Promises Promises (Scepter)
Cher – Alfie (Imperial)

Marva Whitney – This Girl’s In Love With You (King)
Lou Johnson – Kentucky Bluebird (A Message to Martha) (Big Hill)
Lou Johnson – Walk On By (Big Top)
Dionne Warwick – This Empty Place (Scepter)
Dobby Dobson – Don’t Make Me Over (Pama Supreme)
Ian and the Zodiacs – This Empty Place (Philips)
Gloria Loring – I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself (Evolution)
The Tangeers – This Empty Place (Scepter)
The Free Design – Windows of the World (Project 3)
Tina Mason – Are You There With Another Girl (Capitol)
Tony Orlando – To Wait For Love (Epic)
Ben E King – They Don’t Give Medals To Yesterday’s Heroes (Atco)
Jackie DeShannon – Come and Get Me (Imperial)

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass – Casino Royale Theme (Colgems)
Cal Tjader – Moneypenny (Skye)
Burt Bacharach – The Little French Boy (Colgems)
Enoch Light and the Light Brigade – Bond Street (Project 3)
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass – The Big Cowboy and Indian Fight (Colgems)
Tony Mottola and the Groovies – Do You know the Way To San Jose (Project 3)
Burt Bacharach Orchestra and Chorus – Nikki (A&M)
Burt Bacharach – Pacific Coast Highway (A&M)

Shirelles – Baby It’s You (Scepter)
Manfred Mann – My Little Red Book (Ascot)
Brook Benton – A House Is Not a Home (Mercury)
Patti Labelle and the Bluebelles – There’s Always Something There To Remind Me (Atlantic)
Roger Nichols and the Small Circle of Friends – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (A&M)
The Four King Cousins – This Girl’s In Love With You (Capitol)
Dionne Warwick – Here I Am (Scepter)
The Drifters – Mexican Divorce (Atlantic)
Oscar Toney Jr – Any Day Now (Bell)

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers – I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor) (Like)
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Greetings all
What you see before you is a recent edition of my WFMU – Give the Drummer Radio show Testify! which I thought would be of special interest to Iron Leg-gers.

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Since WFMU is in the midst of it’s 2019 fundraising marathon, and Testify! is part of that effort, I thought that this week, I would use Iron Leg and Funky16Corners to push some traffic in that direction.

This particular episode of Testify! was a major labor of love, something that I’d wanted to do for a long time, and the assembly of which underwent many revisions over the course of several weeks (in an attempt to get it just right).

There are some faves here, but also a very large helping of deep cuts, from the worlds of rock, pop and soul, all in service of paying tribute to one of the all time great songwriters and record makers.

So, give it a listen, and if you dig it, and/or WFMU, click on this link (or on the WFMU logo above), DONATE and send some money their way to keep the greatest station in the nation up and running for another year.

That said, I will see you all next week.

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Larry

Iron Leg Radio Show Episode #85

Posted by funky16corners on May 6, 2018
Posted in: 45s, Au Go Go, Beach Boys, Beatles-esque Sounds, Brian Wilson, Brill Building, Bubblegum, Canadian Music, cover versions, Culture, folk rock, Iron Leg, Iron Leg Radio Show, Kitsch, Mod, Music, pop, psychedelia, Rock, San Francisco, Soft Pop, Sunshine Pop, Wrecking Crew. Leave a comment

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Sugar Shoppe – Canada (Yorkville)
George Maharis – World Without Sunshine (Epic)
Judy Henske – Day To Day (Reprise)
Judy Henske – Dolphins In the Sea (Reprise)
Gordon Lightfoot – Spin Spin Spin (UA)

Vejtables – Anything (Autumn)
Vejtables – I Still Love You (Autumn)
Tikis – Darkest Night of the Year (Autumn)
Tikis – Pay Attention To Me (Autumn)
Steve Douglas – Caroline No (Mercury)

John Dankworth – Modesty Blaise Theme (20th Century)
Bob Breen – Ice Is Nice (20th Century)
Buzz and Bucky – Bay City (Amy)
Pat Boone – Molly (Tetragrammaton)
Pat Boone – What’s Gnawing At Me (Tetragrammaton)

Don Sebesky & the Jazz Rock Syndrome – I Dig Rock and Roll Music (Verve)
Don Sebesky & the Jazz Rock Syndrome – Somebody Groovy (Verve)
The Moog Machine – Yummy Yummy Yummy (Columbia)
The Moog Machine – Time of the Season (Columbia)
The Moog Machine – Jumping Jack Flash (Columbia)

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It’s Iron Leg Radio time again!

This month we’re back digging into the pile of new and recent arrivals, as well as presenting a grip of cool things excavate from the crates!

Dig it all, and make sure to subscribe to the show as a podcast in iTunes.

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The Sandpipers – Glass

Posted by funky16corners on February 25, 2018
Posted in: 45s, cover versions, Culture, Curt Boettcher, Iron Leg, Music, Original versions, pop, psychedelia, Soft Pop, Sunshine Pop. 4 Comments

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Greetings all.

Today’s track comes from the back alleys of the Curt Boettcher story, yet manages to also touch on mainstream pop as well.

I first heard ‘Glass’ as performed by Sagittarius on their 1968 Present Tense LP, where it stands, among all manner of beautifully crafted pop sounds as the trippiest number of all.

It was – fitting in well with the ‘all hands on deck’ creation of ‘Present Tense’ – by a singer named Craig Brewer, a friend of Boettcher’s that was – par for the course – never heard from again.

It was years after I first heard the Sagittarius version of ‘Glass’, that I discovered that the song had originally been done by the Sandpipers.

If theye are known at all today, it is for their version of ‘Guantanamera’ which was a big hit in the summer of 1966.

They were a fairly unremarkable pop harmony group, in the style of the Lettermen, but they managed to hit the charts a number of times between 1966 and 1970.

‘Glass’, written by Larry Marks and Ernie Sheldon appeared on the group’s 1967 self-titled LP, alongside standards, Beatles covers and interesting material by artists like Bud Dashiell and a pre-Denverized John Dutschendorf.

While I doubt anyone lost their mind on the way to the Third Bardo listening to the Sandpiper’s version of ‘Glass’, it is a supremely well-crafted bit of psychedelia-adjacent harmony pop, probably too weird for your Mom, yet oddly square to anyone that had already turned on.

That said, it manages to transcend any squareness by virtue of a kind of darkness. The record was arranged by Nick DeCaro and produced by Tommy LiPuma, and (interestingly) engineered by none other than Bruce Botnick, who had worked with the Doors and Love (among many others).

I did a side-by-side comparison of the Sandpipers and Sagittarius versions, and as odd as this might sound, I’d go as far as to say that the Sandpipers take on ‘Glass’ is more genuinely psychedelic (even if the lysergia is kind of distant).

The vocal arrangement on the Sagittarius version is (as expected) wonderful and densely layered, yet the musical backing on the Sandpipers record is subtle and more intriguing, approaching a kind of baroque weirdness, where Sagittarius take leans toward psychedelic tropes like sitar.

I still dig them both, but the Sandpipers (despite this being something of an anomaly in their discography) are ahead by a nose.

I hope you dig it, and I’ll see you all next week.

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Larry

 

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Iron Leg Radio Show #82

Posted by funky16corners on February 4, 2018
Posted in: 45s, Au Go Go, Baroque, Brian Wilson, Country Rock, cover versions, Culture, folk rock, freakbeat, garage punk, Instrumental, Iron Leg, Iron Leg Radio Show, Music, pop, psychedelia, R&Beat, Rock, Soft Pop, Wrecking Crew. Leave a comment

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The Herd – Beauty Queen (Fontana)
California – Sugar Kite (Columbia)
Uncle Sound – Beverly Hills (Warner Brothers)
Uncle Sound – I’m Gonna Ask Him (Warner Brothers)

Keef James – Somewhere (Rare Earth)
Keep James – Find Your Own Way (Rare Earth)
Keef James – Find Your Own Way (Rare Earth)

31st of February – Pick a Gripe (Vanguard)
31st of February – Sandcastles (Vangaurd)
George Washington Brown – Donovan’s Colours (Warner Brothers)
Steve Douglas – God Only Knows (Mercury)
Steve Douglas – Good Vibrations (1969)

Zombies – Is This the Dream (Epic)
Zombies – If It Don’t Work Out (Epic)
Zombies – She’s Coming Home (Epic)
King Bees – On Your Way Down the Drain (RCA)

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It’s Iron Leg Radio time again!

This month we continue to dig back into the wave of 2017/2018 new arrivals, with the Herd, California, Uncle Sound, Keef James, 31st Of February, George Washington Brown, Steve Douglas, the Zombies and the King Bees!

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