The Overlanders - My Life - Pye (1966)

Song: My Life

Writers: Tony Hatch

Producer: not listed

Recorded: 1966

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The Overlanders were one of the most interesting artists on Pye. Unlike many of their labelmates, with exceptional exceptions like the Kinks, the Overlanders had a truly original sound. Perhaps this is due to the Overlanders beginnings as a folk act before turning to the (eventually) more profitable beat sound. It took several years for the group to have a big hit with a cover of the Beatles Michelle. However, the Overlanders recorded plenty of noteworthy sides that never graced the charts. My Life is an excellent example of moody beat at it's finest.

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The Overlanders - My Life - Pye (1966)

The Overlanders - My Life - Pye (1966)

The Tropics - For A Long Time - Thames (1966)

Song: For A Long Time

Writers: Travis - Fairchild

Producers: Jim Sessody and Vince Palmer

Recorded: 1966

What I find curious about regional pop music from the 1960s, especially with garage bands, is the ratio of pop vs. R&B acts seemed to vary massively from city to city. Florida was a hotbed of musical activity and variety. Tampa seemed to have an unusually high number of great pop bands, including The Tropics, The Outsiders, The Royal Guardsmen and the Roemans. The Tropics were the biggest group in Tampa for a time, winning a national battle of the bands, followed by two highly collectible singles on Columbia. For A Long Time is my favorite Tropics tune, released on the local Thames label. Thames reflects the fixation the USA had at the time with all things British, thanks to the flood of English mop-headed wailers. I was lucky enough to get a copy of this back in the 1990s. At that point, local sixties pop singles were extremely hard to find.

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The Tropics - For A Long Time - Thames (1966)

Danielle Denin - Va Dire A Ton Pére - Philips (1966)

Song: Va Dire A Ton Pére 

Writers: Valerie Sarn & Paul Piot
Producer: No specific producer credit given, but the disc says accompanied by Paul Piot et son orchestre

Recorded: 1966

Ah, French Pop. For the uninitiated, France produced some fantastic music in the 1960s. Studios and the session musicians in France were easily as good and as innovative as their US & UK counterparts. I tend to favor original music written by or for French artists, vs. cover versions of familiar US & UK hits. I picked this particular 45 in a dollar bin on a trip to Japan. The 45 and picture sleeve are fairly common. I am not sure if this was a hit in the Land of the Rising Sun or if Philips simply pressed a bunch of copies in anticipation. The A side seems to be an attempt to cash in on France Gall's Serge Gainsbourg composed Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son. I prefer the b-side. The production is stunning. Va Dire A Ton Pére is packed with reverb, epic orchestration, drama and backing vocals reminiscent of My Year Is A Day by Les Irresistibles.

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Danielle Denin - Va Dire A Ton Pére - Philips (1966)

 Danielle Denin - Va Dire A Ton Pére - Philips (1966)

The Majority - Let The Joybells Ring - Decca (1967)

Song: Let The Joybells Ring

Writers: Newman, Schere (credited Lewis in Rev-Ola liner notes)

Producer / Arranger: Ivor Raymonde

Recorded: 1967

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Let The Joybells Ring is tucked away on a 1967 b-side and towards the end of The Majority Decca Years 1965-68 2009 Rev-Ola cd reissue. This is a soaring pop song with tubular bells and an epic, surprising middle break. Ivor Raymonde is credited with producing and arranging the song, applying his Dusty Springfield and Walker Brothers treatments to the Majority sound with brilliant results. Unfortunately, the song was not a hit for the band and remains on the fringes of 60s pop awareness.

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The Majority - Let The Joybells Ring - Decca (1967)

The Majority - Let The Joybells Ring - Decca (1967) 

Los Buenos - Cancion - Acción (1969)

Song: Cancion

Writers: J. Galvao, A. Waitzman, & I. Egaña

Producer: A. Waltzman

Recorded: 1969

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I don't know much about the Spanish band Los Buenos. I originally heard Cancion on a CD compilation and loved it. Like Plant Life, which I posted earlier this month, the sound of Cancion seems to draw some inspiration from the Easybeats, especially during the Sorry-esque vocal gobbledygook finale.

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Los Buenos - Cancion - Acción (1969) 

Los Buenos - Cancion - Acción (1969) 

Plant Life - Flower Girl - Date (1967)

Song: Flower Girl

Writer: W. Levine

Producer: Al Kasha for Genius Inc.

Recorded: 1967

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According Eugene Chadbourne in AllMusic, Flower Girl was the only disc recorded by the Orlando, Florida band called Plant Life. Members of the group included George Clark, Scott Boyer and Tommy Talton. Chadbourne noted that it wasn't a hit, but received a bit of local airplay. Although the arrangement owes much to Friday On My Mind by the Easybeats, most notably in the vocal stylings and syncopated guitar riff, the melodic Flower Girl is more inspired than a copy. It's far better than a typical garage rock record. In fact, it sounds as if it were recorded with session musicians and not by a local band. Perhaps it was. Being Easybeats-esque is never a crime, as far as I am concerned.

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Plant Life - Flower Girl - Date (1967)

 Plant Life - Flower Girl - Date (1967)

Kaleidoscope (UK) aka Fairfield Parlour - Broken Mirrors from White Faced Lady - Vertigo *cancelled (1971) - Pilot (1991)

Song: Broken Mirrors

Writers: Peter Daltrey & Eddie Pumer (not credited in the 1991 reissue)

Producer: David Symonds (not credited in the 1991 reissue)

Recorded: 1971

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In celebration of the new Pink Floyd Early Years release, I thought that I'd post a song by a great under-appreciated psych band with lots of material that languished in the vaults for years called Kaleidoscope (UK). By this point, they were confusingly and loftily re-Christened Fairfield Parlour. The group were not nearly as commercially successful as Pink Floyd. Their material was more experimental pop, similar to the best early Floyd singles. Pop is never a slight, as far as I am concerned. Interestingly, critics often dismiss pop as simple, when, in fact, it is the most difficult music to write.

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Kaleidoscope (UK) aka Fairfield Parlour - Broken Mirrors from White Faced Lady - Vertigo *cancelled (1971) - Pilot (1991)

Kaleidoscope (UK) / Fairfield Parlour - White Faced Lady - 1971 unreleased until 1991