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Category Archives: Sunshine Pop and Baroque
THE TOKENS – Both Sides Now – (Buddah) – 1970
Who wants to hear a white doo wop band tackle hits from the late 1960s? I do!. Frequent readers of this blog will know I love the older acts from the 1950s and early 1960s as well as the trad … Continue reading →
EVERY MOTHERS’ SON – Every Mothers’ Son – (MGM) – 1967
I had no idea who this band was when I first came across them. There are many acts in the US that just didn’t have much impact here, in Australia. Even Gary Lewis and the Playboys, who had seven … Continue reading →
THE COWSILLS – We Can Fly – (MGM) – 1968
The greatest band out of Rhode Island . okay, perhaps, that’s not a big call (no offence other Rhode Island bands) … Okay, of all the “family” and “faux family’ vocal groups of the late 60s and early 70s The … Continue reading →
TOMMY ROE – It’s Now Winter’s Day – (ABC Records) – 1967
Amongst the musical intelligentsia (if that isn’t an oxymoron) Tommy Roe is largely forgotten in relation to his musical contributions. The one exception in this album. And that exception is not a result of Tommy’s contributions but of Curt Boettcher. … Continue reading →
BOYCE & HART – Test Patterns – (A&M) – 1967
Boyce & Hart are separate individuals who will always be named in the same breath. Their careers stated independently and they did work along but all their great successes came with working with each other. Like a lot of Los … Continue reading →
THE COWSILLS – II x II – (MGM) – 1970
Inevitably when people talk about The Cowsills they ended up mentioning The Partridge family. This isn’t wholly fair but it is totally understandable. The Cowsills, a singing family who played their own instruments and wrote a lot of their own … Continue reading →
THE PIPE DREAM – Wanderers / Lovers – (RCA) – 1969
One familiar name crops up in conjunction with this album, Steve Schwartz. None of the biographies of Stephen Schwartz allude to this record / group but it is undoubtedly him. His website states, “Stephen Schwartz was born in New York … Continue reading →
THE MATCH – A New Light – (RCA) – 1969
I know very little about this band. No, less than “very little”… … next to nothing Google reveals that "next to nothing" whilst books I have reveal nothing (or is that, don't reveal anything). The group consisted of four vocalists … Continue reading →
HARPERS BIZARRE – Feelin’ Groovy – (Warner Brothers) – 1967
Harpers Bizarre (formed 1963, disbanded 1970) are another one of those specifically American bands that hit it reasonably big there but never had a big overseas presence …think Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Happenings, … Continue reading →
TOMMY ROE – Phantasy – (ABC Records ) – 1967
1967. The times were a changing … again. Well, at least the musical times were. Some people that music can change times but I believe that the times create the music. That music may have a profound impact on you, … Continue reading →
