tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380084716739328494.post225812020526561321..comments2024-03-29T15:42:45.901+02:00Comments on Plain and Fancy: rep> Johnny Lunchbreak - Appetizer / Soup's On (1974-75 us, amazing guitar garage psych rock)Marioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11521078254326011558noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380084716739328494.post-8552905024236019712023-09-26T09:17:44.038+03:002023-09-26T09:17:44.038+03:00Many thanks for the re-up uncompressed!!!Many thanks for the re-up uncompressed!!!Philipphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14400274786563863696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380084716739328494.post-88796122980512479112023-09-26T08:30:59.368+03:002023-09-26T08:30:59.368+03:00Thanks for reup !Thanks for reup !Adam Ostrogothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17195280072866593510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380084716739328494.post-38417371741323570782023-09-24T11:37:11.832+03:002023-09-24T11:37:11.832+03:00Dear Mario, link is dead, could You repair it ?Dear Mario, link is dead, could You repair it ?Adam Ostrogothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17195280072866593510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380084716739328494.post-51684811462517256852017-12-09T13:02:58.096+02:002017-12-09T13:02:58.096+02:00Thinking of Andrew today, that is all.Thinking of Andrew today, that is all.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466116269015430527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380084716739328494.post-4997778272971267952013-11-24T16:51:01.747+02:002013-11-24T16:51:01.747+02:00Thanks for this extremely interesting music.Thanks for this extremely interesting music.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096602106035178134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380084716739328494.post-4079308571166540792013-11-12T18:50:44.937+02:002013-11-12T18:50:44.937+02:00Super album. Thank you very much Miguel Angel &...Super album. Thank you very much Miguel Angel & Marios!!!!!Philipphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14400274786563863696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7380084716739328494.post-14530169727338486682013-11-11T23:00:09.460+02:002013-11-11T23:00:09.460+02:00While Johnny Lunchbreak, an early-seventies post-V...While Johnny Lunchbreak, an early-seventies post-Velvet's rock band from Connecticut, never recorded a full album, an acetate of nine demo recordings made between 1974-75 had turned up mysteriously and been released as a limited LP. Originally issued in an acetate pressing of four (one for each member),on Zero Street Records a few years ago, made it into a full cd release. Like the Modern Lovers and other East Coast rock bands of the era, Johnny Lunchbreak have a softer New York sound, clean but Velvety riffs with sort of a surfy twist and vocal melodies that are less insistent then either Jonathan Richman's or Lou Reed's. Apparently the band was trying for an early Bee Gees sound, but didn't quite reach that potential. <br /><br />It’s the common story these days: friends form band, make rudimentary demos, nothing happens. Several decades pass, someone picks up on them and decides they deserve to be heard now. Sadly, Johnny Lunchbreak’s tale throws tragedy into that mix. By the mid-70s (after an onish-offish career that began in 1966) it seems that the Lunchbreak were on extended hiatus when mainman Andy Merritt died in a motorcycle crash in 1984, putting paid to bandmate Michael Clare’s belief that they “would continue together… after the turbulence of life during your late 20s and early 30s”. In the early 80s, however, fellow bandmate John Gengras made acetates of the two demo sessions Johnny Lunchbreak cut across 1974/75, calling them Appetizer and Soup’s On. After being accidentally sold, found again, and pressed in a vinyl run of 300, Asterisk (an offshoot of Numero Group, who dedicate themselves to unearthing mega-rare soul and funk) now release them on CD. What do these nine West Coast-influenced rock tracks say of the band? Very little, other than that they were competent, and that maybe playing sporadically in and around Connecticut wasn’t a big enough arena to get them… connected. It could never set the world alight, though, then or now. the songs are pretty catchy, and for a band that spent its two years of existence focusing more on merchandising than playing live, the songs are surprisingly well-written and recorded. Worth checking out! <br />Thx Marios!adamus67https://www.blogger.com/profile/07035959023698485029noreply@blogger.com