The Creatures - Columbia Singles (1964-67 ireland, fabulous garage beat)

The Creatures were one of the key beat groups to emerge from Ireland in the 1960s. They were also one of the few Irish acts to attempt to by-pass the UK market and ambitiously aim straight for the US charts, and in the process they left behind a considerable recorded legacy which has been regrettably overlooked by the digital age.

First there were The Hootenannys, featuring guitarists Jim Dalton, Bobby Kelly and Liam McKenna, bassist Frank Boylan and drummer Ray McDonald. They issued just one single, pairing the Shadows-style instrumentals Fiona / 6.10 Special in 1964, with royalties donated to the ‘Conquer Cancer Fund’. Jim Dalton was soon replaced by lead guitarist Brian Harris, and when Bobby Kelly left, McKenna, Boylan, McDonald and Harris renamed themselves The Creatures in April 1965. They quickly built a following and became a fixture of the Dublin clubs. They performed at the Locomotive Club in Paris in August 1965 where they impressed New York producer Neil Levenson of Columbia Records. Back home, Liam McKenna, Frank Boylan and Brian Harris stood out amongst a crowd queuing for a Rolling Stones concert at Dublin’s Adelphi Theatre on Abbey Street in September 1965, and were interviewed for the documentary film ‘Charlie Is My Darling’. Neil Levenson arranged a recording session at Advision Studios in London in late 1965, where the band recorded ten demos which earned them a one-year contract with Columbia Records USA. 

The band spent most of 1966 in the USA, where each of their four singles were originally issued during 1966 and 1967. The first three received a delayed release in Ireland and the UK on the CBS label, but their only chart hit was in Ireland with debut single Turn Out The Light, despite it being banned by RTE Radio Eireann. Neil Levenson wrote or co-wrote much of the band’s recorded material, with the notable exception of the sophisticated Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil song Looking At Tomorrow, and Someone Needs You.apparently written by Frank Boylan’s brother. Their sound on record ranged from hard R’n’B to pop ballads. The American chart break-through never came however, and The Creatures returned to Ireland in late 1966 when Columbia chose not to renew their contract.

Tracks

1. Turn Out The Light (Derry Lindsay) - 1:50

2. It Must Be Love (Neil Levenson) - 2:33

3. String Along (Neil Levenson) - 2:31

4. The Night Is Warm (Derry Lindsay) - 2:02

5. Looking At Tomorrow (Barry Mann, Cunthia Weil) - 1:52

6. Hurtin’ All Over (Neil Levenson,Eddie Reeves) - 2:13

7. Love Is A Funny Little Game (Neil Levenson,  Steven Venetoulis, G. Robinson) - 1:45

8. Looking At Tomorrow (Alternate Take) (Barry Mann, Cunthia Weil) - 1:50

9. Someone Needs You (Alternate Take) (Richard Boylan) - 1:57

10.Don’t Think You Can Cry On My Shoulder - 2:18

11.Everybody Needs Somebody (Bert Berns, Solomon Burke, Jerry Wexler) - 2:46

12.That’s What Love Can Do - 2:31

The Creatures

*Frank Boylan - Bass 

*Brian Harris - Guitar 

*Ray McDonald - Drums 

*Liam McKenna - Guitar, Vocals

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Mighty Joe Young - Joe Young (1976 us, awesome electric rhythm and blues)

There was a time during the late '70s and early '80s when Mighty Joe Young was one of the leading blues guitarists on Chicago's budding North side blues circuit. The Louisiana native got his start not in the Windy City, but in Milwaukee, where he was raised. He earned a reputation as a reliable guitarist on Chicago's West side with Joe Little & his Heart Breakers during the mid-'50s, later changing his on-stage allegiance to harpist Billy Boy Arnold. Young recorded with Arnold for Prestige and Testament during the '60s and backed Jimmy Rogers for Chess in 1958.

After abortive attempts to inaugurate a solo career with Jiffy Records in Louisiana in 1955 and Chicago's Atomic-H label three years later, Young hit his stride in 1961 with the sizzling "Why Baby"/"Empty Arms" for Bobby Robinson's Fire label. Young gigged as Otis Rush's rhythm guitarist from 1960 to 1963 and cut a series of excellent Chicago blues 45s for a variety of firms: "I Want a Love," "Voo Doo Dust," and "Something's Wrong" for Webcor during the mid-'60s; "Something's Wrong" for Webcor in 1966; "Sweet Kisses" and "Henpecked" on Celtex and "Hard Times (Follow Me)" for USA (all 1967), and "Guitar Star" for Jacklyn in 1969. Young even guested on Bill "Hoss" Allen's groundbreaking 1966 syndicated R&B TV program The Beat in Dallas. Late-'60s session work included dates with Tyrone Davis and Jimmy Dawkins.

Delmark issued Young's solo album debut, Blues With a Touch of Soul, in 1971, but a pair of mid-'70s LPs for Ovation (1974's Chicken Heads and an eponymous set in 1976) showcased the guitarist's blues-soul synthesis far more effectively. Young's main local haunt during the '70s and early '80s was Wise Fools Pub, where he packed 'em in nightly (with Freddy King's brother, Benny Turner, on bass).

In 1986 Joe began work on a self-financed recording that would finally allow him to have complete artistic control. At this time he also discovered surgery was needed on a pinched nerve in his neck. Following the operation, complications arose that affected his ability to play guitar. As part of psychical therapy he continued to work on the album sporadically until Mighty Man was finally released in 1997. Unfortunately health problems continued to plague Mighty Joe and he passed away on March 25, 1999 in Chicago. He was 71. 

by Bill Dahl and Al Campbell

Tracks

1. Love Bone / Jody (Don Davis, Kent Barker, Cam Wilson) - 6:12

2. Mama-In-Law Blues - 3:18

3. Need A Friend - 5:02

4. Take My Advice (She Likes The Blues And Barbecue) - 2:45

5. New Orleans Women - 3:38

6. Takes Money - 3:43

7. Green Light - 3:35

8. Mean Hitchhiker - 2:45

9. I Give - 3:20

All songs by Mighty Joe Young except where indicated

Personnel

*Mighty Joe Young - Guitar, Vocals 

*Alvino Bennett - Drums

*Bill Chinnock - Guitar

*Ken Sajdak - Keyboards

*Ed Tossing - Synthesizer

1970  Mighty Joe Young - Blues With A Touch Of Soul  

1972  Mighty Joe Young - The Sonet Blues Story (2005 remaster)   

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Wigwam - Tombstone Valentine (1970 finland, spectacular bluesy psych prog rock, 2013 remaster and expanded)

Formed in 1968, Wigwam recorded "Tombstone Valentine" in 1970 at Finnvox studios, Helsinki, the album was produced by the infamous Kim Fowley and was a wonderful collection of highly original material such as the album title track and compositions like Wishful Thinker, 1936 Lost in the Snow and For America

Undeniably the crown jewel of Finnish progressive rock, Wigwam released Tombstone Valentine in 1970 and quickly gained international attention. Unlike the first album released a year earlier, this album was a more focused effort at creating memorable songs that were both unique and exciting. I would have to consider it more of a pop album that had strong progressive elements sprinkled throughout. The addition of new members Jukka Tolonen (guitarist) and bassist/composer Pekka Pohjola brought a cohesiveness that had not yet been attained on 1969's Hard N' Horny. The rest of the line-up featured Jukka Gustavson on vocals, organ, piano; Ronnie Sterberg on drums; Jim Pembroke on vocals: Heikki Laurila on guitar; banjo; and Kalevi Nyqvist on accordion. 

Where Hard N' Horny was a more exploratory and disjointed effort, Tombstone Valentine can easily be compared with the likes of Procul Harum, Traffic, and yes .... even the Beatles without ever loosing the progressive foundations we fans so admire and crave in our musical diets. Perhaps of even more significance is how this album essentially opened the door to several additional albums over the next few years that managed to get better and better as the group fully gelled and developed a style and sound that has become a hallmark of progressive rock.

No single element can be clearly defined as the definitive reason for this album's overall success, but I would offer a personal bias of sorts: I have always considered Pekka Pohjola to be one of the finest bassist ever. The first track has become the  go to  track for me, followed by the next ... all the way to the end. Throughout the album can be found elements from many schools of style and sound. Track 4 for example is very much in the Canterbury vein ala Soft Machine, Caravan, and Supersister. The first track has a psychedelic hook that is unstoppable. The jazz elements are strong and well placed. The musicianship presented here is easily on par with the likes of Gentle Giant and Jethro Tull. I really believe this is a band without limitations. If that sounds good to you, wait until you hear the album!

Esoteric Records/ Cherry Red Records has graciously included two bonus tracks on this reissue Pedagogi and Haato that were the A & B sides of a 1970 single released in Finland. Owning these two tracks alone is reason enough to pick up your own copy, but Esoteric went further still and included a fine essay to boot. The artwork is fully restored as well, so by all means secure a copy for your own collection, and enjoy some great tracks from Finland's finest.

by Thomas Rhymer

Tracks

1. Tombstone Valentine (Jim Pembroke) - 3:07

2. In Gratitude! (Jukka Gustavson) - 3:46

3. Dance Of The Anthropoids (Erkki Kurenniemi) - 1:07

4. Frederick And Bill (Jim Pembroke, Pekka Pohjola) - 4:26

5. Wishful Thinker (Jim Pembroke) - 3:46

6. Autograph (Jim Pembroke, Kim Fowley) - 2:39

7. 1936 Lost In The Snow (Pekka Pohjola) - 2:11

8. Let The World Ramble On (Jim Pembroke) - 3:20

9. For America (Jukka Gustavson) - 4:22

10.Captain Supernatural (Jim Pembroke) - 3:02

11.End (Jukka Gustavson) - 3:39

12.Pedagogi (Jukka Gustavson) - 3:29

13.Haato (Mats Huldén) - 4:10

Bonus Tracks 12-13

Wigwam 

Pekka Pohjola - Bass, Violin

Jukka Gustavson - Organ, Piano, Vocals

Ronnie Osterberg - Drums, Percussion

Jim Pembroke - Vocals

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Jukka Tolonen - Guitar

Heikki Laurila - Guitar, Banjo

Kalevi Nyqvist - Accordion 

Erkki Kurenniemi - Synthesizer

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Blue Rose - Blue Rose (1972 us, fine rural rock)

The Blue Rose LP is worth looking for. The album. It’s a pretty good piece of work. The opener, “My Impersonal Life” – which was edited down and altered for the single, is probably the best song on the record, but not by much. I also really like a couple other tracks: “Debt of Fools,” a bluesy track that reminds me a little bit of the Eagles, and “Sweet Thing,” a great ballad with some nice horns pulling it along.

Some notes about a few of the other tracks: “Takin’ Love And Run”  reminds  Badfinger with its crunchy power chords; “I’ll Never Be In Love Again” is a nice country-rock piece; “Chasing The Glow Of A Candle” is over-orchestrated and has its vocals over-stacked, and the metronome sound is really odd.

The rest of the album is good. The vocals are well done with harmonies and stacks that generally work but sometimes seem to be a little too much. Terry Furlong (from Grass Roots fame) and Dave Thomson on guitars, with great Harvey Mandell on guitar in one song “I’ll Never Be In Love Again”; Dave Thomson on bass, with John Uribe (taking bass on “Takin’ Love and Run” and “Home”; Stu Perry (ex Jellyroll, Frankie Miller Band) on drums, with Don Poncher (Blue Mountain Eagle, Arthur Lee and The Band Aid,  Bobby Whitlock) taking drums on “Takin’ Love and Run” and “Home”; horns by the Elijah Band Horn Section; conga by King Errison; and arrangements and piano by Michael Omartian. Terry Furlong produced the record.

Tracks

1. My Impersonal Life  (Terry Furlong) - 04:25 

2. Takin' Love And Run  (Terry Furlong) - 02:46 

3. I'll Never Be In Love Again  (Dave Thomson) - 02:00 

4. Debt Of Fools  (Terry Furlong) - 04:16 

5. Chasin' The Glow Of A Candle  (Dave Thomson) - 02:18 

6. Sweet Thing  (Terry Furlong) - 04:04 

7. Make You Happy  (Dave Thomson) - 02:52

8. Home (Day After Day)  (Terry Furlong, John Uribe) - 03:20 

9. Show You A Way To Have Fun  (Dave Thomson) - 03:01 

10.Look What We're Doin'  (Dave Thomson, John Uribe) - 02:54

Blue Rose

*Terry Furlong - Guitar 

*Dave Thomson - Guitar, Bass 

*John Uribe - Bass 

*Stu Perry - Drums 

*Don Poncher - Drums

With

*Harvey Mandel - Guitar (Track 3)

*Michael Omartian - Piano

*Trumpet – Bobby Blood

*Elijah Band Horn Section - Horns

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1969  The Grass Roots - Leaving It All Behind (2010 edition)  

1970  Blue Mountain Eagle - Blue Mountain Eagle (2012 remaster)  

1971  Jellyroll - Jellyroll (2015 korean remaster)  

1972  Arthur Lee With Band Aid - Vindicator (2008 remaster)  

1975  Frankie Miller Band - The Rock (2003 remaster)   

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Greg Sneddon - Mind Stroll (1975 australia, beautiful melodic baroque prog rock, 2019 korean remaster)

Australian composer and instrumentalist Greg Sneddon's sole album is a wonderful mixture of pop, space rock and strong keyboard driven progressive rock. Greg was a founding member of Men At Work. 

A keyboard player of some repute, Sneddon used a handful of other musicians on the album, playing multi-keys himself. The compositions have their moments. With flavours of Rick Wakeman in his keyboard playing and vocals similar to Peter Gabriel, this album is still worth a listen.

Tracks

1. Mind Stroll - 9:45

2. Winter - 3:17

3. Take It Slow And Easy - 3:22

4. A Spell Of Destruction - 3:57

5. Minuet In F - 2:14

6. Concerto For Two Handed Plectrum / Madman - 8:47

Music and Lyrics by Greg Sneddon

Personnel

*Greg Sneddon - Piano, Hammond B3, ARP Pro Synth, Mellotron, Hohner Clavinet, Spinnet, Fender, Rhodes, Percussion, Vocals, 2-Handed Plectrum, Composer

*Dayle Alison - Vocals, Percussion

*Phil Butson - Guitars

*Jerry H. Speiser - Drums, Voice

*Gary Ricketts - Bass, Vocals (Track 6)

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Allan Clarke - My Real Name Is 'Arold (1972 uk, wonderful straight ahead rock with folk and country aspects)

Singer/guitarist/songwriter Allan Clarke is one of the founders of the Hollies; intermittently, he also has maintained a solo career. Clarke and his childhood friend, Graham Nash, began singing together in Manchester in the '50s. Adding Eric Haydock (bass) and Don Rathbone (drums) (replaced by Bobby Elliott in 1963), they became the Fourtones in 1961 and then the Deltas in 1962. By early 1963, when they added Tony Hicks (guitar) and signed a record contract, they had become the Hollies. 

Their initial repertoire consisted of American R&B songs (though they soon began to write original material), and their defining characteristic was a strong vocal style, usually with Clarke in the lead and Nash and Hicks providing harmonies. In the U.K., the Hollies enjoyed consistent singles success, starting with "Just Like Me," the first of 29 chart singles, 17 of which made the Top Ten, with two -- "I'm Alive" and "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" -- reaching number one. Their appearances on the U.S. charts were less successful, though they managed to rack up 23 chart singles, six of which hit the Top Ten. Nash decamped at the end of 1968 to form Crosby, Stills, and Nash, but the Hollies continued. Clarke quit in August 1971 and launched a solo career, during which he made three albums: My Name Is 'arold (1972)

by William Ruhlmann

Tracks

1. Ruby (Allan Clarke) - 3:03

2. Mary Skeffington (Gerry Rafferty) - 2:54

3. Baby It's Alright With Me (Allan Clarke) - 5:24

4. Moonshine Whiskey (Allan Clarke) - 3:53

5. Nature's Way Of Saying Goodbye (Allan Clarke) - 4:11

6. You're Losing Me (Kerry Chater, Renée Armand) - 4:12

7. Let Us Pray (Allan Clarke, Ray Glynn) - 4:17

8. Patchwork Quilts (Terry Slater) - 3:51

9. Walpurgis Night (Joe Egan) - 3:33

10.Bring On Your Smiles (Allan Clarke) - 2:52

11.Oh! Granny (Kenny Lynch, Tony Hicks) - 2:41

Personnel

*Allan Clarke - Vocals,Acoustic Guitar 

*Gary Brooker - Keyboards

*Herbie Flowers - Bass

*Joe Moretti - Guitars

*Dee Murray - Keyboards, Vocals

*Alan Parker - Guitar 

*Tony Newman - Drums, Timbales

*Ray Glynn - Pedal Steel Guitar, Acoustic Guitar

*Roger Coulam - Electric Piano

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1966  The Hollies - Bus Stop (2012 japan remaster)   

1974  The Hollies - Hollies (2009 remaster)  

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Propinquity - Propinquity (1973 us, divine ethereal folk rock)

Issued in 1973 on Colorado’s Folkways-shaped Owl imprint, Propinquity is the only album this Boulder group ever recorded. Steeped in the CSNY tradition of strong solo pieces knotted together by friendship, the album is a dreamy blend of folk and rock—rural, but with an urbane public school sensibility. The original 10-track album has been expanded to 16, with four unreleased tracks, and two others previously featured only on Owl’s 1971 Sing-In Boulder compilation. 

Tracks

1. People Come (Jason Potter) -  - 4:21

2. And I A Fairy Tale Lady (Carla Sciaky) - 3:23

3. Tappan Square (Pat Hubbard) - 2:54

4. You don't Have To Hurry (Jason Potter) - 3:29 

5. Standing In The Doorway (Pat Hubbard) - 2:15

6. Dorian: 240 Lament (Mel Stonebraker) - 2:55

7. Window (Pat Hubbard) - 3:38

8. Binghamton (Jason Potter) - 3:30

9. I'll Be Here In The Morning (Townes Van Zandt) - 3:27

10.Ohio (Pat Hubbard) - 3:42

11.Miles Before Sleeping (Carla Sciaky) - 2:34

12.Sea Song (Jason Potter) - 2:42

13.Suite For Windy Spring (Pat Hubbard) - 4:45

14.Child (Carla Sciaky) - 3:13

15.Where I'm Bound (Tom Paxton) - 2:03

16.Chermaine (Pat Hubbard) - 1:22

Propinquity

*Jeff Harper - Drums, Percussion

*Mel Stonebraker - Guitar, Bass Guitar

*Jason Potter - Guitar, Piano

*Pat Hubbard - Guitar, Piano

*Carla Sciaky - Guitar, Violin, Bass Guitar

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rep> Soho Orange - Soho Orange (1971 uk, heavy rumbling psych rock)

The music you're about to hear is rough, fresh and sometimes strange. The power of the Picts once more . Soho Orange (Glasgow natives) did the tracks you hear on this record in 1971.The mists of time cover the knowledge about the guys who called themselves Soho Orange. 

Jim told us, their earlier name was Ad Lib Nevertheless, here they are-and be careful: This music might kill your amplifier ! A short, psychedelic intro - then the instruments explode into ‘King Of The Road’, an interesting song with changing speed. Hard guitar and merciless drumfire torture your ears, the tormenting cymbals shake your mind. This song gives you everything - except mercy!! Wonder how many drumheads were knocked to pieces in one session. 

Hard, driving sound and unique vocal-duos, that's what 'Mississippi Tales' has to offer. The song changes into ‘The Wish – Tears’ some kind of anti-war-song. • Hare and more grows a haunting feeling. Ghostly, desperate vocals grip your mind. The drums join to get to a harder end. ‘Freedom Callin’ is another anti-war-song which contains unique, crazy vocal - duos. The song has a slower start but then gets into a faster guitar-solo. A little solo by the drums and some kind of Coke-bottle give the prelude to the ecstatic end. 

If you're using headphones, take care of your tympanums or you might perhaps neither hear ‘Freedom Callin’ nor something else anymore. Softer guitars and gentle vocals start ‘Dream Queen’ and the song flows psychedelic for a while. When the singer has found his Queen, guitars, bass and drums make  hard attack. ‘Nightmare’ is a very hard track which rocks the membranes out of your loud - speakers (no compensation !!!).Good vocals and maximum power. This is a massacre for your ears and maybe for the rest of your body, too, if your neighbor is able to find his axe or chainsaw ;there*s a guitar-solo in the middle of the song which remembers me to Chopin's "Deadmarch" - so watch your sound – intensity, it may be an Omen !  Now we're getting near the end (a hard one of course).

The last track  is called ‘Seven Faces’ (I've had my visions before).Maybe the most changing and strangest song contained herein. Also the first song of this .group which Jim played to us. A song worth to awake your  interest. Vocals, underlined with effective echoes conclude the  song and the album, too. I 've been listening to Soho Orange nearly for 20 times and I loved it more and more with every hearing. 

Tracks
1. King of the Road - 5:46
2. Mississippi Tales / The Wish - Tears - 10:22
3. Freedom Callin - 5:40
4. Dream Queen - 5:28
5. Nightmare - 6:00
6. Seven Faces - 6:14

Soho Orange

*Alan McDade - Vocal

*Brian Cairns - Guitar

*Alex Gow - Bass

*Ian Cochrane - Drums

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Southern Cross - Southern Cross (1976 australia, hot burning hard rock, 2011 reissue)

A heavy rock band formed by ex-Buffalo members Alan Milano and John Baxter. Milano was co-vocalist on Dead Forever while John Baxter was responsible for Buffalo's heavy rock sound. By the time this recording came about Baxter had left to be replaced by Bruce Cumming.

After Buffalo some members went on to other projects. Peter Wells formed Rose Tattoo & had a distinguished solo career. Dave Tice went to the UK to join the Count Bishops & around 1981 returned to Australia to continue touring & recording as a solo artist & as a member of the Headhunters. He is currently playing in the Dave Tice Band & with ex AC/DC bassist Mark Evans as Tice & Evans. (see http://www.davetice.com) John (Jack The Riffer) Baxter played with Boy Racer & Southern Cross. Some material is believed to have been recorded but has never seen a release. Alan Milano was also a member of Southern Cross leaving Buffalo after Dead Forever...

Tracks

1. Money Maker (Jeff Beacham, Bruce Cumming, Alan Milano) - 4:31

2. You Need It - 5:10

3. Jessie (Bruce Cumming, Alan Milano) - 5:12

4. What Am I Waiting For? - 5:19

5. Harris Street - 4:42

6. Story Teller (Bruce Cumming, Alan Milano) - 5:12

7. Games - 8:58

8. Stormy Lady - 4:51

All compositions by Jeff Beacham, Michel Brouet, Bruce Cumming, Alan Milano except where stated

Southern Cross

*Bruce Cumming - Guitars

*Jeff Beacham - Drums

*Michel Brouet - Bass, Vocals

*Alan Milano - Vocals

1972  Buffalo - Dead Forever (2006 remaster)  

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Morning Dew - No More (1966-69 us, tight, dynamic garage psych, 2009 release)

The Morning Dew's body of work provides a compelling object lesson in how far into the ether the average American rock dude would drift over the course of the 1960s. Early in that fabled decade, lead guitarist Mal Robinson and drummer Don Sligar played together in a Ventures-influenced instrumental combo called the Impax and a pair of blue-eyed R&B acts, the Runaways and the Durations. Robinson and Sligar then joined forces with bassist Don Shufford to form a folk-rock band, the Toads, which in 1966 would evolve into the Morning Dew with the addition of guitarist Don Anderson. 

The Morning Dew started out as a swaggering garage rock outfit before embracing the fuzzy sounds and sonic wanderlust of psychedelia late in the decade. They cut an album for Roulette that was released in 1970, not long before the band called it quits, but No More 1966-1969 collects several small label singles and demo sessions the band recorded in the years before that album, and while most of the stuff here is strong if not exactly mind-bending rock & roll from the Middle of America, the group's creative progress is inarguably fascinating. 

The opening cuts, "No More" and "I'm Not Your Stepping Stone" (modeled after Paul Revere and the Raiders, not the Monkees) are classic sneering garage rock, and Robinson's vocals and lead work are a cut above the average, but by the time they recorded "Winter Dreams" (complete with an autoharp) and "Sycamore Dreamer" (a slick number with flute, violin, and wah-wah guitar adding to the trippiness), they might not have been dropping acid but they were listening to enough bands who did to pick up the influences, and they carried them off pretty well. 

By the time this disc has come to a close, the Morning Dew have transformed themselves into Topeka's answer to the Strawberry Alarm Clock, and on "Lady Soul," "Money Honey Blues," "Rainbow Women," and a cover of the Youngbloods' "Get Together" that drips with panning, they sounded as expert as their big-city compatriots and hip enough to pass for actual hippies in dim light. For fans of vintage garage and psychedelic rock, No More 1966-1969 is a solid collection that captures a lesser-known band in fine form, while for sociologists, the Morning Dew provide an absorbing case study in the freaking out of Young America. Either way, it's well worth a listen. 

by Mark Deming

Tracks

1. No More - 2:41

2. I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone (Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart) - 2:17

3. Touch Of Magic - 2:26

4. Look At Me Now - 2:36

5. No More - 2:46

6. Be A Friend - 3:43

7. Go Away - 2:53

8. Winter Dreams - 2:18

9. Sycamore Dreamer - 3:45

10.Then Came The Light - 4:01

11.Cherry Street - 4:26

12.Rainbow Woman - 4:00

13.Lady Soul - 3:07

14.Money Honey Blues - 2:49

15.Sing Out - 2:57

16.Young Man - 2:38

17.Get Together (Dino Valenti) - 4:17

18.KEWI Radio July, 1967 Tour Interviews - 6:14

19.Look At Me Now - 2:52

All songs by Malcolm Robinson except where noted

The Morning Dew

*Malcolm Robinson - Lead Guitar, Vocals

*Don Sligar - Drums

*Don Anderson - Rhythm Guitar

*Don Shufford - Bass

1968-70  The Morning Dew - At Last (2009 remaster)   

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