Tag: Interviews
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Playboy Interview: Michelangelo Antonioni
As the creator of such meticulously crafted and psychologically penetrating films as “L’Avventura,” “Red Desert” and “Blow-Up,” 55-year-old Michelangelo Antonioni has earned a lofty but controversial niche among cinematic chroniclers of the problems that beset modern man.
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Zone 26: We Chose To Walk – Recollections with Marco Ruggio
The flip ’We Chose To Walk’ is quite a bizarre song and comes over like a weird mix of Doors and Syd’s Pink Floyd with hard to fathom lyrics. It seems that Zone 26 could have been mixing up their medicine.
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The United Travel Service: Interview with Ray Doern
The United Travel Service may be my favourite 60s group never to have made an album. This is an injustice because over the four sides on these two 45s songwriter Ben Hoff certainly laid down killer psychedelic folk tunes
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The Unforscene – Wait ‘Til Tomorrow (Sidewalk Records)
The Unforscene were a complete mystery to me but I bought this record because it was on the Sidewalk Records label. I didn’t know what to expect but was pleasantly surprised with the light psychedelic pop tunes on offer
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The Trodden Path: An interview with Mike Frommer
The Trodden Path (spelling error on label) were a teenage combo and still at school when this great record was released in small quantities back in early 1967. Hailing from Mequon, Wisconsin, they were formally called Beat Ltd prior to cutting their record
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Starbuck & the Rainmakers – Let Your Hair Hang Long (Valiant Records)
One such release that rarely gets a mention and has not received much acclaim is this two-sider by Starbuck & The Rainmakers.
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The Sound Carnival – I Wish I Could Tell You (Afton Records)
’I Wish I Could Tell You’ is a delicate tambourine pop jangler with gorgeous melody and background vocals. The drummer offers a basic rhythm and the most drum rolls I’ve heard in a song
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The Royal Nonesuch: An interview with John McKinney
Imagine my surprise when I discovered that the eBay seller was none-other-than Royal Nonesuch member Jon McKinney!!
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Ronnie Michaels – All Night Long (Mala Records)
Last Summer I bought this obscurity by Ronnie Michaels on Amy Records. I knew nothing about the record or the artist and sent some feelers out for information.
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The Belltowers: An interview with Paul Mutchler
”Of course I would be” was my cry and he kindly offered to airmail me some Belltowers sounds to EXPO67 HQ. I eagerly awaited the CDs for I’m always hungry for guitar jangle
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Robert & Randy: An interview with Randy Haspel
Some research followed and I finally confirmed that Robert & Randy were Bob Simon and Randy Haspel from Memphis beat combo Randy and the Radiants of ’My Way Of Thinking’ fame.
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Purple Avalanche – When I Saw Her (Roulette Records)
Here’s a classy minor key moody ballad, quite rare that groups were still recording this kinda bag in 1969 but strangely Purple Avalanche were. Not that many people at the time would have heard this as it was stuck on the flip of a teen bubblegum tune
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The Projectiles: An interview with Dan Frank
Last year I reviewed The Projectiles debut 45 ”Some Things Never Change,” lead singer and guitarist Dan Frank answers my questions
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Moorpark Intersection – I Think I’ll Just Go And Find Me A Flower (Capitol)
’I Think I’ll Just Go And Find Me A Flower’ is a simply gorgeous psychedelic pop song, so typical of West Coast America. David Axelrod produced and of course he had experience working with psych kings The Electric Prunes
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The Mersey Men – I Can Tell (Wild Woods)
From Salem, Ohio this group of firebrands armed with the latest fuzz equipment decided to call themselves an English sounding name then proceeded to blast their way through two rock and roll tunes breathing new life into them with their teenage swagger.
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MC Squared: An interview with Randy Sterling
After I left Bakersfield, California in 1962 I Moved to LA, changed my name to Randy Sterling, ‘cause nobody could pronounce Cierley, and seriously dived into the Hollywood music scene.
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Lyn La Salle: An interview with Scooder Lasalle
a GREAT record. Both sides are excellent in their own way. ’Randee Ram-Jet’ is something of a thrill ride with it’s eager bursts of psych guitar and pounding bass. Not much music sounded like this in America during 1967 (
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The Love Exchange: An interview with Fred Barnett
’Swallow The Sun’ has a groovy organ sound and made an immediate impact as did ’It’s A Happening Thing’ by Peanut Butter Conspiracy (also on the Nuggets – Volume 10 LP).
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Knights Of Day – Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (Tower Records)
Recently I was contacted by Knights Of Day bassist Jim Murphy and he kindly filled me in with accurate information about his largely overlooked mid 60s band.
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The Just Luv: An interview with Frank Rossi
’Valley Of Hate’ is a primitive garage protest with strong late 60s folk rock overtones. It’s got some killer fuzz guitar breaks over a two note organ riff and judging from the lyrics it’s most likely about an encounter in Vietnam.
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