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Eire Apparent
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Eire Apparent blazed forth like an errant comment from a wintry Ireland to support the Jimi Hendrix Experience on a gruelling US tour. Jimi felt like he owed them for being such troopers by producing their debut album. Jimi also contributed some outstanding guitar work to some of the tracks. His fingerprints are everywhere on this fine release.
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Ruben Chandler errant comment.........lol. where's the editor...........lol. errant comet...............
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PhilandLeesa Danner Jimi went from opening for the Mama & the Papas at the Bowl and almost booed off stage to headlining this show a year later !!! -
The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site Absolutely right! (Now share this Poster if you want a shot at Winning it :)) P.s. for those who might not know... when the Mamas & Papas played... Jimi as the opening act, cheap seats were REALLY cheap at a buck fifty apiece / front row an astounding $6.50! -
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PhilandLeesa Danner The Golden Bear in Huntington Beach was a fun small venue, many great bands graced that stage.
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Ruben Chandler I wonder. I am willing to wager they would. I'll get back to you on that. I think in the long run.....10cc may have sold more records than Jimi.......
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Paisley Sky Got to admit 10cc were a good band, saw em cpl times in Manchester & they brought the house down.
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Electric Flag, The
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After stopping in just long enough for a cup of tea with the Butterfield Blues Band, Mike Bloomfield started the Electric Flag with Buddy Miles on cans, Barry Goldberg on keys, Harvey Brooks holding down bass, and Nick Gravenites on vocals. The band's intial recording was for the soundtrack to Roger Corman's movie 'The Trip' as a replacement for Gram Parson's International Submarine Band.
Under the management of Albert Grossman, one of two people described as a**holes at Monterey Pop (the other was Pete Townshend), the band found their footing in San Francisco but did most of their rehearsing in Gram Parson's Laurel Canyon home. The Monterey Pop Festival was the band's public debut. The fans dug it but Bloomfield himself thought it blew chunks. The group lasted less than a year and preceded the earliest version of Blood, Sweat & Tears.
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The NEW LA Free Press POST-MONTEREY SERIES (thru '67) with LA Free Press Era Rock Historian, Bruno Ceriotti, now featuring... THE ELECTRIC FLAG
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>>In the last week of June, just a couple of weeks after their amazing debut at Monterey, The Electric Flag (now augmented with talented reed and keyboard player, Herbie Rich) were at the Columbia Studios in LA to record their debut album, A Long Time Comin’. (Actually, this would be the 2nd if you count also ‘The Trip’ movie soundtrack that they recorded before Monterey.)
>> The recording sessions went on until the end of July when the band hit the road to play throughout summer and the fall all over the United States. In September, between scheduled gigs, the band was back in LA to record more songs for the album. Later, in November, again between scheduled gigs, the band went to New York City with their leader, Michael Bloomfield, to 'mix' the album.
>> In the meantime, that same month, Barry Goldberg quit the band and was replaced by a Canadian, Mike Fonfara. The mixing went on until early December when the band hit the road again, at least until the end of the month when they went to Columbia Studios in San Francisco, to complete it.
>> In January, 1968, the album was finally done! Released at the end of the first week of April, 1968 'A Long Time Comin’ (and it certainly was) went up to #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 album chart. Here, below, one of the best songs taken from the album, Killing Floor. Enjoy!
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>> As Bruno mentioned, The Electric Flag, in September, was back in LA, and between gigs, was recording more songs for their debut album. Here is one of those playdates in that busy month.
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>> In January, 1968, when their debut album, "A Long Time Comin’ " was finally completed, it was right after that, that new member, Mike Fonfara, was fired because he was a drug addict. >> At this point, saxophonist Herbie Rich had taken over organ duties and, by mid-February, alto player Stemziel Hunter had joined the band as Herbie’s replacement in the horn section.
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Elephant's Memory
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The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site You might want to ask the Yoko Ono... or someone on her page... surely they met more than 4 months before Apple produced their album. Hey! Why not ask Adam?
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The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site May be that when we get the correct answer, we should up-date the wiki.
Formed in '67, their crazy performances, light shows, inflatable stage sets and weird outfits on their hometown (NYC) strip joint circuit brought notice. Vocalist Michal Shapiro, took them to the next level; their first album (shown here) was released in February 1969. For more, read the next post DOWN.
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John Fredrick Williams Where might I go to see images of the inflated stage sets? This reminds me of a Pink Floyd concert at Anaheim Stadium. Surpassing any Macey's Thanksgiving Day Parade, their Animals album posed hugh balloons above the audience. Mirroring the imagery of these lyrics against the backdrop of the night sky. I've always wondered the origin of these props? -
The Los Angeles Free Press 60's Music Site This, John, is the closest I've gotten to an answer. From Richie Unterberger..."The LP boasted a for-the-time controversial sleeve in which the band posed in front of an elephant nude, albeit obscured to some degree in body paint. That, combined with a stage show that in early 1969 incorporated inflatable stage sets (including a large inflatable plastic jungle), gave Elephants Memory's image a visual flamboyance, though Shapiro points out, "We were NEVER a theatrical band. We were a hard rocking New York band that was very good live, just playing our music. Wes decided that wasn't enough and hired someone to give us all these props, which we tried to use for a few performances, but it worked out like Spinal Tap's Stonehenge...even more surreal, actually. While we were in L.A. we did a film of all of us and Ultra Violet [the Andy Warhol-affiliated actress and artist who had a bit part in Midnight Cowboy] sending the damned plastic creatures out to sea.""
At the time of its release, they were in LA – with a billboard on the Sunset Strip and (even more impressive) this ad in our pages (both touting their upcoming appearance at the Whisky). Of course, they probably weren’t too fired up about our reporter’s first impression of them… see our following ‘Note’ for the complete quote. (READ the next post DOWN.)
Here—per our 2/28/69 publish date - is what our reporter made of Buddah Record’s Hollywood ‘dog and pony show’ intro to Elephant’s Memory first album's release… (by John Carpenter):
“Monday night, a press showing was held at the Aquarius Theatre by the group's label, and the group was trotted out before us. Dressed in tights, sequins and flowing capes, the group reminded me of every B Movie hippie I’ve ever seen.
Their opening statement, voiced by some strange looking man in black tights and silver stuff was “We're on Budha Records and that's known as the bubble gum label. What's hard when you put it in and soft and sticky when you pull it out" yuk, yuk, yuk. Then the group played. It is too kind to say they are Bubble Gum Blood Sweat and Tears. I think another hearing could conceivably prove me wrong, but watch out — another Fever Tree is coming.”
1st album mixed psychedelic dreams, jazz and hard rock. Two songs made it to 'Midnight Cowboy' - surprisingly, they changed their sound on what was ‘really’ their 2nd album, ‘Take it to the Streets’. (The record co. went for a quick buck with ‘Songs from Midnight Cowboy’ between the two.) Worked out well, tho, as it hit the right notes for a certain Mr. John Lennon. THE story of how the band and he got together…
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www.lafpmusic.comPolitical posters, 1960s articles, 60's music reviews and vintage concert ads from the original Los Angeles Free Press (1964-1972) for purchase. Counter culture newspaper content.
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Eric Burdon & The Animals
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The NEW LA Free Press POST-MONTEREY SERIES (thru '67) with LA Free Press Era Rock Historian, Bruno Ceriotti, now featuring... ERIC BURDON AND THE ANIMALS
>> Right after their appearance at the Monterey, Eric Burdon and The Animals played a handful of gigs in San Fran and LA, before returning to London, England, in July.
>> Later in September, the band's debut album, ‘Winds of Change’, was released, and one month later, in October, they returned in the United States to promote it with a national tour, from Coast to Coast.
>> Also in October, the band entered the TTG Studios in
LA, to record their 2nd album, which would eventually be released in March, 1968, under the title ‘The Twain Shall Meet’. The first product of the new album sessions was ‘Monterey’, a song Burdon had started working on soon after the Festival, as a tribute to that unforgettable three days of peace, love and music. The song was
released as single in December and went to #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 single chart. Enjoy!
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John Fredrick Williams It just dawned on me that there are two, 2, videos that we are talking about? Juxt a pose!
By 1964, they had an international hit, the 4 1/2 minute song about a New Orleans brothel; possibly the first folk-rock hit ever, & still on the radio to this day. Quick side note: their record company, Columbia, wasn’t keen about promoting it. First, they felt it was too long for radio play. And, second, it was about a brothel, for gosh sakes. It went right to the top of the charts, the world over. (Scroll DOWN)
In November 1964, they arrived in NYC to make
their American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show –just as the Beatles had
back in February. (FYI – back home, they gave both them and the Stones a
run for their money!) Likewise, the studio was packed with screaming
fans. In December, the movie Get Yourself a College Girl was released,
the Animals headlining with The Dave Clark Five. (Scroll DOWN)
In ‘66, original member John Steel left, replaced by Barry Jenkins. (KEEP those 2 names in mind – more on them later!) "Don't Bring Me Down" was the last hit for ‘The Animals’; it was ‘Eric Burdon & The Animals’ that released "See See Rider". In September, that group was over, too – said to be from Burdon’s conversion to psychedelia, in style and intake (to our musical benefit, we think). (Scroll DOWN)
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Ok…. So if I’ve got this right, Mark, Keith Sluchansky posted a video of Eric Burdon and the Animals, you saw it and thought we might go a bit further and post what we have. Well, the good news is – we’re absolutely delighted to do that for you guys (and everyone else, as well)! Coincidentally, it falls right into our plan… in case you’ve not noticed, we’ve got an alphabetical roll-call going on here. [Ed.s Note: that on-going roll-call is over at our FBPage] It’s one letter a week, but two Artists - one mostly unheard, the other much better known. And then we aim to enthrall you with what we know from way back in the days when the LA Free Press was a window to them all.
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released a solo album, but soon evolved to the West Coast with a West
Coast sound, as ‘Eric Burdon and the New Animals’. Of course, the
promoters were not always ready to mention the ‘NEW’ (… and here’s one
of those fabulous LA Free Press pieces that says it’s all true!) And
later, some absolute proof on just how evolutionary this guy was!
The Animals
This is what rock is all about! Here you have a group who were termed animals because of their wild stage act and the name just stuck. More blues purists than their counterparts the Rolling Stones, they were still lumped in with the British Invasion in spite of their grittier rhythm and blues stance. Were things fair in life, and talent given its due, the Animals should be celebrating their 50th anniversary as a band and not the Stones. Eric had a million times the voice.
Within a year of their inception the lads had a transatlantic number one hit on their hands with 'House of the Rising Sun' which some people classify as the first folk rock hit.
As most of their hits had been chosen from Brill Building songwriters by producer Mickie Most the group wanted to expand and cut their own stuff. They cut Most loose, changed the name to Eric Burdon and the Animals, and cut several new sides.
Bringing in Andy Summers, later of the Police, on guitar and multi-instrumentalist Zoot Money on everything, the band booked a Japanese tour with the Yakuza who kidnapped the manager, forced them to sign an extortion note, and urged them to leave the country by the next day or be killed. They fled and broke up. This was the end, except for the countless reunion tours and records.
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The NEW LA Free Press POST-MONTEREY SERIES (thru '67) with LA Free Press Era Rock Historian, Bruno Ceriotti, now featuring... ERIC BURDON AND THE ANIMALS
>> Right after their appearance at Monterey, Eric Burdon and The Animals played a handful of gigs in San Francisco and Los Angeles, before returning to London, England, in July. Later, in September, the band's debut album, ‘Winds of Change’, was released. One month later, in October, they returned to the United States to promote it with a national tour.
>> Also in October, the band entered the TTG Studios in LA, to record their 2nd album, which would eventually be released in March, 1968, under the title ‘The Twain Shall Meet’. The first product of the new album sessions was ‘Monterey’, a song Burdon had started working on soon after the Festival as a tribute to that unforgettable three days of peace, love and music. The song was
released as a single in December and peaked at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 single chart. Enjoy!
Here's another one of our original LA FP Adverts that are now part of our NEW ~ LA Free Press POST-MONTEREY SERIES (thru '67).
This one features Eric Burdon and The Animals, them at the Whisky not quite 3 weeks after Monterey.
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Etta James
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![Photo: [Steven here] "Tell Mama" put Etta James back in the Top 10 (after a 4 year hiatus). The single was released in late 1967; it was the title track on her album of August '68. This page of the LA FP shows where she was in-between.](http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/c0.0.403.403/p403x403/398480_282621768465764_1539216064_n.jpg)
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