13 year-old David Marks, neighborhood friend of The Wilson brothers, is on guitar; he replaced Al Jardine in Feb 1962 / Capitol originally wanted "409" as the A-side // Click on Link above, left, to view the single, with a color picture sleeve.
Time:
5:12
Artist:
Neil Young [Billed as 'Neil Young + The Promise of the Real']
Song:
On The Beach [Live, 2019 - with Lukas Nelson, Micah Nelson *]
... Their last album to be recorded with all four original members - drummer Tommy Ramone left the band in 1978 to work solely on production. / The album was #106 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2012 // Click on Link above, to view the original single, with a (semi)-color picture sleeve
Time:
5:23
Artist:
Patti Smith [Patti Smith, Richard Sohl, Lenny Kaye]
Song:
Redondo Beach [Demo, 1975 - originally on their debut "Horses" LP]
This ranked #8 in Mojo's "Best Box Sets & Compilations of 2002", and was dedicated to the memory of Richard Sohl, their keyboard player, who died in 1990.
... Brian Wilson later cited this album as "a turning point", and his first LP that could compete against Phil Spector and the Beatles. / * - with performances by The Beach Boys, Lesley Gore and The Crickets; the film itself is ehhhh....
This album sold consideably better than his first, because it got favorable press in places like Peter Stampfel's (of The Holy Modal Rounders) influential column in "Broadsides" magazine. It was re-issued in 1967 with a slightly different mix.
The album was voted first place in The Village Voice's "1981 Pazz & Jop" critics' poll. / According to CMJ, this was the second most-played album of 1981 on American college radio.
* - 'The Old Folks at Home' is also known as "Swanee River", written by Stephen Foster in 1851. / In 2017, 'Surfer Girl' was ranked the 193rd greatest album of the 1960s by Pitchfork.
PERSONNEL: Bass – Frank Dehler / Drums – Howie Ferguson {Real Kids, Lyres} / Guitar – Ralph Fatello {The Vinny Band} / Keyboards – Jeff Conolly {The Lyres} / Saxophone – Bob (Moose) Parsons / Vocals, Guitar – Rich Parsons {too many groups to list} // * - FULL title of CD: 'Bloodstains Across Massachusetts - Punk Rock Rarities 1977-83' // Click on Link above/ left, to view the original single.
* - who were _actually_ the Turtles' previous incarnation as a surf-music group, releasing two singles in Aug 1963, Feb 1965 // Click on Link above, to view the single, with a color picture sleeve.
* - McGuinn was signed to Bobby Darin's publishing company, "T.M. Music ", and co-wrote this with Gari - to confirm this, click on the Link above, to view the original Capitol single.
Record producer Richard Podolor died March 6th, 2022, at age 86. On guitar, he recorded many solo singles, plus several "surf exploitation" LPs as 'Richie Allen and the Pacific Surfers' in 1963. He produced and engineered many many acts including Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, The Turles, The Monkees and Iron Butterfly // * - for proof, Click on Link above, left, to view the album
