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The Complete Recordings by Central PA's Legendary Rock Band |
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Cat#: AA-086/087 Year: 2001 Price: $18.
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Some people know 'em as the spawning ground for Dan Hartman of Edgar Winter "Free Ride"/"I Can Dream About You" fame. Other people know 'em for their four excellent singles. But until you've heard Arf! Arf! Records' new double-CD High Towers compilation retrospective, you haven't gotten the full perspective on the Legends. From '64 to '73, the Legends were as synonymous with Central Pennsylvania as a Hershey Bar with almonds, and every bit as tasty. They got the audiences dancing with their mix of pop, rock and soul in the mid-'60s, freaked 'em out with heavy psychedelia in the late '60s, then rocked 'em back outta their shells with even harder rock in the early '70s. All phases are documented on High Towers, which traces the rise of the Legends from their garage band roots playing teen hops and fire halls into seasoned rockers blowing the doors off larger venues. Featuring their four locally released singles and a promotional-only flexi from 1970, the first CD documents the Legends from 1967 to 1973, their most renowned era. But the listening pleasure doesn't end with rare 45 sides like the stompin' freakbeat cover of "Baby Get Your Head Screwed On" from '67 and the quirky wah-wah piano of "High Towers" from '69. CD number one is rounded out by a bevy of previously unreleased material, including seven more power-trio psych-outs from 1969, three pounding hard rockers from 1973 that should have the stoner rock crowd in air-guitar heaven, and even a CD-ROM of a video made by band ally Jerry King Musser in 1972 to promote "Rock and Roll Woman," a regional smash (later licensed to Epic Records) that almost got the Legends on American Bandstand. And then there's the second CD, which throws a life preserver to those '60s fanatics who abandon ship when the captain's into psychedelia or hard rock. Fear not, garage fiends, as CD number two completes the Legends' voyage with 26 previously unissued cuts from 1965 and 1966, including a few band originals and teen-fueled renditions of "Shakin' All Over," "You Really Got Me" "I Need You," "Don't Bring Me Down" and even the Shadows of Knight's fuzz ripper, "I'm Gonna Make You Mine." Perhaps the coolest garage vault find of all, however, is a pair of cuts by the Donshires (featuring future Legend Joe Caloiero) from 1965, "Sad and Blue" and "Tripeline," which would be lighting up eBay if the songs had ever been pressed on a single. The musical experience is only enhanced by a 24-page booklet lined with pictures, memorabilia and a detailed band history (including interviews with six former members) by Doug Sheppard of Discoveries/Ugly Things. Whether you're into garage, psych, hard rock or even Dan Hartman himself, High Towers is guaranteed to scale the rock and roll heights for you. |
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| DISK ONE: THE BALDWIN SESSIONS (1967-'73) High Towers (1969), Fever Games (1969), Jefferson Strongbox (1969), Gone April Gone (1969), Yes, Someone Called Me (1969), Circle Rise (1969), Marianne Summer (1969), Somebody Else (1969), Deception (1969), Sometimes I Can't Help It (1970), Rock And Roll Woman (1972), Problems (1972), Full Moon (1973), Great Day (1973), Sole Rider (1973), Baby Get Your Head Screwed On (1967), Why (1967), Keep On Running (1968), Cheating (1968), Jefferson Strongbox (1970) [alternate version], Concert Radio Spot (1972) BONUS QUICKTIME(TM) MOVIE To Make A Legend (1973) [A film by Jerry King Musser] |
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DISK TWO: PROGRESS FIRE HALL SESSION (1965) Set Me Free, The Last Time, The Bells Of Rhymney, All I Really Want To Do, She Left Me, You Were On My Mind, Laugh At Me, Shakin' All Over DON WOOLRIDGE SESSION (1966) I Need You, I'm Gonna Make You Mine, Shapes Of Things, I'll Always Love You, Devil With The Blue Dress/Good Golly Miss Molly, Why, Norwegian Wood, If I Needed Someone, You Really Got Me, Summer In The City, My Little One, I'm A Believer, Don't Bring Me Down, A Winter's Day, Mr Dieingly Sad, Keep On Running, Louie Louie, Legends Jam THE DONSHIRES (1965) Sad And Blue, Tripeline |
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SOUND SAMPLES You will need the RealAudio Player to hear these samples. |
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High Towers 35.6 Seconds Fever Games 24.2 Seconds Deception 27.3 Seconds Baby Get Your Head Screwed On 40.8 Seconds Shakin' All Over 25 Seconds I'm Gonna Make You Mine 43.7 Seconds |
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