Battle of the Bands

Battle of the Bands

ASIN: B0000EMYFD

Track Listings

1. Chains of Gold

2. I Can't Stop My Heart from Loving You

3. Midnight Girl/Sunset Town

4. One True Love

5. Satisfy You

6. Just Lovin' You

7. Blue to the Bone

8. Daddies Need to Grow Up Too

9. I Feel Fine

10. Oh Darlin' (Why Don't You Care for Me No More)

Tracks:

Stop Your Cryin' - Chocolate Syrup
You've Got a Lot to Give - Chocolate Syrup
Just in the Nick of Time - Chocolate Syrup
Penguin Break Down (Instrumental) - Chocolate Syrup
All I Ever Do Is Dream About You - Chocolate Syrup
What's a Matter Bay (Is It Hurtin You?) - Chocolate Syrup
Who You Tryin' to Fool - Chocolate Syrup
We've Got to Get Together (Brotherly Love) - Chocolate Syrup
Let One Hurt Do - Chocolate Syrup
Stay With Me (Instrumental) - Chocolate Syrup
My Ebony Princess - Jimmy Briscoe
True Love (Is Worth More Than Gold) - Jimmy Briscoe
Together Together (We'll Find a Way) - Jimmy Briscoe
I Only Feel This Way When I'm With You - Jimmy Briscoe
Country to the City (I'm Going Back to City) - Jimmy Briscoe
Where Were You (When I Needed You) - Jimmy Briscoe
I'll Care for You - Jimmy Briscoe
Forever - Jimmy Briscoe
You're My Love, My Life, My Soul - Jimmy Briscoe
Movin' On - Jimmy Briscoe

Battle Of The Bands: Gil Evans Vs. Charles Mingus

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Don't be Fooled!

Battle Of The Bands: Gil Evans Vs. Charles Mingus
Various Artists
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000DFUS
Release Date: 1998-11-10

Tracks:

King Porter Stomp - Gil Evans
Tijuana Gift Shop - Charles Mingus
The Meaning Of The Blues - Gil Evans
Los Mariaches - Charles Mingus
Up From The Skies - Gil Evans
Dizzy Moods - Charles Mingus
Aftermath The Fourth Movement/Children Of The Fire - Gil Evans
Ysabel's Table Dance - Charles Mingus

Customer Reviews:

Don't be Fooled!.......2000-08-31

Although this is a good cd, it is not what it says it is. This is not an actual concert of Mingus vs. Evans, but a collection of Mingus songs, and a collection of Gil Evans songs, put together on the same cd. The Mingus songs appear to be the same ones on New Tijuana Moods (without the alternate takes). Of course, all the Mingus is incredible (you can't go wrong with Mingus!), but i didn't like all the Evans songs, a bit too modern for my taste, almost fusion. There is 'up from the skies' from the Gil plays Hendrix cd which is ok (nothing compared to the Jimi's version though). The best song by Gil on this cd is King Porter Stomp. Just wanted to warn people, so they wouldn't make the same mistake as I did.

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Not for Dickwads
exactly like green day but not better
13 Tracks O' Fun!!

Overnight Disgrace
The Black Mollys
Manufacturer: V. Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0009HLBUM
Release Date: 2005-05-10

Tracks:

Call Me A Drag
Every Other Day
I Give In
Pretend
Fool
Somebody's Watching
Window
Soulmate
I Can't Care
Turn You Off
Sell Me Out
I Don't Think So
Rock Whore

Customer Reviews:

Not for Dickwads.......2006-03-15

If you're a dickwad or you like to masturbate with an axe in a music store don't buy this. It's simply not for you. However if you have slept with a woman, been dumped, been drunk --- you will likely relate. The Mollys always rock live and the cd was recorded at the same place as Nirvana Nevermind and it sounds every bit as good. Tory if you could play some more shred you might appease the nerds.

exactly like green day but not better.......2005-12-03

these guys are boring as hell live and i'm sure just as bad in on c.d. i caught there set in denver last year. hey guys ever heard of being orignal? oh yeah the whole blink 182 simple plan thing is dead and over didnt get the message huh?

13 Tracks O' Fun!!.......2005-05-11

I love this CD. The Black Mollys are the best live band I've seen in years, and this CD really captures the sarcasm and irreverence they portray on stage. Like Green Day, but better in every way!!

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The fact copies are still availible....
one of the best old school groups in the world

Battle of the Bands: Round One
Black Ivory , and Odds and Ends
Manufacturer: Sequel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Battle of the Bands: Round 3
Bingo: The Janus Recordings 1972-1974
Underground Oldies, Vol. 7: Rare & Hard to Find
Underground Oldies, Vol. 3
Motown Anthology

ASIN: B000000PSM
Release Date: 1997-08-19

Tracks:

Don't Turn Around - Black Ivory
Surrender - Black Ivory
I'll Find A Way - Black Ivory
Got To Be There - Black Ivory
Spinning Around - Black Ivory
I Keep Asking You Questions - Black Ivory
Time Is Love - Black Ivory
Find The One Who Loves LYou - Black Ivory
Our Future - Black Ivory
We made It - Black Ivory
Just Leave Me Some - Black Ivory
You And I (See Today) - Black Ivory
Foot Track - Odds And Ends
Who Could Doubt My Love - Odds And Ends
Apples, Peaches, Pumkin Pie - Odds And Ends
Let Me Try - Odds And Ends
Give Me Something - Odds And Ends
Talk That Talk - Odds And Ends
Love Makes The World Go Round - Odds And Ends
Yesterday My Love - Odds And Ends

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The fact copies are still availible...........2006-02-11

at the time of this review is interesting. This cd was released in 1997 by UK's great reissue company Sequel Records. It is "Round One" of a 4 "Rounds" set titled "Battle Of The Bands", whereas the label put two groups on each cd. At the time of release, based on alternative availiblity (if any), and comparative quality of recording, this set was at the top of the food chain! Two of the other "Rounds" are no longer availible, since the production deal on this series is long expired. What we see remaining to purchase at this time is IT! Two of the groups in the set, ("Chocolate Syrup" & "Odds 'N' Ends") never had an album release, only several 45s each. Odds on collectors finding all the 45s of the two groups at this time are at the furthest reaches of "slim". "Chocolate Syrup's 45s remained high on the "bounties" list. "Odds 'N' Ends" were label mates of Black Ivory at Today Records during the early 70s. Supply of their 45s was never that great in the first place, with the bulk of what was produced receiving East Coast regional distribution. This cd has been the only cd ever released commercially with "Odds 'N' End" records on it, thus the surprise of the writer that it has remained availible this long, with the set long out of print? Furthermore, the other very interesting fact is that this cd is the only cd released on Black Ivory that contains the original Today Records version of "You And I" on it. Even the cd titled "Spinning Around, The Today Sessions", does not contain the original Today recording. All other commercial cds contain the version from the 1984 Panoramic Records (Hackensack, NJ) album, "Then & Now" (which is an interesting album in it's own right). As to why? Good question, since all the other reissuers were working with the Today Records studio tapes anyway? Nevertheless, bottom line, this is a unique cd, that's out of print, no other source to obtain the music on it. Need it be said, it's buy time! History shows, when copies of out of print rarities start to disappear down to "0", numbers can and do go up. Buy while the buying's good.

one of the best old school groups in the world.......2005-04-20

well i had the pleasure to meet those gentlemen in baltimore this cd well give you that old school feel like never before my favorite song in the world is -I'LL FIND AWAY ( THE LONELIEST MAN IN TOWN) you can't beat that and by the way another group cover that song that called their self THE EIGHT MINUTE they were under the same sister label call today records and perception records

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Battle of the Bands: Round 3
Soul Generation & the Joneses
Manufacturer: Sequel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Battle of the Bands: Round One

ASIN: B000000PUC
Release Date: 1997-11-04

Tracks:

That's The Way It's Got To Be (Body And Soul) - Soul Generation
Ray Of Hope - Soul Generation
Super Fine - Soul Generation
Praying For A Miracle - Soul Generation
Million Dollars - Soul Generation
In Your Way - Soul Generation
Wait So Long - Soul Generation
Key To Your Heart - Soul Generation
Sweet Thing - Soul Generation
I Wonder What She's Doing - Soul Generation
Baby (There Is Nothing You Can Do) - The Johnses
Pretty, Pretty - The Johnses
Pull My String (Turn Me On) - The Johnses
Hold Up - The Johnses
I Can't See What You See In Me - The Johnses
Mary Mary - The Johnses
Lovin' You - The Johnses
She Loves You - The Johnses
Sweet Water Boy - The Johnses
Win Your Love - The Johnses

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Battle Royal
Charlie Barnet Orchestra , Woody Herman Orchestra , and Stan Kenton
Manufacturer: Sounds of Yesteryear
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BZN17I
Release Date: 2006-02-06

Tracks:

Dialogue - Woody Herman & His Orchestra, , Stan Kenton
Bop City
Ill Wind
Bebop Spoken Here
Claude Reigns
Dialogue - Woody Herman & His Orchestra, , Stan Kenton
Lollypop
I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
Station Break/Theme Blue Break
Four Brothers
Early Autumn
Thats Right
More Moon - Woody Herman & His Orchestra, , Stan Kenton
Midnight Sun [*] - June Christy, Johnny Guarnieri Trio, Woody Herman & His Orchestra,
Blue Moon [*] - June Christy, Johnny Guarnieri Trio, Woody Herman & His Orchestra,

The Northwest Battle of the Bands, Vol. 2: Knock You Flat!

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Ready to dance around your kitchen?

The Northwest Battle of the Bands, Vol. 2: Knock You Flat!
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Beat Rocket/Sundazed
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Northwest Battle of the Bands, Vol. 1: Flash and Crash
Northwest Battle Of The Bands Vol. 3: I'm Walkin' Babe!
The Original Northwest Sound of Don & The Goodtimes

ASIN: B000058DW2
Release Date: 2001-05-15

Tracks:

Move Over & Let Me Fly - Live Five
I Should Know - Tom Thumb,
High Time - The Sonics
Hey Girl
Knock You Flat - The Dimensions
My Generation - The Bards
Daddy Walked in Darkness - Gil Bateman
Please Come Down
Get Yourself Home
Who Do You Love - Jack Horner & The Plums,
Sorry Charlie - The Scotsmen
Black Cat - The Checkers
Mercy Mercy - Mercy Boys
Try Me - The Moguls
Tough Enough - The Scotsmen
Louie, Louie - Don & the Goodtimes
I've Searched - The Juveniles
Louise - The Raymarks
Alki Point - The Jesters
Again - The New Yorkers
You Better Slow Down - The Heirs
Another Side
Alice Designs - The Gamblers, Mr. Lucky & the Gamblers, Mr. Lucky & the Gamblers
Little Sally Tease - Don & the Goodtimes
You Got Your Head on Backwards - The Sonics

Album Description

Hot on the heels of 'Northwest Battle Of The Bands Volume 1', Volume 2 'Knock You Flat!' has even more tracks, 25 savage, guitar and organ-driven fuzz-punk, many on CD for the first time. Includes tracks by, 'The Live Five', 'Tom Thumb & The Casuals, The Sonics and many more. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.

Customer Reviews:

Ready to dance around your kitchen?.......2002-12-27

This CD is a blast! For those of us who grew up in the Northwest, it takes you back to the days of cruising Alki Beach while listening to KJR AM ("The Squire Shop presents...the Northwest Battle of the Bands!"). If you didn't grow up in the Northwest but love the garage band sound, it's still a lot of fun. Highly recommended.

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Battle of the Bands, Vol. 1
Various Artists
Manufacturer: K-Tel
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Hang on Sloopy - The McCoys
Question of Temperature - Balloon Farm
(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet - Blues Magoos
Little Bit O' Soul - Music Explosion
Keep on Dancing - The Gentrys
Dirty Water - The Standells
Talk Talk - The Music Machine
I Fought the Law - Bobby Fuller Four
Lies - The Knickerbockers
Shake - Shadows of Knight
Psychotic Reaction - The Count Five
Roadrunner - The Gants
Pushin' Too Hard - The Seeds
Blues' Theme - Davie Allan & The Arrows

The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands

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excellent album
Surprising
Imagine me & u eccentric Eleanor G.
Absolutely their best
Gee, I think you're swell

The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands
The Turtles
Manufacturer: Sundazed Music Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Turtle Soup
Wooden Head
You Baby/Let Me Be
Happy Together

ASIN: B000003GXZ
Release Date: 1994-10-21

Tracks:

The Battle Of The Bands
The Last Thing I Remember
Elenore
Too Much Heartsick Feeling
Oh, Daddy
Buzzsaw
Surfer Dan
I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're The Royal Maca...)
You Showed Me
Food
Chicken Little Was Right
Earth Anthem
Sound Asleep
The Story Of Rock And Roll

Album Description

Snappy as Fleer's, and equally adhesive in the best sense of the word, the Turtles would rather be goofy musical subversives than legendary popsters! This Sundazed Music release also includes bonus tracks 'Sound Asleep' and 'The Story Of Rock And Roll'.

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excellent album.......2007-06-30

I love all the Turtles' albums, but, this one is definitely my favorite. The concept behind Battle Of The Bands really allows the Turtles to showcase their unique talents and diversity. Ridiculously addictive arrangements and melodies combined with a healthy mix of sarcasm and comedy makes for a very memorable listen. You can really hear Kaylan and Vroman's Mother's Era vocal stylings coming into shape on this album (like the high pitched swells at the end of Elenore... goood stuff).

It truly is a rare record that can capture the feeling and sound of a genre(s) whilst simultaneously poking fun at that same sound. You can really enjoy these songs and appreciate them at face value before even getting into the sarcasm and comedy of it all. Zappa and Ween are probably the only other artists I can think of that truly pull this off like the Turtles do here.

I'm disappointed that the Turtles broke up soon after, but, am also grateful for Flo & Eddie's Mother's years as well as their solo work.

Surprising.......2007-05-06

The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands is one of the strangest albums ever made. Amongst some truely awful songs (like "The Battle Of The Bands", "Oh, Daddy" & "Chicken Little Was Right") and novelty/pastiche songs ("Sound Asleep", "Elenore" and "Food") are a couple of monster jams. Surprisingly, "I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're The Royal Macadamia Nuts)" and "Buzzsaw" were sampled by hip hop artists. That The Beastie Boys were even aware of this album (let alone could find anything useful here), is a testament to their brilliance.

This album sounds like a band with nothing to lose and so decided to make a hodge-podge album of various styles. The results are mixed.

Download at iTunes.

[DW]

Imagine me & u eccentric Eleanor G........2004-08-04

I take it that this was the last Turtles album. In a sense I found it refreshing to see the group take on many different forms of music. After all L.A. groups from the 60's can't live on the sunny pop sounds, psychedlia, and folk-rock alone. However, this may have sounded a little too bizarre. Maybe a way to cheese off record executives who wanted the group in a box, or maybe some political groups who wanted to persecute the group( Remember, Flo & Eddie had to go underground from 1972-1983, and not perform with the Turtles, or sing thier songs). After a hot start it was a shame to see them implode here, but all was not lost. I happen to like 4 out of the 5 samples heard here, and if given a chance to hear "Buzzsaw" I may have like that also as I dream of it chock full of fuzz guitars. "Eleanor" was overplayed, and "You Showed Me" you guessed it "Another Rock and Roll Suicide". I feel with Flo & Eddie it may have been a way to just be themselves, and have fun with the music that this would be thier last album. I did hear them do a solo piece I guess around 1970-71 called "Keep It Warm". I found it rather good, and hope to hear more from them besides on everyone from Frank Zappa to T-Rex. The Turtles were one of the groups that showed a rare creative side of rock and roll, and that's the ability to make people laugh while rocking and rolling, but for some that may have been thier death warrant, but they have risen again, and have been playing together again for 21 years. Keep it warm and funny.

Absolutely their best.......2004-05-23

This album even got a good review in Rolling Stone, if you can believe that! A grand and goofy idea in true Turtles fashion: a compilation LP of many different bands, many different styles, but every song written by and performed by our guys! I bought this LP about 1969, and wore it to the bone, it's so good!
Here are some of the "bands" in the battle and their musical styles:
THE CROSS FIRES, which was actually the name of the surf band that the Turtles started out as, performing "Surfer Dan". 27 girls follow wherever he goes, ya know!
THE QUAD CITY RAMBLERS, doing their stone country "Too Much Heartsick Feeling"!
THE BIGG BROTHERS, taking it back to broadway with a little ditty about too much "Food"!
THE FABULOUS DAWGS, laying on the heavy sax of the great Northwest bands with the intrumental "Buzzsaw"!
NATURE'S CHILDREN (note the strategic placement of the fig leaves) with the only Turtlesish tune on the LP, and a big hit, "You Showed Me"!

And who could forget CHIEF KAMANAWANALEA AND HIS ROYAL MACADAMIA NUTS, singing that classic Hawaiian ditty which bears their name?
There are more bands and more styles, and much more fun. The guys had a ball making this LP, and boy does it show!
Ya gotta get this one. And thanks as always to Bob Irwin and Sundazed for doing such a great job on the reish. My only quibble is that the pix of the bands are too small and in black and white. Go to the Turtles' website for big, full-color pix and laugh yourself silly!

Gee, I think you're swell.......2004-04-14

This is a concept album by The Turtles. On each of the songs here, The Turtles take on the guise of a different group. Somewhat surpisingly, the whole thing works. The Turtles get a chance to play several different styles of music that they like, plus they get to display their wacky sense of humor on many of the tracks. In my opinion, this is the definitive Turtles album. The CD re-issue includes as bonus tracks the non-hit (but great) singles, "Sound Asleep" and "The Story of Rock and Roll".

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Battle of the Bands, Vol. 2
Various Artists
Manufacturer: K-Tel
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Time Won't Let Me - The Outsiders
Little Girl - Syndicate Of Sound
A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You - The Monkees
Mr. Dieingly Sad - The Critters
Let's Live For Today - The Grass Roots
Friday On My Mind - The Easybeats
Nobody But Me - The Human Beinz
You Baby - The Turtles
Do You Believe In Magic - The Lovin' Spoonful
Hello It's Me - Nazz
The Rapper - The Jaggerz
Spread It on Thick - The Gentrys

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