Alias Pink Puzz

Artist: Paul Revere & the Raiders
Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
Category: Music

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Format: Original recording reissued
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 090771613820
EAN: 0090771613820
ASIN: B000046PUH

Release Date: 2000-02-01

Alias Pink Puzz

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Tracks:

Let Me!
Thank You
Frankfort Side Street
Hay Babro
Louisiana Redbone
Here Comes the Pain
Original Handy Man
I Need You
Down in Amsterdam
I Don't Know
Freeborn Man
Let Me! [Single Version][*]
Too Much Talk [#][*]
Get Out of My Mind [#][*]
I Don't Know [#][*]

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Album Description

Reissue of 1969 album with 4 bonus tracks 'Let Me' (single version), 'Too Much Talk', 'Get Out of My Mind' (both previo usly unissued demo versions). 'I Don't Know' (previously unissued alternate version). Also includes archival flyers and photos. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

I'm A Fan.......2006-12-27

If you're a fan, buy it, half the songs are pretty good if not misguided attempts at swamp rock. Original version of the now legendary bluegrass cover Freeborn Man. A couple of other tracks (Here Comes the Pain) would have fit nicely on the Revolution album.

A Buried Treasure To Treasure (Along with 'Collage').......2004-10-29

I just picked Alias Pink Puzz and Raiders Collage up on cd because I have worn my lp copies out over the many years of listening, taping, tracking and pleasure. These two sessions remain my favorite work by any group or solo artist throughout the last 4 decades. Thank you Sundazed for finally putting the catalogue out.

Much has been said or suggested of Mark Lindsay and Terry Melcher's session work through earlier band member line ups and on road commitments, but this was/is the Raiders at their finest (my opinion). Allison/Weller/Correro/Revere and Lindsay were about as tight and as good as it can get (I saw them once as a boy and I'll never forget it. They were great!)They were also capable of capturing the studio work that Lindsay's songwriting level needed/demanded.

Lindsay's in control of production and most of the songwriting on both of these- Weller and Allison contributed, as well. And while they scored chart success with Let Me from Alias, these gems were overlooked by the trends of the time.

You can't talk music. I'll just recommend both Alias and Collage (I've always viewed them as companions- Alias leaning more to country rock/ blue grass and pop... and Collage following with gospel/ classical and hard rock. The musicianship and the producing were far ahead of its time and Lindsay was one hell of a powerhouse, both vocally and as a songwriter. I know he once suggested he needed a co-writer but hell! It never showed!

What made these two sessions special (and much of what this line up of The Raiders recorded)was Lindsay's songwriting. He had an incredible knack for being able to write the commercial potboiler and the more subtle mood pieces. He had the melodies regardless of the style- and you really hear it here.

And since he produced the band's work himself (beginning around 1966), he heard his songs in the big picture. If you listen- the instruments never overpower- they blend as great music should. This was a time in music history for the guitar virtuoso and drum solo's. It never happens here, What happens instead is more important. It's the tasteful guitar lick here- the accented drum fill there. Harmonies. Arrangements that are fresh and searching with each song that comes out of the gate. There's no formula here but you hear the influences and you marvel at the level the group, as talent, is taking them. Correro's drumming, for instance. There's a lot of jazz in what isn't a jazz environment at all. And listen to how well that works! Amazing.

Treat yourselves to some really undiscovered, great music.

I guarantee that interest in this music and this group is going to grow dramatically over the next few years. This is remarkable work.

Rebel Raiders.......2004-04-01

Paul Revere & the Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay are at their best on "Alias Pink Puzz". Musically, it's the logical step forward from "Hard 'N' Heavy (with marshmallow)", with Freddy Weller's Fender Telecaster prominent in the mix and a strong country rock sound on many songs. At the time this album first appeared, Mark was starting a solo career recording middle of the road material, and Freddy was recording country records, but the Raiders were on the charts with one of their hardest rocking efforts ever, the volcanic "Let Me!" The album version included here includes an extended jam at the end, and sounds great with the stereo turned up loud! Mark Lindsay wrote all of the material, including several collaborations with Keith Allison (Raiders bassist/guitarist/keyboard man). Their song "Freeborn Man" has become a minor classic, having been recorded by many artists, including both Allison and Weller on their solo records (and more recently by country star Junior Brown), but this is the definitive version. Another Lindsay/Allison song, "Louisiana Redbone", takes the Raiders into Cajun land, with great guitar from Weller. "The Original Handy Man" is a simple rhythm and blues based rocker, while "Hey Babro" is almost bubblegum (with a supposedly censored lyric). "Frankfort Side Street" and "Thank You" feature more great guitar work from Weller and Allison, as does "Here Comes the Pain", one of Mark and Keith's best ballads. The CD version adds several excellent bonus tracks, including a softer version of "I Don't Know" (probably recorded during the sessions for the followup album, 1970's "Collage"). Two "Something Happening" songs are heard here in early demo version recorded in Memphis, Tennessee, "Too Much Talk" and "Get Out of My Mind", and sound as good to my ears as the familiar versions. There's also a couple radio ads for "Pink Puzz" which are a lot of fun to hear. Once again, kudos to Sundazed for bringing this music to CD, and to Paul, Mark, Freddy, Joe and Keith for their enduring legacy of music.

AT LAST THEY DECIDE TO KICK BUTT AGAIN !.......2003-05-14

After a period of flailing about, looking for a direction, Paul, Mark and the guys came up a winner. They had to do it in a roundabout way, though. The Raiders were conisdered old hat in the radio biz by now: their singles weren't getting the airplay that they used to, and they were routinely being pushed aside by newer groups. The solution: put out the new single on a white label and call the group "Pink Puzz". It worked. 'course, it helped that the new single kicked some serious butt. At first, no one caught on that this new group and their rockin' song "Let Me!" was the Raiders in disguise, but eventually it had to be revealed. When the cat leapt out of the bag a new LP was ready, and it was the best the guys had done in a while. It was chock full of quality songs like "Frankfort Side Street", "Louisiana Redbone", "Here Comes The Pain", "The Original Handy Man", "I Don't Know" and the soon-to-be classic "Freeborn Man". Oh, yeah..."Let Me!" was here, too. Definitely one of their best, and the arrangements let all the band members shine. Bob Irwin and the gang at Sundazed have done their usual fine work here, adding four bonus trax to the mix: the single version of "Let Me!", a previously unissued demo version of "Too Much Talk", a previously unissed demo version of "Get Out Of My Mind", and an alternate version of "I Don't Know". A lovely package, and a welcome one. Thanks, Bob!

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