Fine and Dandy: The Complete Recordings

Fine and Dandy: The Complete Recordings Artist: Everpresent Fullness
Label: Rev-Ola
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5013929433922
ASIN: B00013BOJC


Release Date: 2004-04-01

Fine and Dandy: The Complete Recordings


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Tracks:

  1. Fine and Dandy - Everpresent Fullness
  2. Wild About My Lovin' - Everpresent Fullness
  3. Leavin' California - Everpresent Fullness
  4. You're So Fine - Everpresent Fullness
  5. Rider - Everpresent Fullness
  6. Way She Is - Everpresent Fullness
  7. My Girl Back Home - Everpresent Fullness
  8. Darlin' You Can Count on Me - Everpresent Fullness
  9. Yeah! - Everpresent Fullness
  10. Somewhere I Don't Know Where I'm Bound
  11. Lonesome Tears
  12. Rovin' Kind
  13. Do Da Da
  14. Susie Q
  15. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - Everpresent Fullness
  16. Doin' a Number [*] - Everpresent Fullness

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Album Description

Full Title - Fine & Dandy - The Complete Recordings. A Sunset Strip classic. A cross between The Poor, The Turtles, & Buffalo Springfield, with a poppy edge. Features 16 remastered tracks including previously unreleased pop gems from Warren Zevon, along with one bonus track, 'Doin' A Number'. Includes fold out sleeve with extensive liner notes, track-by-track commentary, photos & memorabilia. Rev-Ola. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Lost Chapter In Folk-Rock History Lovingly Restored.......2004-12-08

I'm an admirer of the many guises of Paul Johnson. From his pioneering surf with The Belairs and PJ & The Galaxies to his more recent material, Johnson has always operated with integrity and modesty.
This CD collects all the surviving recordings by his answer to The Lovin' Spoonful, Turtles, et al. The Everpresent Fullness (hereafter, EPF) were signed to the Turtles' label, White Whale Records. They were the victims of classic label indifference. The anticipated hit single, a Spoonful-esque refitting of the 1930 standard "Fine And Dandy," didn't happen, due to the horror expressed by the song's co-author, Paul James. In retrospect, this number is one of the group's weakest sides. It could've been a hit, as it was indeed commercial.
With their ace in the hole foiled, the band made a handful of other recordings, none of them catching fire on the national charts. And then, as a final bizarre coda, the label issued their four-year-old LP in 1970, long after the group was history.
The full story of the band, complete with Paul Johnson's recollections, is told in this disc's lavish foldout booklet.
The music itself is continually pleasant, more country than rock, with a strong hint of pre-electric Dylan and Kingston Trio-era commercial folk. While it's not groundbreaking, it's enjoyable, solid material.
Some goodies include a very Beatlesque early Warren Zevon composition, "The Way She Is," and some good originals from Paul Johnson, the choicest item being the minor-keyed, driving "The Rovin' Kind," which strikes me as a perfect meeting ground of folk music and rock 'n' roll.
The EPF do well with '60s folk staples like "Sometimes I Don't Know Where I'm Bound" (Tom Paxton) and "Leavin' California (Richard Farina). A version of Buddy Holly's "Lonesome Tears" manages to sound old-fashioned and au courant at the same time. Its blend of Everly-esque harmony vocals and spacey-strummy backing (with the pre-requisite electric 12-string solo) is charming and oddly moving.

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