• The Cyrkle, американская поп-рок-группа.
Своей недолгой карьерой в поп-музыке американская группа THE CYRKLE была в немалой степени обязана тому, что участие в ее судьбе принимали менеджер BEATLES Брайан Эпстайн и Джон Леннон.
• Группа была образована в Истоне, Пенсильвания, в 1962 под названием THE RHONDELLS в составе: Дон Дэннеман (Don Danneman, p. 9 мая 1944, Бруклин, Нью-Йорк; соло-гитара, вокал), Том Доуз (Tom Dawes, p. 25 июля 1944, Олбени, Нью-Йорк; бас, банджо, акустическая гитара, ситар) и Джим Майелла (Jim Maiella; барабаны) — и играли на студенческих вечеринках и праздниках в Лафайетт-колледже, где все трое учились — на разных, правда, факультетах.
• В 1963, когда THE RHONDELLS добились постоянного ангажемента в местном клубе Eastern Seaboard, Майеллу сменил Марти Фрид (Marty Fried, p. в 1944, Уэйсайд, Нью-Джерси; барабаны, перкуссия), а два года спустя состав группы дополнил клавишник Эрл Пикенс (Earl Pickens). Они играли монотонную, аккуратную, вполне танцевальную и откровенно чувственную музыку, пользуясь особым успехом у завсегдатаев модных мужских клубов Восточного побережья.
• В конце 1965 группу приметил Нат Вайсс, американский антрепренер и деловой партнер Брайана Эпстайна. Зная о честолюбивых планах последнего распространить свою менеджерскую деятельность и на территорию США, Вайсс предложил Эпстайну прослушать THE RHONDELLS. В результате прослушивания два месяца спустя, в феврале 1966, группа при посредничестве Эпстайна подписала контракт с Columbia/CBS, а в апреле уже выпустила свой первый сингл с песней Red Rubber Ball, которую Пол Саймон (еще в период своей жизни в Британии) сочинил вместе с лидером THE SEEKERS Брюсом Вудли. Продюсером «сорокапятки» и вышедшего следом альбома стал уже довольно известный в мире кино Джон Саймон, для которого эти пластинки стали первой (но не последней) вылазкой в мир поп-музыки.
• Эпстайну не понравилось излишне старомодное имя группы и он, по совету Джона Леннона, который успел подружиться с ее участниками, предложил ей новое — THE CYRKLE . В июле 1966 Red Rubber Ball поднялась в списках журнала Billboard до третьей строки и удерживалась там почти месяц, принеся THE CYRKLE их первый «золотой диск». Одновременно появился и второй хит, Turn Down Day, который в августе пробился в Топ20. Тем же летом группу в ее фирменных полосатых майках можно было лицезреть в первом отделении концертов второго американского турне THE BEATLES. После турне Пикенс вернулся к академическим занятиям в медицинском колледже. Его сменил студийный клавишник Майк Лоузкэмп (Mike Losekamp, p. в 1947, Дейтон, Огайо), который работал со многими группами второго эшелона.
• Хотя в США Turn Down Day прошла сравнительно неудачно, попав в тень их первого сингла, и того же турне THE BEATLES, ее популярность в Европе оказалась куда более значительной: на протяжении 1967 «сорокапятка» лидировала в чартах сразу нескольких стран. Дальнейшие синглы, тем не менее, оказались куда менее интересны. В январе 1967 свет увидел второй альбом THE CYRKLE Neon, добротный образчик колледж-рока с легкими намеками на психоделию и нейтральными текстами подростковой тематики. Возможно, под чутким руководством Эпстайна группа и смогла бы добраться до Высшей лиги рок-н-ролла, однако, смерть «пятого битла» стала для нее полным крушением надежд. Выпустив в январе 1968 последнюю «сорокапятку» Reading Her Paper/Friends, члены THE CYRKLE почли за благо поставить на своей музыкальной карьере крест.
• Впоследствии Дэннеман и Доуз зарабатывали на жизнь сочинением рекламных джинглов, Фрид стал юристом, а Лоузкэмп играл с второразрядной группой GREEN LYTE SUNDAY. Джон Саймон прославился, работая с Саймоном и Гарфанкелом, Леонардом Коэном и рядом других популярных исполнителей. В 1981 Даннеман неожиданно объявился в мире рок-н-ролла, записав вместе с женой Эйлин (Eileen Danneman) сингл I Did It For You/Mother And Lover, посвященный памяти Джона Леннона, человека, который многие годы оставался его другом.
- Андрей Бурлак
Своей недолгой карьерой в поп-музыке американская группа THE CYRKLE была в немалой степени обязана тому, что участие в ее судьбе принимали менеджер BEATLES Брайан Эпстайн и Джон Леннон.
• Группа была образована в Истоне, Пенсильвания, в 1962 под названием THE RHONDELLS в составе: Дон Дэннеман (Don Danneman, p. 9 мая 1944, Бруклин, Нью-Йорк; соло-гитара, вокал), Том Доуз (Tom Dawes, p. 25 июля 1944, Олбени, Нью-Йорк; бас, банджо, акустическая гитара, ситар) и Джим Майелла (Jim Maiella; барабаны) — и играли на студенческих вечеринках и праздниках в Лафайетт-колледже, где все трое учились — на разных, правда, факультетах.
• В 1963, когда THE RHONDELLS добились постоянного ангажемента в местном клубе Eastern Seaboard, Майеллу сменил Марти Фрид (Marty Fried, p. в 1944, Уэйсайд, Нью-Джерси; барабаны, перкуссия), а два года спустя состав группы дополнил клавишник Эрл Пикенс (Earl Pickens). Они играли монотонную, аккуратную, вполне танцевальную и откровенно чувственную музыку, пользуясь особым успехом у завсегдатаев модных мужских клубов Восточного побережья.
• В конце 1965 группу приметил Нат Вайсс, американский антрепренер и деловой партнер Брайана Эпстайна. Зная о честолюбивых планах последнего распространить свою менеджерскую деятельность и на территорию США, Вайсс предложил Эпстайну прослушать THE RHONDELLS. В результате прослушивания два месяца спустя, в феврале 1966, группа при посредничестве Эпстайна подписала контракт с Columbia/CBS, а в апреле уже выпустила свой первый сингл с песней Red Rubber Ball, которую Пол Саймон (еще в период своей жизни в Британии) сочинил вместе с лидером THE SEEKERS Брюсом Вудли. Продюсером «сорокапятки» и вышедшего следом альбома стал уже довольно известный в мире кино Джон Саймон, для которого эти пластинки стали первой (но не последней) вылазкой в мир поп-музыки.
• Эпстайну не понравилось излишне старомодное имя группы и он, по совету Джона Леннона, который успел подружиться с ее участниками, предложил ей новое — THE CYRKLE . В июле 1966 Red Rubber Ball поднялась в списках журнала Billboard до третьей строки и удерживалась там почти месяц, принеся THE CYRKLE их первый «золотой диск». Одновременно появился и второй хит, Turn Down Day, который в августе пробился в Топ20. Тем же летом группу в ее фирменных полосатых майках можно было лицезреть в первом отделении концертов второго американского турне THE BEATLES. После турне Пикенс вернулся к академическим занятиям в медицинском колледже. Его сменил студийный клавишник Майк Лоузкэмп (Mike Losekamp, p. в 1947, Дейтон, Огайо), который работал со многими группами второго эшелона.
• Хотя в США Turn Down Day прошла сравнительно неудачно, попав в тень их первого сингла, и того же турне THE BEATLES, ее популярность в Европе оказалась куда более значительной: на протяжении 1967 «сорокапятка» лидировала в чартах сразу нескольких стран. Дальнейшие синглы, тем не менее, оказались куда менее интересны. В январе 1967 свет увидел второй альбом THE CYRKLE Neon, добротный образчик колледж-рока с легкими намеками на психоделию и нейтральными текстами подростковой тематики. Возможно, под чутким руководством Эпстайна группа и смогла бы добраться до Высшей лиги рок-н-ролла, однако, смерть «пятого битла» стала для нее полным крушением надежд. Выпустив в январе 1968 последнюю «сорокапятку» Reading Her Paper/Friends, члены THE CYRKLE почли за благо поставить на своей музыкальной карьере крест.
• Впоследствии Дэннеман и Доуз зарабатывали на жизнь сочинением рекламных джинглов, Фрид стал юристом, а Лоузкэмп играл с второразрядной группой GREEN LYTE SUNDAY. Джон Саймон прославился, работая с Саймоном и Гарфанкелом, Леонардом Коэном и рядом других популярных исполнителей. В 1981 Даннеман неожиданно объявился в мире рок-н-ролла, записав вместе с женой Эйлин (Eileen Danneman) сингл I Did It For You/Mother And Lover, посвященный памяти Джона Леннона, человека, который многие годы оставался его другом.
- Андрей Бурлак
1966 • Red Rubber Ball
Исполнитель: The Cyrkle
Альбом: Red Rubber Ball
© 2001 Sundazed Music, inc.
Ⓟ 2001 Sony Music Interteiment, Inc.
Страна: USA
Жанр: Beat, Sunshine Pop
Год: 1966
Формат: FLAC (tracks+scans)
Качество: lossless
Альбом: Red Rubber Ball
© 2001 Sundazed Music, inc.
Ⓟ 2001 Sony Music Interteiment, Inc.
Страна: USA
Жанр: Beat, Sunshine Pop
Год: 1966
Формат: FLAC (tracks+scans)
Качество: lossless
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allmusic.com
The Cyrkle's debut was a pleasant, if marginal, album, blending a light folk-rock flavor with fluffy pop/rock production and songwriting. "Red Rubber Ball" and the follow-up hit, "Turn-Down Day," were, as one might expect, by far the best cuts. The rest was split between group originals and odds and ends from an assortment of other writers, including a cover of the Paul Simon-Bruce Woodley composition "Cloudy" that predated its appearance on Simon & Garfunkel's Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme album later in 1966. On the whole, it's feel-good and not terribly deep 1966 pop/rock, heavy on the breezy harmonies, occasionally using mild touches of experimentation, like the sitar on "Turn-Down Day," and inventively reverbed guitars.
- Richie Unterberger
♪ Members:
The Cyrkle's debut was a pleasant, if marginal, album, blending a light folk-rock flavor with fluffy pop/rock production and songwriting. "Red Rubber Ball" and the follow-up hit, "Turn-Down Day," were, as one might expect, by far the best cuts. The rest was split between group originals and odds and ends from an assortment of other writers, including a cover of the Paul Simon-Bruce Woodley composition "Cloudy" that predated its appearance on Simon & Garfunkel's Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme album later in 1966. On the whole, it's feel-good and not terribly deep 1966 pop/rock, heavy on the breezy harmonies, occasionally using mild touches of experimentation, like the sitar on "Turn-Down Day," and inventively reverbed guitars.
- Richie Unterberger
♪ Members:
• Tom Dawes - lead vocals, lead guitar, bass
• Don Dannemann - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Marty Fried - drums, vocals
• Jon Alexander - keyboards
♪ Треклист:
01. Red Rubber Ball - 2:23
02. Why Can't You Give Me What I Want - 2:32
03. Baby, You're Free - 2:46
04. Big, Little Woman - 2:26
05. Cloudy - 2:16
06. Cry - 2:41
07. Turn-Down Day - 2:36
08. There's A Fire In The Fireplace - 2:28
09. Bony Moronie - 2:35
10. How Can I Leave Her - 2:40
11. Money To Burn - 3:10
CODE: 3EBFA or click here (password is cod number+my nickname)
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• Don Dannemann - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Marty Fried - drums, vocals
• Jon Alexander - keyboards
♪ Треклист:
01. Red Rubber Ball - 2:23
02. Why Can't You Give Me What I Want - 2:32
03. Baby, You're Free - 2:46
04. Big, Little Woman - 2:26
05. Cloudy - 2:16
06. Cry - 2:41
07. Turn-Down Day - 2:36
08. There's A Fire In The Fireplace - 2:28
09. Bony Moronie - 2:35
10. How Can I Leave Her - 2:40
11. Money To Burn - 3:10
CODE: 3EBFA or click here (password is cod number+my nickname)
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1967 • Neon
Artist: The CyrkleAlbum: Neon
© 2001 Sundazed Music, inc.
Ⓟ 2001 Sony Music Interteiment, Inc.
Country: USA
Year: 1967
Style: beat, folk rock, pop rock
Format: MP 3
Quality: 320 kbps
© 2001 Sundazed Music, inc.
Ⓟ 2001 Sony Music Interteiment, Inc.
Country: USA
Year: 1967
Style: beat, folk rock, pop rock
Format: MP 3
Quality: 320 kbps
Время звучания: 00:31:41
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allmusic.com
Neon - was pretty much more of the same pop/rock with folk-rock accents that the Cyrkle had delivered on their debut, Red Rubber Ball. A difference was that there were no hit singles on the order of "Red Rubber Ball" or "Turn-Down Day," either in terms of chart performance or hooky quality. As a result, the album's less worthwhile than its predecessor, and just doesn't measure up to the more substantial groups of the era, whether pop/rock or folk-rock ones. Certainly, fans of typically '60s harmonies, artful production, and crafty integration of acoustic and electric dynamics with a wide range of instruments will find much to enjoy. But the songs aren't too substantial. It does include a Paul Simon-Bruce Woodley collaboration, "I Wish You Could Be Here," that Simon & Garfunkel never put out on release, though Woodley's group, the Seekers, did put out a version. About the best of the lot are "Our Love Affair's in Question," which (whether intentionally or not) sounds quite a bit like 1966 Simon & Garfunkel, and "Don't Cry, No Fears, No Tears Comin' Your Way," which is tougher than most of their output. There's also a rather wacky cover of the Beatles' "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You," complete with the cheesy twanging sitar that decorated several of the Cyrkle's songs. The 2001 CD reissue on Sundazed adds nine bonus tracks, including four 1966-1967 outtakes, four songs from 1967-1968 singles, and a couple of commercials they recorded on the side.
♪ Members: - Richie Unterberger
• Don Danneman - Guitar
• Tom Dawes - Bass, Guitar, Sitar
• Marty Fried - Drums, Percussion
• Bobby Gregg - Percussion
• Michael Losekamp - Keyboards
• Buddy Salzman - Percussion
• John Simon - Keyboards
♪ Треклист:
01. Don't Cry, No Fears, No Tears Comin' Your Way
02. The Visit (She Was Here)
03. Weight Of Your Words
04. I Wish I Could Be Here
05. It Doesn't Matter Anymore
06. Two Rooms
07. Our Love Affair's In Question
08. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
09. Problem Child
10. Please Don't Ever Leave Me
11. I'm Not Sure What I Wanna Do
Bonus Track:
12. Don't Cry, No Fears, No Tears Comin' Your Way (alt. version)
13. You Can't Go Home Again
14. Terry's Theme
15. We Said Goodbye (And Went Our Separate Ways Or So We Thought)
16. Turn Of The Century
17. Friends
18. Where Are You Going
19. Red Chair Fade Away
20. Camaro
CODE: B317F or click here (password is cod number+my nickname)
Neon - was pretty much more of the same pop/rock with folk-rock accents that the Cyrkle had delivered on their debut, Red Rubber Ball. A difference was that there were no hit singles on the order of "Red Rubber Ball" or "Turn-Down Day," either in terms of chart performance or hooky quality. As a result, the album's less worthwhile than its predecessor, and just doesn't measure up to the more substantial groups of the era, whether pop/rock or folk-rock ones. Certainly, fans of typically '60s harmonies, artful production, and crafty integration of acoustic and electric dynamics with a wide range of instruments will find much to enjoy. But the songs aren't too substantial. It does include a Paul Simon-Bruce Woodley collaboration, "I Wish You Could Be Here," that Simon & Garfunkel never put out on release, though Woodley's group, the Seekers, did put out a version. About the best of the lot are "Our Love Affair's in Question," which (whether intentionally or not) sounds quite a bit like 1966 Simon & Garfunkel, and "Don't Cry, No Fears, No Tears Comin' Your Way," which is tougher than most of their output. There's also a rather wacky cover of the Beatles' "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You," complete with the cheesy twanging sitar that decorated several of the Cyrkle's songs. The 2001 CD reissue on Sundazed adds nine bonus tracks, including four 1966-1967 outtakes, four songs from 1967-1968 singles, and a couple of commercials they recorded on the side.
♪ Members: - Richie Unterberger
• Don Danneman - Guitar
• Tom Dawes - Bass, Guitar, Sitar
• Marty Fried - Drums, Percussion
• Bobby Gregg - Percussion
• Michael Losekamp - Keyboards
• Buddy Salzman - Percussion
• John Simon - Keyboards
♪ Треклист:
01. Don't Cry, No Fears, No Tears Comin' Your Way
02. The Visit (She Was Here)
03. Weight Of Your Words
04. I Wish I Could Be Here
05. It Doesn't Matter Anymore
06. Two Rooms
07. Our Love Affair's In Question
08. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
09. Problem Child
10. Please Don't Ever Leave Me
11. I'm Not Sure What I Wanna Do
Bonus Track:
12. Don't Cry, No Fears, No Tears Comin' Your Way (alt. version)
13. You Can't Go Home Again
14. Terry's Theme
15. We Said Goodbye (And Went Our Separate Ways Or So We Thought)
16. Turn Of The Century
17. Friends
18. Where Are You Going
19. Red Chair Fade Away
20. Camaro
CODE: B317F or click here (password is cod number+my nickname)
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1969 • The Minx (Original Soundtrack)
Альбом: The Minx (Original Soundtrack)
Label: Flying Dutchman Productions/Amsterdam Records
Related Arists: (Splits) Paul Revere & The Raiders / The Cyrkle
Also Known As: The Rhondells
Catalogue Number: AMS-12007
Жанр: Psychedelic Pop (Original Soundtrack)
Год: 1969
Страна: USA
Формат \ качество: MP3 - 224 Kbps
Время звучания: 00:31:41
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allmusic.com
Somehow the Cyrkle, one of the more clean-cut pop-rock groups of the late 1960s, ended up doing the soundtrack to the obscure X-rated movie The Minx. (Although it was originally intended as more of a B-movie, nude scenes were added to generate controversy.) As such it qualifies as something of the lost Cyrkle album by a band that only put out two proper LPs. It's not the "great" lost Cyrkle album, because the songs, penned by the group's Tom Dawes and Don Dannemann, varied between innocuous period late-'60s pop-rock and unremarkable soundtrack filler. The requirements of a soundtrack did require versatility, though, and the songs varied from competent harmony pop-rock with debts to the Beatles and Beach Boys ("Squeeze Play," originally intended as the title theme) to summery bossa nova ("The Minx"), forced quasi-bubblegumish jocularity ("Murray the Why"), a pastiche of sentimental '50s rock ("The Party"), trendy sitar-rock psychedelia ("Nicole"), the Kinks-ish "Something Special," a Duane Eddy-ish instrumental ("Walter's Riff"), and instrumentals suitable for dated incidental background and chase scene music with a late-'60s flavor. The CD reissue adds eight bonus tracks, all but one previously unreleased, among them the "film versions" of several songs from the movie and instrumentals that again seem to have been intended for the incidental soundtrack mood. Most curious of all of these is an instrumental version of "Kites," which was, with lyrics and vocal, a big 1967 hit in the UK for Simon Dupree & the Big Sound. Also here, though unlisted on the sleeve, is a cheesy original commercial (or soundtrack to a trailer) for the film.
- Richie Unterberge
Somehow the Cyrkle, one of the more clean-cut pop-rock groups of the late 1960s, ended up doing the soundtrack to the obscure X-rated movie The Minx. (Although it was originally intended as more of a B-movie, nude scenes were added to generate controversy.) As such it qualifies as something of the lost Cyrkle album by a band that only put out two proper LPs. It's not the "great" lost Cyrkle album, because the songs, penned by the group's Tom Dawes and Don Dannemann, varied between innocuous period late-'60s pop-rock and unremarkable soundtrack filler. The requirements of a soundtrack did require versatility, though, and the songs varied from competent harmony pop-rock with debts to the Beatles and Beach Boys ("Squeeze Play," originally intended as the title theme) to summery bossa nova ("The Minx"), forced quasi-bubblegumish jocularity ("Murray the Why"), a pastiche of sentimental '50s rock ("The Party"), trendy sitar-rock psychedelia ("Nicole"), the Kinks-ish "Something Special," a Duane Eddy-ish instrumental ("Walter's Riff"), and instrumentals suitable for dated incidental background and chase scene music with a late-'60s flavor. The CD reissue adds eight bonus tracks, all but one previously unreleased, among them the "film versions" of several songs from the movie and instrumentals that again seem to have been intended for the incidental soundtrack mood. Most curious of all of these is an instrumental version of "Kites," which was, with lyrics and vocal, a big 1967 hit in the UK for Simon Dupree & the Big Sound. Also here, though unlisted on the sleeve, is a cheesy original commercial (or soundtrack to a trailer) for the film.
- Richie Unterberge
♪ Members:
• Tom Dawes - lead vocals, lead guitar, bass
• Don Dannemann - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Marty Fried - drums, vocals
• Earle Pickens - keyboards (first album)
• Michael Losekamp - keyboards, vocals (second album)
• Jon Alexander - keyboards
• Tom Dawes - lead vocals, lead guitar, bass
• Don Dannemann - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Marty Fried - drums, vocals
• Earle Pickens - keyboards (first album)
• Michael Losekamp - keyboards, vocals (second album)
• Jon Alexander - keyboards
♪ Треклист:
01. Squeeze Play - 3:06
02. Minx - 2:31
03. Murray The Why - 2:59
04. Rigging - 1:14
05. Party - 3:08
06. Nicole - 4:12
07. It's A Lovely Game Louise - 2:15
08. Minx - 2:51
09. Something Special - 2:27
10. On The Road - 3:29
11. Walter's Riff - 1:12
12. Chase - 2:17
02. Minx - 2:31
03. Murray The Why - 2:59
04. Rigging - 1:14
05. Party - 3:08
06. Nicole - 4:12
07. It's A Lovely Game Louise - 2:15
08. Minx - 2:51
09. Something Special - 2:27
10. On The Road - 3:29
11. Walter's Riff - 1:12
12. Chase - 2:17
Bonus Track:
13. Terry's Theme - 2:08
14. Somehting Special (alt. Instrumental) - 2:28
15. Kites - 3:58
16. Queeze Play (film version) - 3:14
17. Murray The Why (filmi version) - 2:59
18. Nicole (film version) - 4:09
19. Baxter's Dangerous Game - 2:41
20. Terry's Escape - 5:06
CODE: 4112E or click here (password is cod number+my nickname)
Исполнитель: The Cyrkle
Страна: USA
Альбом: Red Rubber Ball (A Collection)
Ⓟ & © 1991 Sony Music Entertainment Inc /
Manufactured by Columbia Records.
Год выхода: 1991 (recorded in 1966)
Жанр: Beat, Sunshine Pop, AM Pop
Формат: FLAC (tracks, cue+log)
Качество: lossless
All Time: 00:45:06
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♪ Треклист:
01. Red Rubber Ball (Simon, Woodley) - 2:16
02. Why Can't You Give Me What I Want (Freidland, Dawes) - 2:25
03. How Can I Leave Her (Dannemann, Dawes) - 2:34
04. Turn Down Day (Blume, Keller) - 2:32
05. Cloudy (Simon, Woodley) - 2:15
06. Please Don't Ever Leave Me (Haber) - 1:56
07. Don't Cry, No Fears, No Tears Comin' Your Way (Dannemann, Dawes) - 2:40
08. I Wish You Could Be Here (Simon, Woodley) - 2:47
09. Our Love Affair's In Question (Dannemann, Dawes) - 2:22
10. The Visit (She Was Here) (Chandler, McKendry) - 2:18
11. We Had a Good Thing Goin' (Sedaka, Greenfield) - 2:50
12. Turn Of The Century (Gibb, Gibb) - 2:20
13. Penny Arcade (Linzer, Randell) - 2:38
14. Where Are You Going (Dannemann) - 2:21
15. Red Chair Fade Away (Gibb, Gibb) - 2:28
16. Reading Her Paper (Catana, Cooper) - 3:03
17. Straighten Out My Messed Up Life - 2:02
(previously unreleased) (Morrison)
18. We Said Goodbye (And Went Our Separate Ways Or So We Thought) - 2:25
(previously unreleased) (Dannemann, Dawes)
CODE: 498D4 or click here (password is cod number+my nickname)
13. Terry's Theme - 2:08
14. Somehting Special (alt. Instrumental) - 2:28
15. Kites - 3:58
16. Queeze Play (film version) - 3:14
17. Murray The Why (filmi version) - 2:59
18. Nicole (film version) - 4:09
19. Baxter's Dangerous Game - 2:41
20. Terry's Escape - 5:06
CODE: 4112E or click here (password is cod number+my nickname)
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1991 • Red Rubber Ball (A Collection)
Исполнитель: The Cyrkle
Страна: USA
Альбом: Red Rubber Ball (A Collection)
Ⓟ & © 1991 Sony Music Entertainment Inc /
Manufactured by Columbia Records.
Год выхода: 1991 (recorded in 1966)
Жанр: Beat, Sunshine Pop, AM Pop
Формат: FLAC (tracks, cue+log)
Качество: lossless
All Time: 00:45:06
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allmusic.com
Not to be confused with the Cyrkle's debut album, A Red Rubber Ball (A Collection) collects the breezy highlights of its two proper albums, including the hit singles "Red Rubber Ball" and "Turn Down Day." It's true that songs like "Why Can't You Give Me What I Want" and "How Can I Leave Her" are slight even by the Cyrkle's standards. However, the productions, harmonies, and arrangements -- often featuring sitars and harpsichords -- elevate them to enjoyable, if not essential artifacts of mid-'60s folk-pop. Mellow songs like "Cloudy" and "Visit (She Was Here)" define the sound of sunshine pop, while the woodwinds, harpsichords, and elaborate harmonies on "Please Don't Ever Leave Me" recall a less-ambitious version of the Left Banke's music. "Our Love Affair's in Question" and "We Got a Good Thing Going" are some of the few songs here that approach the appeal of the Cyrkle's hits, with bright harmonies and bouncy rhythms that make them stand out among the rest of the tracks. Most of the collection is drawn from the group's first album, but some of Neon's more notable tracks, like "Turn of the Century," "Where Are You Going," and "Red Chair, Fade Away" lend a trippier feel to the compilation's second half. The best Cyrkle collection available, A Red Rubber Ball (A Collection) should satisfy anyone who doesn't need Sundazed's expanded versions of the band's full-length albums.
- Heather Phares
Not to be confused with the Cyrkle's debut album, A Red Rubber Ball (A Collection) collects the breezy highlights of its two proper albums, including the hit singles "Red Rubber Ball" and "Turn Down Day." It's true that songs like "Why Can't You Give Me What I Want" and "How Can I Leave Her" are slight even by the Cyrkle's standards. However, the productions, harmonies, and arrangements -- often featuring sitars and harpsichords -- elevate them to enjoyable, if not essential artifacts of mid-'60s folk-pop. Mellow songs like "Cloudy" and "Visit (She Was Here)" define the sound of sunshine pop, while the woodwinds, harpsichords, and elaborate harmonies on "Please Don't Ever Leave Me" recall a less-ambitious version of the Left Banke's music. "Our Love Affair's in Question" and "We Got a Good Thing Going" are some of the few songs here that approach the appeal of the Cyrkle's hits, with bright harmonies and bouncy rhythms that make them stand out among the rest of the tracks. Most of the collection is drawn from the group's first album, but some of Neon's more notable tracks, like "Turn of the Century," "Where Are You Going," and "Red Chair, Fade Away" lend a trippier feel to the compilation's second half. The best Cyrkle collection available, A Red Rubber Ball (A Collection) should satisfy anyone who doesn't need Sundazed's expanded versions of the band's full-length albums.
- Heather Phares
• Vic Anesini - Digital Remastering, Digital Remixing
• Charles Calello - Producer
• Hope Chasin - Coordination
• Don Danneman - Guitar, Vocals
• Tom Dawes - Bass, Guitar, Harmonica, Sitar, Vocals
• Marty Fried - Drums, Percussion
• Bob Irwin Digital - Producer
• Michael Losekamp - Keyboards
• Earl Pickens - Keyboards
• John Simon - Producer
• Carlo Wolff - Liner Notes
• Charles Calello - Producer
• Hope Chasin - Coordination
• Don Danneman - Guitar, Vocals
• Tom Dawes - Bass, Guitar, Harmonica, Sitar, Vocals
• Marty Fried - Drums, Percussion
• Bob Irwin Digital - Producer
• Michael Losekamp - Keyboards
• Earl Pickens - Keyboards
• John Simon - Producer
• Carlo Wolff - Liner Notes
01. Red Rubber Ball (Simon, Woodley) - 2:16
02. Why Can't You Give Me What I Want (Freidland, Dawes) - 2:25
03. How Can I Leave Her (Dannemann, Dawes) - 2:34
04. Turn Down Day (Blume, Keller) - 2:32
05. Cloudy (Simon, Woodley) - 2:15
06. Please Don't Ever Leave Me (Haber) - 1:56
07. Don't Cry, No Fears, No Tears Comin' Your Way (Dannemann, Dawes) - 2:40
08. I Wish You Could Be Here (Simon, Woodley) - 2:47
09. Our Love Affair's In Question (Dannemann, Dawes) - 2:22
10. The Visit (She Was Here) (Chandler, McKendry) - 2:18
11. We Had a Good Thing Goin' (Sedaka, Greenfield) - 2:50
12. Turn Of The Century (Gibb, Gibb) - 2:20
13. Penny Arcade (Linzer, Randell) - 2:38
14. Where Are You Going (Dannemann) - 2:21
15. Red Chair Fade Away (Gibb, Gibb) - 2:28
16. Reading Her Paper (Catana, Cooper) - 3:03
17. Straighten Out My Messed Up Life - 2:02
(previously unreleased) (Morrison)
18. We Said Goodbye (And Went Our Separate Ways Or So We Thought) - 2:25
(previously unreleased) (Dannemann, Dawes)
CODE: 498D4 or click here (password is cod number+my nickname)
