Rock Archeologia

Three Hour Tour - 1969 (1996 Parasol Records)

Artist: Three Hour Tour
Album: Three Hour Tour 1969
Label: Parasol Records
Catalog #: PAR-011
Release: 1996
Country: US
Genre: Pop/Rock, Alternative, Indie Rock
Format: FLAC (tracs+.cue+log)
Bitrate: lossless
Duration: 00:50:36

• Three Hour Tour is an Champaign, IL-based power pop band led by the multi-talented Darren Cooper, a veteran of many pop bands including the '80s power pop group Choo Choo Train (which featured Ric Menck (drums, vocals) and Paul Chastain (guitar, bass, vocals), who later were members of Velvet Crush). Brad Steakley (aka Brad Elvis, from the Elvis Brothers) played drums for the band; he's now a member of the Chicago-based Big Hello. Like all of the aforementioned groups, Three Hour Tour heavily emphasized and pretty much stuck to the three-minute jangle rock format, emulating the familiar punch of '60s and '70s bands like Badfinger, the Beatles, and the Raspberries, as well as more recent bands like the Posies. In 1996, Parasol compiled 1969, a nine-song collection gathering two Parasol singles, a rare Christmas track (the unlisted tenth track), and "Love Sick Trip," which appeared on Yellow Pills, Vol. 1: The Best of American Pop. Velvet Crush member Chastain also co-wrote one of the songs featured here.

 • Tracklist:

01. Next Time 03:37
02. Valentines Day 03:18
03. What Kind Of Kiss 03:32
04. Turn Down 03:00
05. If You Were Here 04:08
06. Love Sick Trip 04:43
07. King Of The Mountain 03:28
08. Prancing Horse Farms 03:36
09. Devil You Know 17:52
10. Peace 03:27

Credit:

Paul Brian - Bass, Vocals (Background)
Brad Elvis, John Richardson - Drums
Three Hour Tour - Primary Artist
Kent Whitesell - Engineer, Producer

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