Colours
Band members Related acts
- Chuck
Blackwell -- drums, percussion (1967-68)
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- Delaney and Bonnie (Carl Radle) - Derek and the Dominos (Carl Radle) - Eddie and the Showmen (Rob Edwards) |
Genre: psych Rating: **** (4 stars) Title: Colours Company: Dot Catalog: DLP-25854 Year: 1968 Country/State:
Oklahoma Comments: minor edge wear Available: 1 GEMM catalog ID: 4192 Price: $25.00 Cost: $6.00
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Interestingly some reference works I've come across show this outfit as being English (probably due to the fact their name was spelled with the added English 'o'). Don't be fooled since the band's roots can be traced to Oklahoma where drummer Chuck Blackwell and bassist Carl Radle were buddies with a young Leon Russell. Guitarist Rob Edwards had previously been a member of Eddie and the Showmen.
Best known for the fact their initially lineup included future Derek
& the Dominos/Jimmy Buffett bassist Radle, this five piece survived long enough to release a pair of interesting
and highly diverse late-1960s albums.
The debut is a little heard psych classic; the follow-up a far more
conventional and altogether less impressive
work. (side
1)
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2)
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Genre: rock Rating: ** (2 stars) Title: Atmosphere Company: Dot Catalog: DLP-25953 Year: 1969 Country/State: Oklahoma Grade (cover/record): VG / VG Comments: mono Available: 1 GEMM Catalog ID: not yet listed Price: $35.00
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Following a
personnel upheaval, Dalton and Montgomery continued the nameplate with the
release of 1969's "Atmosphere".
Anyone expecting another slice of psychedelia was in for a major surprise.
Produced by Dan Moore (Richard Delvy serving as executive producer), the set
found the duo pursuing a surprisingly dull and uninspired mainstream sound.
Bland, jazz-rock fusion tinged melodies (check out the single
"Hyannisport Soul (Lost You To The Wind)") and waivery
vocals ("Angie"). Elsewhere, hackneyed orchestration
("Grey Day") and dissonant horns did little to salvage material
such as "God Please Take My Life" and "When Will You Be
Coming Home?". Among the few tracks worth hearing more than once were
"You're High" (incidentally the only track to recall the debut)
and the soul-influenced "I Tried To Make You Love Me Last Night".
A commercial disaster, within a matter of months the group was history. (side
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