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The Crystal Mansion The Crystal Mansion 1972 us beautiful mix of country folk funky psych soft prog rock korean 2016 remaster

The Crystal Mansion The Crystal Mansion 1972 us beautiful mix of country folk funky psych soft prog rock korean 2016 remaster Formed in the early-1960s The Secrets were a Mount Laurel, New Jersey, based RnB cover band.  By 1968 the line up consisted of  singer Johnny Caswell, guitarist Ronnie Gentile, drummer Ricky Morley and keyboardist Sal Rota. Having adopted the name The Crystal Mansion,  the band was signed by Capitol where they enjoyed a modest national hit with the single The Though tof Loving You b/w Hallelujah (Capitol catalog number 2275 ). The singles success led Capitol to finance an LP, 1969s "The Crystal Mansion".  Dropped by Capitol, in 1972 the band reappeared on Motowns rock-oriented Rare Earth label.  Co-produced by the band, the cleverly titled "The Crystal Mansion" found the band largely abandoning their early pop sound in favor of a  into a myriad of styles, including country, psych and even progressive moves.     Even though ...

Rare Earth Dreams Answers 1968 us fine psych funky soulful rock 2017 remaster

Rare Earth Dreams Answers 1968 us fine psych funky soulful rock 2017 remaster It is fairly common knowledge now but many Rare Earth fans had no idea that they were previously known as The Sunliners! It�s a complicated path that appears to start around 1960. Gil Bridges, Pete Rivera, John Persh, Ralph Terrana, Russ Terrana, Fred Saxon and Steve Fisher were all early members who played hundreds of club dates and record five singles for three different labels, Hercules, Golden World and MGM. In the middle of all this action, Fred Saxon, Ralph and Russ Terrana and Steve Fisher made way for Rod Richards and Kenny James, this line up would take them through to the MGM 45 Land Of Nod and the transistion to the name Rare Earth.  Many later biographies claim that they became Rare Earth when they signed to Motown.....this is not fact as they stayed with MGM/Verve to record their very first album called Dreams Answers as Rare Earth in 1968. The land Of Nod track was re - recorded for inclusio...