viernes, 19 de mayo de 2017

THOMAS GROUP "Hollywoodland, 1966-1969" (HPR-028)


Formato/Format: CD digipack, w/20 page booklet. Limited edition 500 copies.
Fecha edición/Release date: 26 May 2017

// English //
First time ever compilation of all the Thomas Group recordings, including all of their Dunhill Records singles (in their original mono mixes & new previously unreleased stereo mixes) written & produced by P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri; a demo recording of the Sloan/Barri song "Is It Any Wonder", taken from the only known surviving acetate; the rare Morning Sun single and 11 previously unreleased tracks. Includes 20-page booklet with complete story by Mike Stax (Ugly Things magazine) and tons of unseen pictures.

// Castellano //
Por primera vez se editan todas las grabaciones de Thomas Group, grupo de Los Angeles (California): los singles que grabaron para la compañía de Lou Adler Dunhill Records (escritos y producidos por P.F. Sloan y Steve Barri, en sus mezclas mono originales y nuevas mezclas en stereo); la maqueta inédita de "Is It Any Wonder", canción de Sloan/Barri; un raro single publicado bajo el nombre de Morning Sun; y 11 grabaciones totalmente inéditas. Libreto de 20 páginas con notas de Mike Stax (Ugly Things magazine) y un montón de fotos nunca vistas.

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THOMAS GROUP – Hollywoodland, 1966-1969 (HPR-028)

1.- Penny Arcade 
2.- Ordinary Girl (You're Everything To Me) 
3.- Autumn 
4.- Don't Start Me Talking About My Baby 
5.- I've Got No More To Say 
6.- Then It Begins 
7.- Is Happy This Way 
8.- Raindrops, Raindrops 
9- Is It Any Wonder 
10- Someone (Dunhill version) 
11- Capricorn Colors 
12- I'm Gone 
13- Woman of Seven Sins 
14- Is It Over 
15- (It's So Nice) In The Sunshine 
16- Unwanted Man 
17- Hold My Hand 
18- New People 
19.- Together (Lead vocal Greg Gilford & Tony Thomas)
20.- Little Girl (You're A Woman To Me) 
21.- Someone 
22.- Penny Arcade (mono mix) 
23.- Ordinary Girl (You're Everything To Me) (mono mix) 
24.- Autumn (mono mix) 
25.- Don't Start Me Talking About My Baby (mono mix) 
26.- I've Got No More To Say (mono mix) 
27.- Then It Begins (mono mix) 
28.- Is Happy This Way (mono mix)

Original recordings produced by P.F. Sloan & Steve Barri (1-6 & 22-27); Steve Barri (7-8 & 10); Marty Howard (9); Greg Gilford & Stephen Gaines (11-18); Tony Harris(19-21). Tracks 1-7 previously unreleased new stereo mixes. Tracks 8-18 & 21 previously unreleased.

Songs 8-18 & 21 are all previously unreleased. 
Tracks 1-7 are all previously unreleased new stereo versions.