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Monday, October 30, 2006

Lollipop Shoppe - Just Colour


I would like to thank Robert Johnsson, who runs the wonderful PunchDrunk music blog, for originally uploading this album. He has a fantastic blog, so get your ass over there if you haven't paid it a visit ;)

The Lollipop Shoppe were originally known as The Weeds and featured Fred Cole, now of Dead Moon. After The Weeds signed to UNI Records (a now-defunct subsidiary of MCA), their new manager, "Lord" Tim Hudson, insisted they change their name to The Lollipop Shoppe to fit in with the current trend of bubblegum music. The band's actual recordings, including the 1968 LP Just Colour, are hardly bubblegum, but instead a mix of garage rock and psychedelia. The album and its single, "You Might Be a Witch," are regarded as period classics and still prized by collectors, though neither made the charts. The band opened for stars such as Janis Joplin and The Doors, and appeared in the biker movie Angels from Hell. The album has been bootlegged; the Music Maniac label has announced a reissue but it has not appeared. The Lollipop Shoppe released one more single, "Someone I Knew" b/w "Through My Window, before breaking up in 1969. They reunited as The Weeds for a 1971 single.
(Year of Release: 1968)

Track List:
1. You Must Be a Witch
2. Underground Railroad
3. Baby Don't Go
4. Who'll Read the Will?
5. It's Only a Reflection
6. Someone I Know
7. Don't Look Back
8. Don't Close the Door on Me
9. It Ain't How Long
10. It's Makin' It
11. I'm Gonna Be There
12. You Don't Give Me No More
13. Sin
14. Through My Window

Download: The Lollipop Shoppe (67.4MB)

1 comments:

Khishtan said...

wow, thank you... I Love This Band...