Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. It Ain't Me Babe
2. Almost There
3. Let Me Be
4. Wanderin' Kind
5. Your MAW Said You Cried
6. Glitter and Gold
7. It Was a Very Good Year
8. Let the Cold Winds Blow
9. Eve of Destruction
10. Flyin' High
11. You Baby
12. I Know That You'll Be There
13. Just a Room
14. She'll Come Back
15. Tie Me Down
16. I Can't Stop
17. I Get Out of Breath
18. So Goes Love
19. Grim Reaper of Love
20. Is It Any Wonder?
21. Like the Seasons
22. We'll Meet Again
23. Outside Chance
24. Makin' My Mind Up
25. Can I Get to Know You Better
DISC 2:
1. Happy Together
2. Too Young to Be One
3. Me About You
4. She'd Rather Be With Me
5. Guide For the Married Man
6. You Know What I Mean
7. She's My Girl - (single version)
8. Cat in the Window
9. Sound Asleep - (single version)
10. Last Thing I Remember, The (The First Thing I Knew) - (demo)
11. Story of Rock and Roll, The
12. Battle of the Bands, The
13. Elenore
14. You Showed Me
15. Surfer Dan
16. Earth Anthem
17. Somewhere Friday Nite
18. Marmendy Mill - (original demo version)
19. How You Loved Me - (demo)
20. House on the Hill
21. You Don't Have to Walk in the Rain
22. Love in the City
23. There You Sit Lonely
24. Goodbye Surprise
25. We Ain't Gonna Party No More
26. Lady-O
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Art Pepper, Hal Blaine, Tom Scott, Warren Zevon | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
The Turtles include: Al Nichol (vocals, guitar, sitar, piano, harpsichord, organ, bass); Mark Volman (vocals, guitar, harmonium, congas, tambourine, percussion); Howard Kaylan (vocals, guitar, organ, keyboards, percussion);
Jim Pons (vocals, guitar, bass); Jim Tucker (guitar); John Seiter (piano, drums, background vocals); Chuck Portz, Chip Douglas (bass); Johnny Barbata (drums, percussion, background vocals); Don Murray (drums).
Additional personnel includes: Warren Zevon (guitar); Art Pepper (alto saxophone); Tom Scott (saxophone); Hal Blaine (drums).
Producers include: Bones Howe, Joe Wissert, Chip Douglas, Ray Davies, Jerry Yester.
Compilation producers: Harold Bronson, Andrew Sandoval, Bill Inglot, Gary Stewart.
Engineers include: Bones Howe, Armin Steiner, Bruce Botnick.
Recorded between 1965 and 1970. Includes liner notes by David Wild.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
These 51 songs chart the surprisingly broad and resilient career of The Turtles. Their earliest forays touched on folk-rock and even protest songs, as well as straight-ahead garage-rock ("Almost There"). Fronted by two unlikely pop stars, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, the portly duo found continuing fame in the '70s singing as Flo & Eddie (most notably with Frank Zappa). While many of the Turtles' '60s hits were penned by outside writers, this set shows their strengths as writers as well.
The Turtles hit their commercial peak with the sunny "Happy Together" and thereafter took ever more interesting turns. As pressures mounted from their label to turn in more radio-friendly fare, the band fully embraced the experimentation underway in the late '60s. Their last few albums are mature works, with strong material and inventive arrangements. They even enlisted Kinks leader Ray Davies to produce TURTLE SOUP. This two-disc set is a generous portrait of a band that deserves to be celebrated for more than just their handful of hit songs.
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