STILL SEALED 1966 CRYAN SHAMES Garage BYRDS Beatles
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1966 ORIGINAL 360 SOUND COLUMBIA ~~ STILL SEALED!!!!
The CRYAN SHAMES
Sugar & Spice
\ USA - 360 Sound COLUMBIA RECORDS
HARD TO FIND 1966 STILL SEALED (never opened) ORIGINAL VINYL FIRST PRESS...of the first and *best* Cryan Shames alnum...a very Byrds-like jangle guitar delivery with catchy melodic grooves -- the cool sixties sound...
The Cryan' Shames actually were a big deal in Chicago in the mid- and late '60s, when a bunch of their singles hit the local Top Ten; some of them were small national hits as well. The biggest of these was "Sugar and Spice," a cover of a Searcher song that made the Top 50 in 1966 and was later featured in Lenny Kaye's renowned Nuggets anthology of '60s garage bands. In their original incarnation, the Shames leaned toward the pop end of garage. Borrowing heavily from the Beatles, the Byrds, and the Yardbirds, guitarist James Fairs wrote a clutch of energetic guitar pop/rockers with sparkling harmonies. Their 1966 first album reflects the fact that -- somebody likes the Byrds. The Cryan' Shames sound like the local Byrds cover band, which makes sense for mid-1966. They don't do anything like play the hits, but "We'll Meet Again" and "She Don't Care About Time" are played outright, and the band's entire approach is Byrdsian: guitarist Jim Fairs does a good McGuinn impersonation on 12-string, and the group has their harmonies down. Sugar and Spice is not all Byrdsian; the band covers other top acts - Beatles ("If I Needed Someone"), Motown ("Heatwave"), the Leaves ("Hey Joe"), and the Animals (an odd version "We Got to Get Out of This Place" with a spoken intro, and possibly overdubbed crowd noises). Even the fun, bouncy title track was a big local hit for the boys. There are some real good signs here - the band plays well together, and lead guitarist Jim Fairs penned four tracks. His stuff is solid pop-rock ("I Wanna Meet You", "We Could Be Happy"), but "Ben Franklin's Almanac" is a small step beyond their Byrds copying. It's still quite Byrdsian, but more rocking, as the rhythm guitar plugs away at a Bo Diddly beat, and Fairs allots himself a nice solo spot. He is strong at lead guitar, although nobody else in the band really stands out. All in all Sugar and Spice is a strong Lp, one that includes the guy with a hook (Jim Pilster aka J.C. Hooke) for an hand playing tambourine & vocals. The rest of the band is Dennis Conroy (drums), Tom Doody (lead vocals), Dave Purple (bass), and Gerry Stone (guitar).
Sugar and spice
We could be happy
Heat wave
We'll meet again
Ben Franklin's almanac
She don't care about time
Hey Joe (where you gonna go)
If I needed someone
July
I wanna meet you
CONDITION: STILL SEALED, never opened ...no split seams, no bends, only a small delete drill at top left, otherwise a perfect unplayed 43+years old first pressing on the highly collected 360 Sound Columbia label...
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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