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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Favoriting October 27, 2022: Testify! - The Touch of Curt Boettcher

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments Approx. start time
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Association  Along Comes Mary   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Valiant  1966  45  Produced and arranged by Curt Boettcher. Written by Tandyn Almer  0:01:26 (Pop-up)
The Association  Message of Our Love   Favoriting Along Comes the Association  Valiant  1966  LP  Co-written by Curt Boettcher and Tandyn Almer, Produced by Curt Boettcher  0:04:10 (Pop-up)
Bobby Jameson  Right By My Side   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Verve  1967  45  Produced by Curt Boettcher for Our Productions  0:08:32 (Pop-up)
Action Unlimited  My Heart Cries Out   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Parkway  1966  45  Produced by Curt Boettcher  0:10:32 (Pop-up)
Eternity's Children  Mrs Bluebird   Favoriting Eternity's Children  Tower  1968  LP  Procuced by Curt Boettcher and Keith Olsen  0:13:13 (Pop-up)
Eternity's Children  You Know I've Found a Way   Favoriting Eternity's Children  Tower  1968  LP  Procuced by Curt Boetttcher and Lee Mallory  0:16:26 (Pop-up)
Tommy Roe  Aggravation   Favoriting It's Now Winter's Day  ABC  1967  LP  Produced by Steve Clark, vocal arrangements by Curt Boettcher  0:18:17 (Pop-up)
Tommy Roe  Leave Her   Favoriting It's Now Winter's Day  ABC  1967  LP  Procuced by Steve Clark, vocal arrangements by Curt Boettcher  0:20:20 (Pop-up)
 
The Millennium  I Just Want To Be Your Friend   Favoriting Begin  Columbia  1968  LP  wr Curt Boettcher, produced Curt Boettcher and Keith Olsen  0:29:34 (Pop-up)
The Millennium  The Know It All   Favoriting Begin  Columbia  1968  LP  wr Curt Boettcher, produced by Curt Boettcher and Keith Olsen  0:32:04 (Pop-up)
Sagittarius  Another Time   Favoriting Present Tense  Columbia  1968  LP  wr Curt Boettcher, produced by Curt Boettcher and Gary Usher  0:34:42 (Pop-up)
Sagittarius  I'm Not Living Here   Favoriting Present Tense  Columbia  1968  LP  wr Curt Boettcher, produced Curt Boettcher and Gary Usher  0:37:21 (Pop-up)
Bootiques  Did You Get Your Fun   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Date  1966  45  Procuced by Curt Boettcher  0:39:48 (Pop-up)
Brothers Cain  Better Times   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Acta  1967  45  wr Curt Boettcher and Lee Mallory, produced by Our Productions  0:41:30 (Pop-up)
GoldeBriars  Pretty Girls and Rolling Stones   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Epic  1964  45  wr by GoldeBriars  0:43:40 (Pop-up)
Lee Mallory  Take My Hand   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Valiant  1967  45  produced by Curt Boettcher  0:45:36 (Pop-up)
Lee Mallory  The Love Song   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Valiant  1967  45  produced by Curt Boettcher  0:47:56 (Pop-up)
Jonathan Moore  I Didn't Ever Know   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Columbia  1966  45  Co-written and produced by Curt Boettcher  0:50:34 (Pop-up)
Jonathan Moore  London Bridge   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Columbia  1966  45  Produced by Curt Boettcher  0:52:42 (Pop-up)
Lyme and Cybelle  Song #7   Favoriting 45RPM Single  White Whale  1966  45  produced by Curt Boettcher, vocal by Wayne Erwin  0:54:28 (Pop-up)
Something Young  Oh, Don't Come Crying Back to Me   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Fontana  1966  45  produced by Curt Boettcher  0:56:28 (Pop-up)
Something Young  The Words I'm Seeking   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Fontana  1966  45  produced by Curt Boettcher, wr by Ruthann Friedman  0:58:42 (Pop-up)
Your Gang  Tomorrow's Dreams   Favoriting Your Gang  Mercury  1966  LP  wr by Curt Boettcher, prod Gary Paxton  1:00:38 (Pop-up)
The Collage  Would You LIke To Go   Favoriting The Collage  Smash  1967  LP  wr Curt Boettcher and Jules Alexander  1:03:13 (Pop-up)
 
Hondells  Just One More Chance   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Columbia  1967  45  vocal arrangements by Curt Boettcher, prod Gary Usher  1:14:01 (Pop-up)
Hondells  Yes To You   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Columbia  1967  45  vocal arrangements by Curt Boettcher, prod Gary Usher, wr by Robb Royer and Diane Hildebrand  1:17:05 (Pop-up)
Jacobson and Tansley  Dream With Me   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Filmways  1966  45  prod Curt Boettcher  1:19:09 (Pop-up)
Jacobson and Tansley  I Knew You Back When Babe   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Filmways  1966  45  prod Curt Boettcher  1:20:59 (Pop-up)
Karen Karsh  Musty Dusty   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Dunhill  1968  45  wr Curt Boettcher/Tandyn Almer  1:23:04 (Pop-up)
The Mother Love  Where Do We Go From Here   Favoriting 45RPM Single  20th Century Fox  1967  45  voc arr Curt Boettcher  1:25:41 (Pop-up)
The Oracle  Don't Say No   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Verve  1967  45  prod Curt Boettcher and Keith Olden, wr by Ruthann Friedman  1:28:12 (Pop-up)
Plastic People  This Life Of Mine   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Kapp  1966  45  prod Curt Boettcher/Jim Bell  1:31:16 (Pop-up)
Plastic People  It's Not Right   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Kapp  1966  45  prod Curt Boettcher/Jim Bell  1:33:13 (Pop-up)
Summer's Children  Milk and Honey   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Date  1966  45  Curt Boettcher and Victoria Winston, wr/prod Curt Boettcher  1:35:59 (Pop-up)
Summer's Children  Too Young To Marry   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Date  1966  45  Curt Boettcher and Victoria Winston, prod Curt Boettcher, wr Tommy Roe  1:38:18 (Pop-up)
Sunshine Company  If You Only Knew   Favoriting Sunshine Company  Imperial  1968  LP  wr Curt Boettcher  1:40:27 (Pop-up)
Sunshine Company  I Just Want To Be Your Friend   Favoriting Happy Is  Imperial  1967  LP  wr Curt Boettcher  1:43:24 (Pop-up)
Sandy Salisbury  Cecily   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Together  1969  45  wr Curt Boettcher and Sandy Salisbury, prod Curt Boettcher, Keith Olsen and Gary Usher  1:45:33 (Pop-up)
Song  Sugar Lady   Favoriting Album  MGM  1970  LP  prod Curt Boettcher/Keith Olsen  1:48:15 (Pop-up)
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45    1:57:45 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!

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Jeff Ash:

Good afternoon from Wisconsin!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Jeff!
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Andrew in Toronto:

Happy Thursday Larry and all other listeners!
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Funky16Corners:

Hi Andrew!
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Yvang:

Hi Larry and associates!
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Little Danny:

hello larry hello all
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Funky16Corners:

Yvang! Danny!
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doctorjazz:

Flute solo every week!!!
Hi Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Doc!
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WLSClark:

Hi Larry, Andrew, Jeff, Yvang, Funky16, Danny, Dr Jazz. First time to hear this show, but when I heard Curt Boettcher, I knew I wanted to hear this if I was home.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:06pm
Funky16Corners:

Howdy!
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Little Danny:

this has a curious slowed-down quality that i love
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doctorjazz:

Hey WLSClark!
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Andrew in Toronto:

Hi WLSCark.
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Erica:

Hi Larry.
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Andrew in Toronto:

Hey doc!
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WLSClark:

Hi Erica!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Erica!
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Little Danny:

absolutely LOVE this 45
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:11pm
Funky16Corners:

Action Unlimited?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:12pm
Little Danny:

yep
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WLSClark:

One of the greatest from summer 68! Just one more masterpiece.
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Erica:

Bruce Blackman!
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WLSClark:

Erica, you got it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:14pm
Funky16Corners:

This is a pretty incredible record. Amazing it wasn't more successful.
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listener Rey:

Hello Larry and testifyers everywhere!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:14pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Rey!
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Erica:

Eternity's Children should've been bigger. Perhaps they would've had high charting hits?
Avatar 🥁 3:16pm
WLSClark:

Erica, I love "Wait & See" by them too.
Avatar 🥁 3:17pm
WLSClark:

Erica, Starbuck was good in 70's with Bruce as well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:18pm
Funky16Corners:

I think with a lot of this stuff, it was just a case of a very crowded market with limited slots on the radio. So much great music that is also very obscure
Avatar 🥁 3:18pm
WLSClark:

This is a nice version that Curt also tried with Sagittarius, of course.
  3:18pm
Moog1 Radio:

My Mom won a Cuyler Moped on WLS back in 1978
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WLSClark:

Funky, indeed, the playlists were awesome in 68.
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Kurt!
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WLSClark:

Moog1, I grew up on WLS and WCFL and loved every minute.
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listener Rey:

This one's got a little Monkees flavor to it
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WLSClark:

Rey, VERY true.
  3:20pm
Moog1 Radio:

@WLSClark, same here! Welcome!
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Little Danny:

larry @3:18: totally, also Tower Records' promotional power and reputation were more hit-or-miss than say Capitol's
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WLSClark:

Moog1, did you catch the Rewound Radio special a month ago?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:20pm
Funky16Corners:

This album is fantastic!
  3:21pm
Moog1 Radio:

No. I did not.
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WLSClark:

Danny, Tower was better than Together was.
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Webhamster Henry:

Tommy Roe FTW!
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Funky16Corners:

Henry!
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WLSClark:

Moog1, they did 66 hours of old airchecks of CFL and WLS from 60-77
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:23pm
Webhamster Henry:

Diggin' the bass line.
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dreamyandseedy:

hello hello
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:29pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey dreamy!
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Little Danny:

always appreciate how well you contextualize this stuff larry
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks Danny!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:31pm
Funky16Corners:

Here comes the bliss!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:35pm
Funky16Corners:

One of the prettiest songs of the 60s...
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WLSClark:

This was a top 10 song when I grew up. Top 10 Wichita, Ks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:36pm
Funky16Corners:

Really!?!
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Erica:

I've become a bit more familiar with Sagittarius since I keep hearing My World Fell Down.
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Funky16Corners:

Oddly enough I don't think Curt had anything to do with that 45
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Erica:

Need to check more of their stuff out.
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Funky16Corners:

Present Tense is a great album
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WLSClark:

Erica, if you like Sagittarius, you will like Millenium and Ballroom probably as well. It's all great stuff!
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Funky16Corners:

@WLSClark - I looked it up. I was surprised to see that Another Time went Top 40, and even Top 10 in a bunch of regional markets!
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Funky16Corners:

This is Lou Costello's daughter!
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Webhamster Henry:

The Boettiques!
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Funky16Corners:

You can hear him singing background
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WLSClark:

Funky (is that Larry?), yeah we got the promo DJ copy and it went top 10 on MY personal chart then too, I think. I was so lucky to get all those DJ 45s as they came out then.
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Funky16Corners:

Yes, Funky is me!
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WLSClark:

Larry, great show!
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Webhamster Henry:

Imagine it being your job to write and produce this music every day for a few years.
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks Clark!
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WLSClark:

Sure would be nice if these political phone calls wouldn't keep calling all the time. I dont answer, but it's a real pain.
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WLSClark:

Henry, and Columbia had so much talent that people could bounce off of like Melcher, Johnston, Curt and many others.
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WLSClark:

Take my hand is just a GREAT song and one of my fave bands is Montanas who just tear it up with this song!
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Funky16Corners:

Considering who was hanging around some of these records couldn't help but be good.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:47pm
Funky16Corners:

Ooh! I've never heard the Montanas version!
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WLSClark:

Larry, you HAVE to listen to their verson--really cool abrupt ending too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:49pm
Funky16Corners:

I'll look for it. I have a couple of Montanas 45s, but not that one. It's cool that they were getting all of that West Coast material (like That's When Happiness Began)
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WLSClark:

I just saw Bruce Arnold, the TERRIFIC voice and writer behind Orpheus has died. What a sound they had.
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WLSClark:

Harry, they did Moby Grape "Omaha" and "Hey Grandma" on BBC!
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Funky16Corners:

Oh that's awful. I love Orpheus!
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Funky16Corners:

Lesley's World is a favorite of mine
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Erica:

G'day mates.
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Funky16Corners:

IT's wild to me that this is a Jonathan Moore 45 but the main voice on both sides is Curt's
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Erica:

Sounded more Australian than British, that's for sure.
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WLSClark:

Harry, me too!
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Little Danny:

dang, another new one to me, this something young 45
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WLSClark:

"I'll be on my Way" part2!
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Funky16Corners:

@Danny - Something Young made one other 45 under the name Summer Snow
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WLSClark:

There's a video of the Collage guesting on Bandstand that is kinda funny. Dick asks the group about how they formed and it was a bit as if they just picked up people on the way.
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Little Danny:

thanks larry :)
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WR:

Hi Larry, drummer streamers. Have spent a few minutes reading the comments. Looks like y'all enjoying this Boettcher episode of Testify.
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WLSClark:

Hi WR!!
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WLSClark:

Curt sure threw a lot of band names at the wall to see what stuck, I guess. As he says, "The truth is Not real"!!
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WLSClark:

I like Yes to You on Columbia, but not sure if Curt did that 45 or not.
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Little Danny:

wow, these layers of vocals
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Funky16Corners:

@Clark - It's the flipside of this record. Up next
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:16pm
Funky16Corners:

@Danny - I've had the Outer Limits 45 for 35 years but this version is my fave
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WLSClark:

I figured once I heard these backing vocals. haha
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Little Danny:

gorgeous sound, as does this side
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:20pm
Funky16Corners:

Don't know anything about Jacobson or Tansley...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:23pm
Mike Sin:

So much '60s music has been codified retroactively by compilers and historians... I feel the "Sunshine Pop" subgenre was created just to sum up Boettcher!
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WLSClark:

Mike, haha. Could be! Never heard the term until 90's I think.
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Mike!
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Candy-O'67:

Hey Larry! Just tuned in the last song by Jacobson & Tansley. That was a cool somg
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Candy-O!
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WLSClark:

Hi Candy!
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Funky16Corners:

@Mike - I agree that the classification is a post hoc one, like Northern Soul, but like that sound, it definitely existed.
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Candy-O'67:

Hey Clark!
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WLSClark:

Sunshine Pop sounds like that, but Norther Soul and Beach Music terms I still have no idea really.
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Little Danny:

my fave boettcher production :)
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Erica:

Here's a groovy number.
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Mike Sin:

@Larry -- I agree, but most of the terms codifying subgenres can be traced to a certain sound. "Freakbeat," for example, includes, say, Shel Talmy, but it's not a distinct direct line right to him. With "Sunshine Pop" I feel it's almost an archer's arrow right to Boettcher! ;)
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Andrew in Toronto:

Great tunes!
Thanks Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks Andrew!
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Funky16Corners:

@Mike - The thing is (for me, anyway) is that I wouldn't say that Boettcher was influential except in a very small circle of musicians. The Mamas and Papas were a bigger overall influence on what we came to call Sunshine Pop. There were pockets of the sound all over the map. It tends toward the "square" end of things, but that's one of the things that adds to its charm. It's a lot of unhip people attempting to sound hip.
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WLSClark:

Larry, good point. I love the Montanas, but feel like most only like "Thats When happiness Begins" and dont care for their other great stuff.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:44pm
Discotech Underground:

Hey Larry! Be sure to stay tuned after Testify as Discotech Underground brings you our Halloween Hellraiser 2022 special! Lots of spooky sounds and your chance to help me meet my fundraising goal!!

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Funky16Corners:

Hey Kip!
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WLSClark:

Hey Kip.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:47pm
Discotech Underground:

Clark!
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Candy-O'67:

Hey there Kip!
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WLSClark:

This vocal has an Emitt Rhodes sound.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:49pm
Funky16Corners:

Definitely! This is Mickey Rooney Jr!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:50pm
Candy-O'67:

What a trip, Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

This is a great album, too
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Erica:

That was a groovy trip Larry.
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WR:

Thank you! Larry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:53pm
Discotech Underground:

Hey Candy!
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Candy-O'67:

Thx, Larry! I'll have to catch what I missed in the archive!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:54pm
Candy-O'67:

See you next, Kip!
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Yvang:

Thank you! Larry!
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Erica:

Thanks Larry. Hope you guys enjoy your Halloween holiday for those who celebrate. My birthday is also this Monday.
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks everybody!
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Funky16Corners:

Happy early birthday Erica!
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WLSClark:

Larry, great show.
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Candy-O'67:

Happy early birthday, Erica! My dad's 80th birthday is Saturday!🎉🥳🎂🎈
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks Clark!
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WLSClark:

ERICA!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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WLSClark:

Erica, maybe OP will have an Orange cake for you Monday!!!
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