Since 2000, the Smithereens have shown little to no interest in recording original material, preferring to scavenge the back catalog of the Beatles and the Who for songs, but someone in the band has been working up some new tunes of their own -- drummer Dennis Diken, who has teamed up with multi-instrumentalist and singer Pete DiBella to form the combo Bell Sound. Their album, Late Music, delivers 13 pieces of retro-styled pop that pay explicit homage to various musical styles of the past -- "Lost Bird" is easygoing light jazz with a Latin touch, "Standing in That Line" was clearly written under the influence of Brian Wilson, "So Hard to Say Goodbye" chugs along like some lost late-'60s AM pop nugget, "Long, Lonely Ride" is a dead ringer for the Who circa 1966, "Tell All the Fools" is dancefloor-friendly R&B, and the lighter side of psychedelia seeps into "Temptation Cake." Diken and DiBella (and a handful of guest players, including Andy Paley and Andrew Sandoval) have their studio craft down, approximating the sound and style of the various past eras with skill and no small enthusiasm, and while DiBella isn't quite as versatile as a vocalist, his solid and capable singing finds a way to fit each of these selections. The songs often work better as homage than as original creations, but they certainly honor their sources well, and Late Music's enthusiasm for a decade of great pop record making is infectious -- this is an album made by music fans for music fans, and anyone who spins "Happy Jack," Pet Sounds, or Odessey and Oracle on a regular basis will find something here that will give them a big smile. (Mark Deming, Allmusic)
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01 The Sun's Gonna Shine in the Morning 02 Standing in That Line 03 Long Lonely Ride 04 No One's Listening 05 I've Been Away 06 So Hard To Say Goodbye 07 Fall Into Your Arms 08 Lost Bird 09 Let Your Loved One Sleep 10 The Bad Merry-Go-Round 11 Don't Let Me Sleep Too Long 12 Temptation Cake 13 Tell All the Fools
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DENNIS DIKEN w/Bell Sound "Late Music"
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BONUS:
THE CLEFS OF LAVENDER HILL - Stop! Get A Ticket 1965-1968
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The Clefs of Lavender Hill were a rock band from Miami, FL who cut a single for a local label in 1966, "First Tell Me Why" b/w "Stop! Get a Ticket." While "First Tell Me Why" was a fine bit of folk-rock, the single didn't do much until a Miami disc jockey played the energetic flip side on the air, and suddenly "Stop! Get a Ticket" became a smash hit in the Sunshine State. Date Records, a subsidiary of Columbia Records, snapped up the rights to the record and gave it a nationwide re-release; it peaked at a somewhat disappointing number 80 on the Billboard pop charts. A pair of follow-up singles fared poorly, and while the Clefs had gone into the studio with producer John Simon to record an album, Date opted to drop the band and the album was shelved, with the band calling it quits in 1967. The unreleased album from The Clefs of Lavender Hill has finally emerged 44 years after Date Records pulled the plug, though this is more of a triumph for pop archaeology than the discovery of a lost classic. the Clefs were a fine band, tight and enthusiastic, particularly the brother-and-sister team of Travis Fairchild and Coventry Fairchild (real names Joseph Ximenes and Lorraine Ximenes), who were both fine guitarists, vocalists, and songwriters. Their original songs are easily the most interesting stuff on this album, and "One More Time" and "You Don't Notice" suggest the Clefs could have had more hits left in them; unfortunately, of the nine unreleased tunes only four were written by the Fairchilds, and the unremarkable covers of hits by the likes of Donovan, Sonny & Cher, and Gary "U.S." Bonds are little more than well-executed filler weighing down this release. And as great a single as "Stop! Get a Ticket" may be, how many people need three different versions of it on one album? Obsessive fans of '60s pop will be glad that The Clefs of Lavender Hill's body of work has finally been collected in one place, but ultimately this disc gives the impression this band never quite got the chance to reach its full potential in the studio, though the best of what's here is great, invigorating folk-rock. (Mark Deming, Allmusic)
Thanks for both Guys !!!
Loving the mid-sixties extras, so very much. Thanks!
- d.
Just wanted to comment that the Smithereens put out a pretty good cd of originals in 2011 oddly called 2011.
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