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Jun 06, 2015 Psychedelic Lollipop / Electric Comic Book. By way of its inclusion on the ancient, original 'Nuggets' compilation and subsequent remakes thereof. The Blues Magoos actually got semi-serious a couple of years later - they cut a surprisingly spry, classically funky R and B set, 'Never Goin' Back To Georgia,' long lost but well worth the hunt. Blues Magoos. Basic Blues Magoos (1968). Blues Magoos. Electric Comic Book (1967 flac).
Electric Comic Book | ||||
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Released | April 1967 | |||
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Length | 29:58 | |||
Label | Mercury Repertoire(2004 CD reissue) | |||
Producer | Bob Wyld, Art Polhemus | |||
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Singles from Electric Comic Book | ||||
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Electric Comic Book is the second album by the American rock band the Blues Magoos, the follow-up to their successful debut release Psychedelic Lollipop. The psychedelicgarage rock style is followed again on this release but without a high-charting single. A couple of tracks, 'Intermission' and 'That's All Folks' (a very brief, hard-rocking parody of the Looney Tunes end theme) showcase the band's bizarre sense of humor.
One single was released from Electric Comic Book, 'Pipe Dream' b/w 'There's a Chance We Can Make It'. However, 'Summer is the Man' and 'Life is Just a Cher O'Bowlies' were released as B-sides of two singles from their next album, Basic Blues Magoos.
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
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Track listing[edit]
- 'Pipe Dream' (Ron Gilbert, Ralph Scala) – 2:25
- 'There's a Chance We Can Make It' (Gilbert, Scala) – 2:16
- 'Life Is Just a Cher O'Bowlies' (Gilbert, Scala) – 2:37
- 'Gloria' (Van Morrison) – 6:02
- 'Intermission' (Mike Esposito) – 1:05
- 'Albert Common is Dead' (Gilbert, Scala) – 1:49
- 'Summer Is the Man' (Esposito, Scala) – 3:00
- 'Baby, I Want You' (Gilbert, Emil Theilhelm) – 2:43
- 'Let's Get Together' (Jimmy Reed) – 3:06
- 'Take My Love' (Gilbert, Scala) – 1:51
- 'Rush Hour' (Geoff Daking, Gilbert, Esposito) – 2:36
- 'That's All Folks' (Blues Magoos) – :09
Personnel[edit]
Blues Magoos[edit]
- Ralph Scala – keyboards, vocals
- Emil 'Peppy' Theilhelm – guitar, vocals
- Ron Gilbert – bass, vocals
- Mike Esposito – guitar
- Geoff Daking – drums, percussion
Technical[edit]
- Art Polhemus – producer, engineer
- Bob Wyld – producer
- Ray Fox – liner notes
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Charts[edit]
Album – Billboard (USA)
Year | Chart | Position |
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1967 | Pop Albums | 74 |
Album – RPM (Canada)
Year | Chart | Position |
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1967 | TOP LPs[2] | 14 |
Singles – Billboard (USA)
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1967 | 'There's a Chance We Can Make It' | Pop Singles | 81 |
1967 | 'Pipe Dream' | Pop Singles | 60 |
Singles – RPM (Canada)
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1970 | 'Pipe Dream' | Canada RPM 100[3] | 40 |
References[edit]
- ^'Electric Comic Book > Review'. Allmusic. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
- ^'RPM Top 25 LPs - May 27, 1967'(PDF).
- ^'RPM Top 100 Singles - April 29, 1967'(PDF).
External links[edit]
- Electric Comic Book at Discogs (list of releases)
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Electric_Comic_Book&oldid=930343934'
Review by Mark Deming
The Blues Magoos' first album, Psychedelic Lollipop, earned the band a major hit single, '(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet,' and in the grand tradition of striking while the iron was hot, the New York-based quintet were back with their second LP, 1967's Electric Comic Book, less than five months later. The sophomore effort is a noticeably more ambitious piece of work than the Magoos' debut, and while psychedelia was a catchphrase more than anything else on the first record, Electric Comic Book sounds trippier and a bit more expansive by comparison (the goofy 'Intermission' tosses in some fairly obvious marijuana and cocaine references which would have been almost unthinkable in 1966, and the drug angle in 'Pipe Dream' isn't exactly subtle). In addition, a few months of playing live had tightened up a combo who already sounded pretty good together, as well as bolstering the confidence in Ralph Scala's vocals and keyboard work and the fuzzy interplay of guitarists Mike Esposito and Emil 'Peppy' Thielhelm. However, the blues and R&B elements that were a large part of Psychedelic Lollipop's strength have faded into the background here (except for a overdone cover of Jimmy Reed's 'Let's Get Together'), and though the band could come up with a respectable pop tune, 'Baby, I Want You' and 'Take My Love' sound like throw-aways that were tossed together quickly to fill out a record not quite 30 minutes long (though 'Take My Love' does have the very memorable line 'Take my love and shove it up your heart'). Psychedelic Lollipop is well short of a classic, but overall it's a stronger and more coherent set of songs than Electric Comic Book, which sounds like the quickly recorded follow-up that it truly was, though it does have moments that suggest the band could have made another album as good as the debut with a bit more time and attention.
Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream |
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1 | Amazon | ||
2 | Ron Gilbert / Ralph Scala | Amazon | |
3 | Amazon | ||
4 | Amazon | ||
5 | Amazon | ||
6 | Ron Gilbert / Ralph Scala | Amazon | |
7 | Amazon | ||
8 | Ron Gilbert / Peppy Thielheim | Amazon | |
9 | Amazon | ||
10 | Ron Gilbert / Ralph Scala | Amazon | |
11 | Geoffrey Daking / Mike Esposito / Ron Gilbert / Ralph Scala / Peppy Thielheim | Amazon | |
12 | Amazon |
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