Rave-up & turn on! Fueled by a classy high-stepping image and hot instrumental licks born of old R&B and Northwest stalwarts the Kingsmen, Wailers and Sonics, this collection shows their always excellent material ranging from '60s punk to sunshine pop. Includes their debut single!
In many ways they were one of the quintessential Northwest bands. Their credentials were impeccable - leader Don Gallucci was a classically trained pianist who, as a younger teenager, played keyboards for the Kingsmen on "Louie, Louie." Early guitarist Pete Oulette had been in the Raiders and his replacement, Jim Valley, had founded the white hot Seattle band the Viceroys. When Valley got the call to become "Harpo," his slot was filled by Charlie Coe, who had played with the Raiders and Jack Ely and the Courtmen. And the last Goodtime guitarist was Joey Newman, who had made his mark with the Enchanters and Merrilee Rush and the Turnabouts.
Their only hit single, "I Could Be So Good to You," a Jack Nitzsche song, was their only national hit (#56) in spring 1967. Their Nitzsche-produced Epic album So Good was a curious amalgam of Overman originals and British Invasion covers.
Their earlier sound is much more raw – "You Were Just a Child" could have been a national hit. The dynamics and bridge in this are killer, as is the pulverizing fuzz bass. "I'm Real" may be the punkiest Don and the Goodtimes got; Note the cool reference to LA disc jockey "The Real" Don Steele. Other cuts like like "Make It" are as Northwest as they come. Rough and raunchy, this hot instrumental was the B side of their first single.
A1. The Witch A2. Make It A3. Long Green A4. Bent Scepter A5. Theres Something On Your Mind A6. Tall Cool One B1. Straight Scepter B2. Big Big Knight (On A Big White Horse) B3. Little Sally Tease B4. Im Real B5. Hey There Mary Mae B6. Stagger Lee B7. Blue Turns To Grey C1. Louie Louie C2. Turn On C3. Money C4. Jolly Green Giant C5. Little Latin Lupe Lu C6. You Were Just A Child D1. Running Not Walking D2. Lip Service D3. You Did It Before D4. High Heel Sneakers D5. And Its So Good D6. I Could Be So Good To You
- Format Detail: 2LP, Yellow Vinyl
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- Genre: Rock
- Format: Vinyl
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