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Still Happy Together: The Turtles Move To Edsel For Standalone Album Reissues, Special Record Store Day Box

March 30, 2017 By Joe Marchese Leave a Comment

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The Turtles once staged a fictional Battle of the Bands on a remarkable 1968 LP, but were a real such battle to occur, the group founded by Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman, Al Nichol, Jim Tucker, Chuck Portz and Don Murray would surely come out on top.  For more than 50 years, The Turtles have provided an unparalleled pop soundtrack via such infectious hits as “Happy Together,” “You Baby,” “She’d Rather Be with Me,” “Let Me Be,” “It Ain’t Me Babe” and “Elenore.”  But those classics are only part of The Turtles’ story.  On May 5, The Turtles are coming to the U.K. with Demon Music Group/Edsel Records’ reissues of the band’s six original albums dating between 1965 and 1970.  And fans can get an extra-special taste before that, because on Saturday, April 22, the deluxe vinyl box set The Albums Collection will arrive from Demon Records as part of the Record Store Day U.K. festivities.

The six album releases were first made available last year in the U.S. as part of The Complete Original Albums Collection from The Turtles’ label FloEdCo and Manifesto Records.  (Read our comprehensive review of that landmark collection here!)  Now, Edsel is releasing them as U.K.-exclusive standalone sets with identical content to the Manifesto releases, but in a slightly different configuration.  Whereas the Manifesto discs were single-CD affairs, Edsel has divided each release into two discs.  On the first three albums, the mono and stereo albums each occupy one CD.  On the three later albums, the original album is on Disc One, and the bonus material on Disc Two.  There has been no word from Edsel yet of a U.K. release of All the Singles, the companion 2-CD release collecting the band’s cherished 45s.

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Each of the group’s first three albums — It Ain’t Me Babe, You Baby and Happy Together — is presented in its original mono and stereo mixes, while each of the remaining three — The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands, Turtle Soup and Wooden Head – boast rare bonus tracks, including some previously unreleased material.  All of these long-overdue sets have been sourced from the original master tapes by renowned engineer Bill Inglot, and contain detailed liner notes by noted writer and archivist Andrew Sandoval.  Again, Inglot’s remastering and Sandoval’s notes have been retained from the Manifesto releases.

The Record Store Day U.K. release of The Albums Collection returns these six Turtles classics to vinyl in a lavish new box set painstakingly recreating each original release, with the first two LPs in mono and the remaining four in stereo.  Watch this space for a complete review of this extra-special collection on the eve of RSD!

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Following the group’s disbanding, Kaylan and Volman have hardly slowed down.  As Flo and Eddie, they brought their trademark harmonies to Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention (even featuring “Happy Together” as part of The Mothers’ risqué onstage antics), recorded acclaimed solo albums, served as popular DJs and lent their voices to hit records by everyone from T. Rex to Bruce Springsteen.  Today, they continue to champion artists’ rights, and their onstage performances deliver comedy, music and irreverence.   (Check out The Turtles’ current touring schedule as part of the – what else? – Happy Together tour!  They’re joined on this year’s tour by such other artists as Three Dog Night’s Chuck Negron, The Association, Ron Dante, The Cowsills, and The Box Tops!)

You’ll find track listings for each of the six Edsel sets, as well as pre-order links, just below!  They’re due on May 5 in the U.K.!

The Turtles, It Ain’t Me Babe (White Whale WW 11/WWS 11, 1965 – reissued Edsel, 2017) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

CD 1 (MONO)

  1. Wanderin’ Kind
  2. It Was a Very Good Year
  3. Your Maw Said You Cried
  4. Eve of Destruction
  5. Glitter and Gold
  6. Let Me Be
  7. Let the Cold Winds Blow
  8. It Ain’t Me Babe
  9. A Walk in the Sun
  10. Last Laugh
  11. Love Minus Zero
  12. Like a Rolling Stone

CD 2 (STEREO)

  1. Wanderin’ Kind
  2. It Was a Very Good Year
  3. Your Maw Said You Cried
  4. Eve of Destruction
  5. Glitter and Gold
  6. Let Me Be
  7. Let the Cold Winds Blow
  8. It Ain’t Me Babe
  9. A Walk in the Sun
  10. Last Laugh
  11. Love Minus Zero
  12. Like a Rolling Stone

The Turtles, You Baby (White Whale WW 112/WWS7 112, 1966 – reissued Edsel, 2017) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

CD 1 (MONO)

  1. Flyin’ High
  2. I Know That You’ll Be There
  3. House of Pain
  4. Just a Room
  5. I Need Someone
  6. Let Me Be
  7. Down in Suburbia
  8. Give Love a Try
  9. You Baby
  10. Pall Bearing, Ball Bearing World
  11. All My Problems
  12. Almost There

CD 2 (STEREO)

  1. Flyin’ High
  2. I Know That You’ll Be There
  3. House of Pain
  4. Just a Room
  5. I Need Someone
  6. Let Me Be
  7. Down in Suburbia
  8. Give Love a Try
  9. You Baby
  10. Pall Bearing, Ball Bearing World
  11. All My Problems
  12. Almost There

The Turtles, Happy Together (White Whale WW 114/WWS 7114, 1967 – reissued Manifesto/FloEdCo, 2016) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

CD 1 (MONO)

  1. Makin’ My Mind Up
  2. Guide for the Married Man
  3. Think I’ll Run Away
  4. The Walking Song
  5. Me About You
  6. Happy Together
  7. She’d Rather Be with Me
  8. Too Young to Be One
  9. Person Without a Care
  10. Like the Seasons
  11. Rugs of Wood and Flowers

CD 2 (STEREO)

  1. Makin’ My Mind Up
  2. Guide for the Married Man
  3. Think I’ll Run Away
  4. The Walking Song
  5. Me About You
  6. Happy Together
  7. She’d Rather Be with Me
  8. Too Young to Be One
  9. Person Without a Care
  10. Like the Seasons
  11. Rugs of Wood and Flowers

The Turtles, Present the Battle of the Bands (White Whale WWS 7118, 1968 – reissued Edsel, 2017) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

CD 1

  1. The Opening: The Battle of the Bands
  2. The Last Thing I Remember
  3. Elenore
  4. Too Much Heartsick Feeling
  5. Oh Daddy!
  6. Buzzsaw
  7. Surfer Dan
  8. I’m Chief Kamanawanalea (We’re the Royal Macadamia Nuts)
  9. You Showed Me
  10. Food
  11. Chicken Little Was Right
  12. The Closing: Earth Anthem (All)

CD 2

  1. She’s My Girl
  2. Chicken Little Was Right (Single Version)
  3. Sound Asleep
  4. Umbassa and the Dragon
  5. The Story of Rock and Roll
  6. Can’t You Hear the Cows
  7. The Last Thing I Remember (The First Thing I Knew) (Alternative Version)
  8. The Owl
  9. To See the Sun
  10. Earth Anthem (Alternative Version)
  11. Battle of the Bands – Radio Spot

The Turtles, Turtle Soup (White Whale WWS 7124, 1969 – reissued Edsel, 2017) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

CD 1

  1. Come Over
  2. House on the Hill
  3. She Always Leaves Me Laughing
  4. How You Love Me
  5. Torn Between Temptations
  6. Love in the City
  7. Bachelor Mother
  8. John and Julie
  9. Hot Little Hands
  10. Somewhere Friday Night
  11. Dance This Dance with Me
  12. You Don’t Have to Walk in the Rain

CD 2

  1. Goodbye Surprise
  2. Like It or Not
  3. There You Sit Lonely
  4. Can I Go On
  5. You Want to Be a Woman
  6. If We Only Had the Time
  7. Dance This Dance (Demo)
  8. Come Over (Demo)
  9. How You Love Me (Demo)
  10. Strange Girl (Demo)
  11. Marmendy Mill (Demo)
  12. Turtle Soup – Radio Spot

The Turtles, Wooden Head (White Whale WW 7133, 1970 – reissued Edsel, 2017) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

CD 1

  1. I Can’t Stop
  2. She’ll Come Back
  3. Get Away
  4. Wrong from the Start
  5. I Get Out of Breath
  6. We’ll Meet Again
  7. On a Summer’s Day
  8. Come Back
  9. Say Girl
  10. Tie Me Down
  11. Wanderin’ Kind

CD 2                                                                          

  1. You Baby (1967 Stereo Mix)
  2. So Goes Love
  3. Makin’ My Mind Up (1966 Stereo Version)
  4. Is It Any Wonder?
  5. Let Me Be (1967 Stereo Mix)
  6. Grim Reaper of Love
  7. It Ain’t Me Babe (1967 Stereo Mix)
  8. Can I Get to Know You Better
  9. Outside Chance
  10. If You Know What I Mean
  11. Cat in the Window
  12. We’ll Meet Again (Alternate Take)
  13. The Turtles’ Golden Hits – Radio Spot

Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Pop Tags: Flo and Eddie, The Turtles

Joe Marchese

Joe Marchese

JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Peggy Lipton, Doris Day, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and his work still appears with frequency in the magazine. In 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as The Supremes, Melissa Manchester, Laura Nyro, Bobby Darin and Johnny Mathis, legendary producer Bob Crewe, soul legend Wilson Pickett, and many others. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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