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DISCID=2b0d5514
DTITLE=The Strangeloves / I Want Candy: The Best of the Strangeloves
DYEAR=1995
DGENRE=Rock & Roll
TTITLE0=Cara-Lin (Stereo)
TTITLE1=Sendin' My Love (Stereo)
TTITLE2=(Roll On) Mississippi (Stereo)
TTITLE3=I Want Candy (Stereo)
TTITLE4=It's About My Baby (Mono)
TTITLE5=Just The Way You Are (Mono)
TTITLE6=Night Time (Stereo)
TTITLE7=No Jive (Mono)
TTITLE8=Rhythm Of Love (Stereo)
TTITLE9=Satisfaction (Mono)
TTITLE10=I Gotta Dance (Mono)
TTITLE11=Hang On Sloopy (Mono)
TTITLE12=New Orleans (Stereo)
TTITLE13=Hand Jive (Stereo)
TTITLE14=Out In The Sun (Hey-O) - (Mono)
TTITLE15=Love, Love (Mono)
TTITLE16=I'm On Fire (Mono)
TTITLE17=Honey Do (Stereo)
TTITLE18=I Wanna Do It (Mono)
TTITLE19=Quarter To Three (Stereo)
EXTD=I Want Candy: The Best of the Strangeloves\n\nOriginally Released
EXTD= June 6, 1995\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Released in 1965, I Want Cand
EXTD=y is the sole LP from the legendary Brothers Strange -- Miles (Bo
EXTD=b Feldman), Niles (Richard Gottehrer), and Giles (Jerry Goldstein
EXTD=) -- who may have been touted as wealthy Australian sheepherders,
EXTD= but were in reality three New York Brill Building composers/prod
EXTD=ucers. Their ruse as the Strangeloves started as an attempt to mu
EXTD=scle their way back onto record surveys and radio play lists in t
EXTD=he wake of the British Invasion pop music phenom. The trio's saga
EXTD= actually began several years earlier when neighborhood chums Fel
EXTD=dman and Goldstein -- who had penned the theme to Alan Freed's Th
EXTD=e Big Beat TV show -- linked with Gottehrer in late 1960. The com
EXTD=patibility in their styles yielded an assignment to write for a p
EXTD=restigious roster boasting Chubby Checker, Little Eva, Dion, and 
EXTD=the Angels as clients, the latter scoring significantly on Feldma
EXTD=n, Goldstein, and Gottehrer's composition "My Boyfriend's Back." 
EXTD=Once the Beatles opened the floodgates for an across-the-pond son
EXTD=ic sortie, FG&G's songs were no longer in demand. Guided by the a
EXTD=ge-old axiom "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em," the team decided 
EXTD=to reinvent themselves. After Ahmet Ertegun, then head of Atlanti
EXTD=c Records, heard their fairly straightforward cover of "Bo Diddle
EXTD=y," he hooked them up with Bert Berns, who had just formed his ow
EXTD=n Bang imprint. At Berns' suggestion, they wrote new deliciously 
EXTD=lascivious lyrics and voil, had their first and highest charting
EXTD= (number 11) side. This was followed by the R&B-infused "Cara-Lin
EXTD=," another success that was based on a riff lifted from the Route
EXTD=rs' clap-happy pep-rally anthem "Let's Go." Their final Top 40 ve
EXTD=nture came in the form of the harder punk-ish "Night Time," sound
EXTD=ing more like a lo-fi garage band than skilled and seasoned pros.
EXTD= The infectious groove resulted in a bluesy attitude-laden rocker
EXTD= whose incessantly pumping rhythm was punctuated by a thin gnarly
EXTD= electric guitar and adeptly executed vocal harmonies in the chor
EXTD=us. When the dozen-track I Want Candy album was released, it incl
EXTD=uded remakes of the Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfactio
EXTD=n," Johnny Otis' "Willie and the Hand Jive," and the Creole paean
EXTD= "New Orleans," which had been a hit for Gary "U.S." Bonds. Howev
EXTD=er, most of the platter is comparative fluff, in light of the div
EXTD=ersity and strength of the singles. Enthusiasts and collectors wi
EXTD=ll want to take note that "Night Time" was edited for the 45 by n
EXTD=early a minute. That rendering is located on Nuggets: Original Ar
EXTD=tyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968, while the full
EXTD=-length version can be found here. When the Strangeloves were ant
EXTD=hologized in the digital domain, the 12 selections from I Want Ca
EXTD=ndy were augmented, boasting eight additional cuts for 1995's I W
EXTD=ant Candy: The Best of the Strangeloves. The upgrade also offers 
EXTD=much of their catalog debut in stereo.  -- Lindsay Planer\n\n\nAM
EXTD=AZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nEducational  January 3, 2006\nReviewer:
EXTD= cole younger "shooter" (morristown, new jersey united states)\nT
EXTD=hree guys from the bronx or was it Brooklyn trying to bluff their
EXTD= way thru by claiming they were brothers and from Australia.  The
EXTD=y didn't fool anyone back in the mid-60s.  This is a classic exam
EXTD=ple of things not being what they seem to be.  The music ain't ba
EXTD=d tho... even if it's all studio musicians.  The backing tracks o
EXTD=n "Hang On Sloopy" are also used for the McCoys' version - with t
EXTD=he Strangeloves allegedly finding the McCoys on tour and becoming
EXTD= their producers.  I recall back then that the McCoys had won a t
EXTD=alent search (or so that was the story back then.)\n\n\nAMAZON.CO
EXTD=M CUSTOMER REVIEW\nJust what the doctor ordered., August 24, 2005
EXTD=\nReviewer: Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United State
EXTD=s)\n\nThe Strangeloves were a "three hit wonder" back in the mid-
EXTD='60s, although "I Want Candy" is the only one of those hits that 
EXTD=is really remembered today. Supposedly three brothers from Austra
EXTD=lia, they were actually a three man writing/producing team from N
EXTD=ew York. This CD contains almost all of the recordings ever relea
EXTD=sed by the Strangeloves. The recordings are fun, but most of them
EXTD= are highly derivative of "I Want Candy", featuring heavy percuss
EXTD=ion and vocals yelled by all three guys. But if you are looking f
EXTD=or a Strangeloves CD, this is the one to get.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUS
EXTD=TOMER REVIEW\na dark horse - great "Australian" garage band (hoax
EXTD= or not), March 12, 2004\nReviewer: Phil Rogers (Ann Arbor, Michi
EXTD=gan)\nTheir first album had this claim in the liner notes that th
EXTD=ey were from Australia - but they were really a non-band - a grou
EXTD=p of session musicians from NYC, of all things. \nIt was quite th
EXTD=e mystique, really, and the music itself was/is awesome to boot. 
EXTD=Garage rock was at the height of its early inventiveness, and "I 
EXTD=Want Candy" was up there in the stratosphere. The followup, "Cara
EXTD=-Lin" was a bit of a knockoff (though at the time I liked it bett
EXTD=er). "Night Time" also really rocked - with tremendous tremelo st
EXTD=rumming on lead guitar; and matchless, gutsy spoken vocal riffs a
EXTD=t various junctures.\n\nPart of the Strangeloves' signature sound
EXTD= was the loud, quick unison "heys" and strong tom-tom beats at th
EXTD=e bridges. "Candy" had great jazzy, repeating guitar riffs; "Cara
EXTD=-Lin" had a powerful honking sax, somewhat like early Dave Clark 
EXTD=Five tunes. Generally, their overall feel was a relentless, drivi
EXTD=ng energy (at differing tempos, depending on the song).\n\nAs I r
EXTD=emember, their b-sides were quite good as well.\n\nThe only other
EXTD= song I can remember that basically recapitulated their dominant 
EXTD=style was the Troggs' "I Can't Control Myself", which was another
EXTD= incredible effort (although its lyrics surpassed those of the St
EXTD=rangeloves by a healthy margin).\n\n\nHalf.com Album Notes\nThe S
EXTD=trangeloves: Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gotterher.\nPr
EXTD=oducers: Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, Richard Gottehrer.\n\nComp
EXTD=ilation producer: Bob Irwin.\nRecorded between 1964 and 1968. Inc
EXTD=ludes liner notes by Al Quaglieri.\n\nTracks 5-6, 8, 10-12, 15-17
EXTD=, 19 are mono. \nTracks 1-4, 7, 9, 13-14, 18, 20 are stereo.\n
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