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L.A.
based Manifesto did a great job on their early 2016 Lee Michaels CD
box set and they do an equally remarkable job on their late 2016 six
CD box set by The Turtles entitled The Complete Original
Album Collection. Coinciding with the box set is a
double Turtles CD set on Manifesto, called All The Singlespairing
all the A and B sides of a wide range Turtles hits. One
of the first bands to burst out of the mid 1960's Los Angeles pop
scene that gave us rock legends like The Doors, Love and The Leaves,
The Turtles were the brainchild of singers Mark Volman and
Howard Kaylan. Kaylanfrom the Bronx in NYCand Los
Angeles native Volman, hit upon a brilliant AM radio pop hit formula
with The Turtles, who quickly became a favorite among the trendy teenybopper
fans who were just coming into their teens in the age of Sgt. Pepper.
Despite being pegged as a singles only band, The Turtles actually
released a number of studio albums. Rhino reissued a double CD best
of back in 2002 and Sundazed even took a crack at the Turtles
back catalog. Even so, seeing it all under one banner
in Manifesto's appealing box set, with all the mono / stereo mixes
and a wealth of ear opening Turtles raritiesplus an extensive
booklet and liner notes by Andrew Sandovalis a timely
reminder of the power of AM radio and pop music in the 1960s. Like
The Mamas & The Papas, the Turtles albums were overlooked
during the age of mid 60s Beatlemaniathat incredible 1965
period when the teenyboppers were slowly graduating to buying Lps.
Pressured by their label White Whale into constantly trying to recreate
their monster hits, like Happy Together, the bands
identity and true potential got lost in the power play shuffle of
the music bizas did so many great bands of the era. Also remember
that, so great was the power of the Beatles that no one could encroach
upon their domination of the pop singles charts and the pop album
charts. In many ways, The Turtles were merely an opening act for Volman
and Kaylan, who evolved into Flo & Eddie due to record company
control of their names. Post-Turtles work with Frank Zappa and T.
Rex is historic, but the Turtles legacy keeps growing into the
21st century with Manifestos tasty Turtles box set. www.manifesto.com
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