Turtles, The - Present The Battle Of The Bands '1968/2017

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 Though the Turtles were rightfully known as an excellent pop/rock singles
band, on this recording they let loose their humor, which was part of their act
from the beginning. On the outside cover the group is dressed in conservative
suits and bow ties, yet on the inside the group is clad in, shall it be
tastefully said, less traditional attire. The Turtles (who wrote nine of the 12
songs on the original LP, two songs being added to the CD) basically mock the
entire spectrum of music on this album, though elements of their pop/rock sound
are contained even in the most country, psychedelic, and R&B elements of the
music presented here. Two Top Ten hits are contained in this collection, Roger
McGuinns You Showed Me and the Turtles own subtly mocking Elenore. Light
psychedelia meets Booker T. & the MGs in the instrumental Buzzsaw. The Beach
Boys sound shows up in Surfer Dan, and the original album closer Earth Anthem is
a hippie ecology, folk-pop anthem that is both very pretty and quite satirical
-- a listener could easily lose himself in the fine melody and atmospheric
production, while laughing at the same time. The only potential problem with
this album is that it is caught in the middle between two extremes: On the one
hand, non-mainstream listeners will criticize the album for sounding too
commercial, and, on the other, typical Turtles fans will find the album too
sophisticated, especially if they are looking for another album like Happy
Together. Between these two points of view falls an excellent album that is both
commercial and comical, as if both of these elements couldnt coincide in one
album. 
:: TRACKLIST ::

Disc One - The Battle Of The Bands
1-1 The Opening - The Battle Of The Bands 2:14
1-2 The Last Thing I Remember 2:56
1-3 Elenore 2:31
1-4 Too Much Heartsick Feeling 2:43
1-5 Oh, Daddy! 2:44
1-6 Buzzsaw 1:59
1-7 Surfer Dan 2:42
1-8 Im Chief Kamanawanalea (Were The Royal Macadamia Nuts) 1:34
1-9 You Showed Me 3:16
1-10 Food 2:40
1-11 Chicken Little Was Right 2:46
1-12 The Closing - Earth Anthem (All) 3:56

Disc Two - Bonus Tracks
2-1 Shes My Girl 2:34
2-2 Chicken Little Was Right (Single Version) 2:44
2-3 Sound Asleep 2:31
2-4 Umbassa The Dragon 2:58
2-5 The Story Of Rock And Roll 2:41
2-6 Cant You Hear The Cows 2:24
2-7 The Last Thing I Remember (The First Thing I Knew) 3:30
2-8 The Owl 4:28
2-9 To See The Sun 4:28
2-10 Earth Anthem (Alternate Version) 5:16
2-11 Battle Of The Bands Radio Spot 3:00


 Arranged By – Chip Douglas, The Turtles
 Bass Guitar, Vocals – Jim Pons
 Engineer – Jim Hilton
 Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – Al Nichol
 Layout – The Turtles
 Percussion, Vocals – Johnny Barbata
 Photography By – Rod Dyer
 Producer – Chip Douglas
 Vocals – Howard Kaylan
 Vocals, Effects – Mark Volman

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