Producers trying to rock...

[dcoyle@xxxxxxxxxx (David J. Coyle)]

Bought a couple of 45s the other day, both with ties to producers who tried
their hands at making names for their own creations. The first is "The Out
Crowd" and "Melvin's Tune" by the Squares, with songs written and produced
by Artie Resnick, who teamed with Joey Levine on such collaborations as
"Run Run Run" by the Third Rail and most hits by the Ohio Express. The
single is on Roulette and is a mildly amusing ode to, well, kind of being
out of the loop (the singer professes that Lawrence Welk is a genius).

The other single I've seen mentioned on this list. It's "Hide and Seek" b/w
"Twelve Months Later" by the Sheep on the Boom label. It's essentially
Feldman-Gottherer-Goldstein (the Strangeloves) with a different name, but
pretty much the same sound. Neither of the records move me too much, but
they are pretty interesting obscurities. Does anyone know anything about
the records.

I also picked up the Hombres "Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)" b/w "Go,
Girl, Go" on Verve Forecast. It's interesting that the flipside is a song
that also appears on Essential Pebbles, credited to an unknown group. It's
not the Hombres, and it's called "Go Go Girl," but it's the same song. I
found it in a box of grab-bag throwaway records outside a local record
store. Their loss, it plays just fine. Same with the two Ventures albums.

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