CD / Jewel Case Includes 14 bonus tracks !
-Booklet with authoritative
and extensive liner notes
by respected author and
archivist John Tracy
-Expertly remastered -
superb sound. With lead vocalist Joey Levine in fine voice (he also fronted 'Bubblegum' rivals Ohio Express), Crazy
Elephant became the latest hit act from America's Buddah Records in 1969 when they cut loose on the
driving 'Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'', a radio programme controller's dream of a track.
They were part of the Jerry Kasenetz / Jeff Katz stable of acts and Buddah supremo Neil Bogert - later to
from Casablanca - booked New York's prestigious Carnegie Hall to showcase them all in 1968. Crazy
Elephant made some of their recordings in Britain at 10cc's Strawberry Studios, Manchester. Kevin Godley
and Lol Crème even wrote a song for the Crazies, as well as playing on the session.
Repertoire's bumper package contains a total of 25 tracks from the Crazy Elephant archives - revolving
around the act's first LP plus an additional 14 bonus tracks - and a detailed note recalling the rise and fall
of the 'Bubblegum' fad, which earned Buddah an estimated $6 million dollars during its first trading year
alone! TRACKLISTING:
1. Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'
2. Respect
3. Pam
4. Come To The Farm
5. Somehere
6. My Baby (Honey Pie)
7. Sunshine, Red Wine
8. Heartless (Hertie Gertie)
9. Love Strike
10. Try This When You'e Ready
11. Higher And Higher
Bonus Tracks
12. Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' (Mono Single Version)
13. Dark Part Of My Mind
14. Hips And Flips
15. Sunshine, Red Wine (Mono Single Version)
16. Pam (Mono Single Version)
17. Gimme Some More
18. My Baby (Honey Pie) (Mono Single Version)
19. There's A Better Day A Comin' (Na, Na, Na, Na)
20. Space Buggy
21. There Ain't No Umbopo
22. Landrover
23. There Ain't No Umbopo (Stereo Version)
24. Respect Revisited
25. In A Castle
