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| 1. Animal Man - Kim Fowley | |||
| 2. Bubblegum - Kim Fowley | |||
| 3. Justine - THE RANGERS | |||
| 4. To Die Alone - The Bush | |||
| 5. Alley-Oop - The Hollywood Argyles | |||
| 6. Reputation - THE RANGERS | |||
| 7. Nut Rocker - B Bumble & The Stingers | |||
| 8. Popsicles & Icicles - The Murmaids | |||
| 9. Shush-Boomer - The Alpines | |||
| 10. The Trip - Kim Fowley | |||
| 11. The Comedown Song - Spider | |||
| 12. Security - 'N Betweens | |||
| 13. Daydreaming Of You - The Hellions | |||
| 14. Portobello Road - Cat Stevens | |||
| 15. Satan's Holiday - The Lancasters | |||
| 16. Charge! - The Renegades | |||
| 17. You Been Torturing Me - Gary 'Alley-Oop' Paxton & the Hollywood Argyles | |||
| 18. Like Long Hair - Paul Revere & The Raiders | |||
| 19. Heads Up, High Hopes Over You - The Pharaohs | |||
| 20. Gloria's Dream - The Belfast Gypsies | |||
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Rock's Zelig,
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This review is from: Impossible But True: The Kim Fowley Story (Audio CD)
Kim Fowley seems to pop up at memorable moments of musical history like a Zelig-figure. In fact he is quoted as saying, "I sometimes think I'm playing the lead role in The Kim Fowley Story." He turned up in the film Treasure Of The Rio Grande at the age of ten, attended high school with Nancy Sinatra, Jan & Dean and Dick & Dee Dee, was in a high school group with Sandy Nelson and future-Beach Boy Bruce Johnston that Phil Spector sometimes sat in with on guitar, booked Eddie Cochran for his last ever US gig, hung out with PJ Proby, Terry Melcher and Gary Lewis, recorded Richard Berry, the Pharoahs and Paul Revere and the Raiders, became a food runner for Alan Freed, met Leonard Chess and Sonny Bono, was mentored by Paul Gayten, invited to BB King's house for ribs, dated Candice Bergen... and all by the time he was 23. By this time he had scored number one hits with Alley Oop by the Hollywood Argyles and Popsicles And Icicles by the Murmaids in the US; and Nut Rocker by B Bumble and the Stingers in the UK, as well as a string of other hits such as the Rivingtons' Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow, and of course, many interesting flops.
When the British Invasion came in 1963 he made "the first authentic American Beatles-soundalike record", Shush-Boomer by the Alpines, before realising he needed to be in England to tap into what was going on. In London he hooked up with Andrew Loog Oldham, sipped tea with Joe Meek, and produced records featuring unknowns like Dave Mason, Jim Capaldi and Ritchie Blackmore. When he returned in 1966 he recorded with former members of Them (he renamed them the Belfast Gypsies); produced a band called the N' Betweens who later became Slade; wrote with and recorded a new singer called Cat Stevens on what became the flipside of his first single, I Love My Dog; hustled Keith Moon and the Beatles promoting the Beach Boys; discovered the Soft Machine and produced their first single (the A-side was remade by Chas Chandler before it was released) and was in on the birth of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. He also made records under his own name, such as The Trip, which became something of an underground classic, and he was briefly a member of the Mothers Of Invention on their Freak Out! album. The mega-booklet by Rob Finnis makes this CD a good read as well as a highly-entertaining and varied 32-track selection of productions by one of the true legends of the Los Angeles scene, from Gene Vincent singing Ernest Tubbs to Buddy Rich's 13-year old daughter doing Wild Thing
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A very strange trip!,
By James B. Spink "Jim" (Kent, UK) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Impossible But True: The Kim Fowley Story (Audio CD)
This time Ace Records take us on a trip through the sixties accompanied by maverick producer/writer/performer Kim Fowley - and what a very strange trip it is too! Most people will be familiar with at least some of Fowley's work which varies from classic hits to the unusual and downright weird. Ace have managed to round up no less than 32 tracks with a Fowley connection and cover the years from 1959 to 1969, mostly in mono but a handful of later tracks are in stereo.
This set makes a good companion to Rev-ola's 1995 collection, Mondo Hollywood, which presented Kim Fowley's solo work - but that CD is now becoming a bit of a collector's item. This newer collection from Ace will appeal to a wider market as his collaborations with other artists are a bit more accessible than Kim alone! Each track is pretty typical of the year of its release and we move effortlessly from B.Bumble to the Soft Machine in the space of five years This release is up to Ace's usual high standards with all tracks remastered by Nick Robbins and a highly informative booklet from Rob Finnis. The music is what it is and if I rated just the content it would struggle to get three stars - interesting rather than essential. However, Ace's presentation is first class and if you happen to be a Kim Fowley fan then this collection will deserve five stars which is my rating with that caveat.
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4.8 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews) 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pop Zelig,
By Laurence Upton - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Impossible But True: The Kim Fowley Story (Audio CD)
Kim Fowley seems to pop up at memorable moments of musical history like a Zelig-figure. In fact he is quoted as saying, "I sometimes think I'm playing the lead role in The Kim Fowley Story." He turned up in the film Treasure Of The Rio Grande at the age of ten, attended high school with Nancy Sinatra, Jan & Dean and Dick & Dee Dee, was in a high school group with Sandy Nelson and future-Beach Boy Bruce Johnston that Phil Spector sometimes sat in with on guitar, booked Eddie Cochran for his last ever US gig, hung out with PJ Proby, Terry Melcher and Gary Lewis, recorded Richard Berry, the Pharoahs and Paul Revere and the Raiders, became a food runner for Alan Freed, met Leonard Chess and Sonny Bono, was mentored by Paul Gayten, invited to BB King's house for ribs, dated Candice Bergen... and all by the time he was 23, by which time he had scored number one hits with Alley Oop by the Hollywood Argyles and Popsicles And Icicles by the Murmaids in the US, and Nut Rocker by B Bumble and the Stingers in the UK, and a string of other hits such as the Rivingtons' Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow, and of course, many interesting flops.
When the British Invasion came in 1963 he made "the first authentic American Beatles-soundalike record", Shush-Boomer by the Alpines, before realising he needed to be in England to tap into what was going on. In London he hooked up with Andrew Loog Oldham, sipped tea with Joe Meek, and produced records featuring unknowns like Dave Mason, Jim Capaldi and Ritchie Blackmore. When he returned in 1966 he recorded with former members of Them (he renamed them the Belfast Gypsies); produced a band called the N' Betweens who later became Slade; wrote with and recorded a new singer called Cat Stevens on what became the flipside of his first single, I Love My Dog; hustled Keith Moon and the Beatles promoting the Beach Boys; discovered the Soft Machine and produced their first single (the A-side was remade by Chas Chandler before it was released) and was in on the birth of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. He also made records under his own name, such as The Trip, which became something of an underground classic, and was briefly a member of the Mothers Of Invention on their Freak Out! album. The mega-booklet by Rob Finnis makes this CD a good read as well as a highly-entertaining and varied 32-track selection of productions by one of the true legends of the Los Angeles scene, from Gene Vincent singing Ernest Tubbs to Buddy Rich's 13-year old daughter doing Wild Thing 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
More Than Just Bubblegum,
By D. Stewart "duglas" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Impossible But True: The Kim Fowley Story (Audio CD)
Kim Fowley is a singular figure in the history of rock 'n' roll. He appeared on "the scene" in the late 50s and he's still there in 2004...and hopefully will be around for a good while longer. He worked with everyone from DORIS DAY to JOHN LENNON to KISS. As songwriter, producer and/or artist he's sold more than 100 million records but most of the world doesn't even know his name. Well it should. Impossible But True is a wonderful introduction to Kim at his best. Not every record Kim has made has been great, he's made so many, but most of the stuff on this is great...and those tracks that are slightly less than trully brilliant are at the very least highly entertaining. The opener Animal Man is like a sleazier Iggy Pop. The next Bubblegum was covered by Sonic Youth but the NYC avant-rockers couldn't "out wild" the Fowley original. Genuine golden classic international hits like B. Bumble & The Stingers' Nutrocker, Alley Oop by The Hollywood Argyles and The Murmaids' Popsicles & Icicles sit side by side with underground cult favorites like The Soft Machine's Feelin' Reelin' Squeelin'and Fowley's seminal slice of psychedelia The Trip. Hits and flops alike all have that special twisted Fowley magic about them. If the wonderful & weird music isn't enough then the superb 36 page booklet packed with stories of Kim's wild 1960s adventures in pop would almost be worth the price of admission on its own. You will hardly be able to believe your ears when you listen to this document of this odd, eternally "teenaged", pop genius but believe it, IT'S ALL TRUE!! 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
King Of The Psychedelic Freakout,
By Vince Pecoraro - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Impossible But True: The Kim Fowley Story (Audio CD)
Pure Kim Fowley magic. Covers his output from late fifties to about 1970 so no Runaways but otherwise not bad. I would have liked to see his great '66 single Underground Lady/ Pop Art '66 on this but that's about it.
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