"That [they] have turned out, in the light of history, to be better than they seemed at the time, shows how advanced they were and how the taste buds have altered". So wrote journalist Ralph J Gleason of the Beau Brummels in the liners to a 1968 LP compilation. The San Francisco group signed to Warner Brothers in early 1966 after eighteen months with indie Autumn Records, where they had scored the influential Top 20 hits 'Laugh, Laugh' and 'Just A Little.' In that time the Brummels released two largely self-composed albums, toured the country and made numerous film and TV appearances, and help spearhead America's new cutting-edge folk- rock-pop sound, along with their contemporaries The Byrds and Lovin' Spoonful.
Tracklist:
A1 One Too Many Mornings
A2 She Reigns
A3 Here We Are Again
A4 Fine With Me
A5 Two Days 'Til Tomorrow
A6 Don't Make Promises
A7 Lower Level
A8 Lift Me
B1 Long Walking Down To Misery
B2 I'm A Sleeper
B3 Cherokee Girl
B4 Alligator Man
B5 Friends And Lovers
B6 Silkie
B7 A Song For Rochelle
Collected here for the first time on vinyl LP, we present the complete run of non-LP sides and alternate mixes that The Beau Brummels subsequently issued on 45 for Warner Bros Records between 1966 and 1969, a period that witnessed their creative pinnacles Triangle (1967) and Bradley's Barn (1968). All appear in their original, glorious mono format, drawn from the original masters. Also included are two rare solo singles cut by lead vocalist Sal Valentino for WB at the tail end of the Brummels tenure, featuring the crème of Hollywood's roots rock elite (Van Dyke Parks, Ry Cooder, Leon Russell, Clarence White, Chris Ethridge).
