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Dec 24, 2010 After 5 years, Vernon Joynson's masterwork returns. With great credit to Max Waller for all his work in revising and updating the last volume of 'Fuzz, Acid and Flowers Revisited.' This 6th edition is a full 1,410 pages in length and weight a hefty 7.6 pounds. Fuzz Acid and Flowers Revisited by Vernon Joynson, Borderline edition, in English - Rev.
Also known as | The Pride and Joy |
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Origin | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
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Years active | 1965-1968 |
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The Del-Vetts were an American garage rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1963. They released five singles and obtained regional success in the Midwest.
The first lineup of the band consisted of Jim Lauer (lead vocals, lead guitar), Bob Good (bass guitar), Lester Goldboss (rhythm guitar) and Paul Wade (drums), originally performing cover versions of Chuck Berry songs and surf rock standards, and developing a loyal following in Chicago. The Del-Vetts' initial membership was not the most well-known incarnation of the band, though they did team up with record producer, Bill Traut, in 1965, to record a rendition of The Righteous Brothers' hit, 'Little Latin Lupe Lu', on the small Seeburg Records label. Within a year of performing regularly at popular teen dance clubs such as the Cellar and the Rolling Stone, a solidified lineup emerged, and included Lauer, Good, who swapped to rhythm guitar, Jack Burchall (bass guitar) and Roger Deatherage (drums).[1]
Despite the lack of commercial success resulting from their debut, Traut still felt the band could reach a breakthrough. He signed The Del-Vetts to a recording contract with Dunwich Records, and recorded their most commercially successful, and best known song, 'Last Time Around', an original composition by colleague Dennis Delquivist, in early 1966. The song, with a fuzz-toned guitar instrumental performed by Lauer acting as the highlight, was released as the band's second single, and scaled the regional charts to become the most-requested track on Chicago radio stations. However, their later in the year follow-up effort, 'I Call My Baby STP', underperformed and could not reach the same success as 'Last Time Around'.[2]
In 1967, the group changed its name to The Pride and Joy and released the single 'Girl', a regional hit, and moved to Acta Records after a corporate restructuring at Dunwich. The group's last single was 'We Got a Long Way to Go', written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil; when it failed to chart at radio, Burchall left the group, and The Pride and Joy broke up in 1968.
In 1983, Burchall hit the pop charts again with the Jump 'N the Saddle Band's novelty song hit, 'The Curly Shuffle'. The Del-Vetts, however, fell into obscurity until the release of the Nuggets and Pebbles series in the late 1990s, when several of their tracks were included on the compilation albums. Lead singer Jim Lauer reportedly ended up in a mental institution.[3]
Members[edit]
- Original lineup, 1963
- Jim Lauer - vocals, guitar
- Lester Goldboss - guitar
- Bob Good - bass (later guitar)
- Paul Wade - drums
- Jeff Gerchenson-vocals, guitar
- Later members
- Jeff Weinstein - guitar
- Jack Burchall - bass
- Roger Deatherage - drums
Discography[edit]
- Singles
- 'Little Latin Lupe Lu' b/w 'Ram Charger' (1965)
- 'Last Time Around' b/w 'Everytime' (1966)
- 'I Call My Baby STP' b/w 'That's the Way It Is (PS)' (1966)
References[edit]
- ^Ankeny, Jason. 'The Del-Vetts - Biography'. allmusic.com. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
- ^'The Del-Vetts and the Pride & Joy'. officenaps.com. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
- ^Joynson, Vernon (2007). Fuzz Acid and Flowers Revisited. Glasgow, United Kingdom: Borderline Productions. p. 240. ISBN1-899855-14-9.
- The Del-Vetts at Allmusic.com
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With the previous edition of this back-breaking tome hitting the shelves in 2004, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Johnson and his clearly rabid circle of worldwide collectors missed the intervening six years thanks to a celebratory psychotropic blow-out in the desert.
Turns out they were busy opening the doors of perception a little wider, adding three more years to the previous 1964-75- spanning edition, to publish a 1,398-page A4 book heavier than a trip on Woodstock’s brown acid and boasting the subtitle A Comprehensive Guide To American Garage, Psychedelic & Hippie Rock (1965-77). We’d argue that “comprehensive” doesn’t do the project any favours, though, as this is flat-out the most detailed collection that we’ve ever seen on the subject.
Open any page and you’re bombarded with line-ups, discographies with full label and catalogue number info, potted histories and just about anything else you’d want to know concerning what we’re happy to accept is every US psych band ever… And all from a company based in the UK. Thanks to the time lags between print deadlines and publication dates, you might now find The Tradewinds’ Excursions easier over at Cherry Red, rather than hunting for Japanese imports; but, frankly, who cares? We’re too busy hunting for Space Walrus’ sole 7”, Searchin’/Grazin’ In The Grass.