Candymen ORIG US ST LP EX '67 ABCS-616 Psyche Pop
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Candymen ORIG US ST LP EX '67 ABCS-616 Psyche Pop
Original US LP released in 1967 on ABC Records. Cat: ABCS-616.
The Candymen were an Alabama-spawned band probably best remembered today as the backing group for Roy Orbison. The group started life as the Webs, co-founded by guitarist John Rainey and a young lead singer/guitarist named Bobby Goldsboro, in Dothan, Alabama, in the mid-1960s. The group was heavily influenced by Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis but also by the slightly more pop/rock-oriented sound of Ricky Nelson. They were good enough to attract the attention of local producer and studio owner Ed Boutwells in Birmingham, who made a few recordings of them. The band was making something of a living locally and even managed to survive the departure of Goldsboro for what became an immensely successful solo career.
Their breakthrough came when they discovered that Roy Orbison was going to be appearing locally and would be in need of a backing band. As they were already conversant with his work, it wasn't a stretch to pick up all the finer nuances of his repertory, and the result was that the legendary Texas-born singer asked them to become his regular touring band. In the process, picking up the name from one of his biggest hits, the Webs became the Candymen. The Candymen, when they weren't backing Orbison, developed a serious reputation as a great live band in their own right. They became known for doing the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" live, amidst other repertory that was usually considered beyond the reach of a lot of bands. They also cut a series of LPs as the Candymen for ABC Records.
Tracks : Roses won't grow in my garden/ Lonely eyes/ Stone blues man/ Deep in the night/ See saw/ Georgia pines/ Hope/ Movies in my mind/ Happier than them/ Stormy Monday blues/ Even the grass has died.
There are a few light spindle marks on labels. Record ihas some light scuff marks and is in Excellent condition. Cover has a few light marks and tiny surface tears around edges and is in Excellent condition.
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1715 (GS 9.9.2 (1715))
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