STANDELLS - DIRTY WATER / RARI 45 RPM TOWER RECORDS 185 MINT- 1966

$

25

ROCK/HARD ROCK/GARAGE     POP/SURF     R&B/MOTOWN     COUNTRY     BLUES/JAZZ

THE STANDELLS

45 RPM

TOWER RECORDS
185


A-SIDE

DIRTY WATER

PEAK  # 11  BILLBOARD HOT 100  16  WEEKS ON CHART

B-SIDE

RARI

CONDITION:  VINYL  MINT-  

CONDITION:  LABEL  MINT-

COMES  with  COMPANY SLEEVE  EXCELLENT  and  PLASTIC COVER

FORMAT: 7" 45 SINGLE   
ARTIST:  THE STANDELLS          
TITLE:  DIRTY WATER 
                  /  RARI                          
LABEL:  TOWER    
NUMBER:  185   
LABEL DESCRIPTION:   STOCK COPY 
GRADE:   MINT-   (New Buy)     NICE COPY
ADDITIONAL NOTES  ORIGINAL COPY-NOT A REISSUE!!!
ADDITIONAL INFO:   

The Standells are a garage rock band from Los Angeles, California, US, formed in the 1960s, who have been referred to as the "punk band of the 1960’s", and said to have inspired such groups as the Sex Pistols and Ramones.

The 1960s

The original Standells band was formed in 1962 by lead vocalist and keyboard player Larry Tamblyn (born Lawrence A. Tamblyn, February 5, 1943, in Los Angeles), with guitarist Tony Valentino (born May 24, 1941, aka Emilio Bellissimo), bass guitarist Jody Rich, and drummer Benny King (aka Hernandez). Tamblyn had previously been a solo performer, recording several 45 singles in the late 1950s and early 1960s including "Dearest", "Patty Ann", "This Is The Night", "My Bride To Be" and "Destiny" for Faro and Linda Records. He is the brother of actor Russ Tamblyn and the uncle of Amber Tamblyn, star of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and the current TV program Two and a Half Men.

The Standells band name was created by Larry Tamblyn, derived from standing around booking agents' offices trying to get work. In early 1962, drummer Benny King (aka Hernandez) joined the group, and as "the Standels", their first major performance was in Honolulu at the Oasis Club. After several months, Rich and King departed. Tamblyn then assumed leadership of the group. He and Valentino re-formed the Standels, adding bass guitarist Gary Lane and drummer Gary Leeds, later known as Gary Walker of The Walker Brothers. Later that year, the band lengthened its name to "Larry Tamblyn & the Standels". In 1963 an extra "L" was added, and as "Larry Tamblyn and the Standells" the group made its first recording "You'll Be Mine Someday/Girl In My Heart" for Linda Records (released in 1964). In the latter part of the year, the band permanently shortened its name to "the Standells". After the Standells signed with Liberty in 1964, Leeds left the group, and was replaced by lead vocalist and drummer Dick Dodd. Dodd was a former Mouseketeer who had been the original drummer for The Bel-Airs, known for the hit surf rock song "Mr. Moto".

In 1964, Liberty Records released three singles and an album, The Standells In Person At P.J.'s. The album was later re-issued as The Standells Live and Out of Sight. The band also appeared on The Munsters TV show, performing "I Want to Hold Your Hand". In late 1964, they signed with Vee Jay and released two singles in 1965. Later in the year they signed with MGM for one single.

The group appeared in several low-budget films of the 1960s, including Get Yourself a College Girl and cult classic Riot on Sunset Strip. The Standells played the part of the fictional rock group the "Love Bugs" on the television sitcom Bing Crosby Show in the episode "Bugged by the Love Bugs". They also appeared as themselves on the television sitcom The Munsters in the episode "Far Out Munster," wherein the band performed "Come On and Ringo" and a version of The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand", in addition to performing an instrumental in the background in a Ben Casey episode "Three 'Lil Lambs". The Standells performed incidental music in the Connie Francis movie Follow the Boys, which coincidentally co-starred Larry Tamblyn's brother, Russ Tamblyn. The band also performed the title song for the movie Zebra in the Kitchen. Some reports state that early versions of the band had a relatively clean image and performed only cover songs. However, early 1964 photos counter that notion, showing the Standells with long hair, making them one of the first American rock groups to adopt that style. In order to work in conservative nightclubs like PJ’s, the group members were forced to cut their shaggy locks. Like the Beatles, early rock groups did mostly cover songs in nightclubs.

In 1965 the group - Dodd, Tamblyn, Valentino and Lane - signed with Capitol Records' label Tower, teaming up with producer Ed Cobb. Cobb wrote the group's most popular song, "Dirty Water", which the band recorded in late 1965. The song's references to the city of Boston are owed to Cobb's experiences with a mugger in Boston. The song also makes reference to the Boston Strangler and the dorm curfews for college women in those days.

In early 1966, after recording "Dirty Water", Dodd briefly left the Standells, and was replaced by Dewey Martin, who became a member of Buffalo Springfield. Dodd returned to the group several months later, as the song began to climb the charts. "Dirty Water" reached No. 11 on the Billboard charts on June 11, 1966, No. 8 on the Cashbox charts on July 9, 1966 and No. 1 on the Record World charts. "Dirty Water" was on the WLS playlist for 17 total weeks, tied only by "California Dreamin'" for most weeks on that playlist during the 1960s. Though the song is credited solely to Cobb, band members Dodd, Valentino and Tamblyn have claimed substantial material-of-fact song composition copyright contributions to it as well as contributing to its arrangement. According to critic Richie Unterberger,

" 'Dirty Water' [was] an archetypal garage rock hit with its Stones-ish riff, lecherous vocal, and combination of raunchy guitar and organ. While they never again reached the Top 40, they cut a number of strong, similar tunes in the 1966–1967 era that have belatedly been recognized as 1960s punk classics. 'Garage rock' may not have been a really accurate term for them in the first place, as the production on their best material was full and polished, with some imaginative touches of period psychedelia and pop."

"Dirty Water" is listed in the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. They are best known for their 1966 hit "Dirty Water", now the anthem of several Boston sports teams.

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