THE STANDELLS - Try It - RARE LP 'BANNED'
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In spirit, a true American counterpart to The Rolling Stones, The Standells were later attracted to the same mysterious
Eastern images that the Stones popularised with such songs as Paint It Black.
This culminated in perhaps their finest record - Try It - an immediate hit in Los Angeles.
It was soon banned by most radio stations on the ridiculous notion that urging listeners to "try it"
was a blatant request for a girl to surrender her virginity. The group even attempted to do battle on
the Art Linkletter Show in a confusing debate - but all in vain. Ironically, an inferior version by
The Ohio Express made the charts many months later. The next single, Riot on Sunset Strip (also on this Album), was the title song to the movie of the same name.
The Standells also appeared in the movie along with The Chocolate Watch Band. When these two remarkable
records failed to become national hits, bewilderment set in and the group began to question their direction.
They rejected Cobb's Tainted Love - which he later recorded with Marc Bolan's main lady, Gloria Jones -
and which became one of the biggest hits of 1982 when re-recorded by Soft Cell.
The Standells' attempt at Stax-influenced soul, Can't Help But Love You, wasn't entirely convincing,
while All Fall Down bares an uncanny resemblance to Pink Floyd's Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun.
The foray into psychedelia was a novel one for The Standells, and it seems mere coincidence that their single and
Pink Floyd's were released at roughly the same time, and both on Tower.
CONDITION REPORT
A Side = Very Good - Plays - No Audible noises during Music
B Side = Very Good - Plays - No Audible noises during Music
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