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Though it's missing a few rarities -- namely the Steve Martin single for Buddha that reunited him with Michael Brown -- this is the most definitive Left Banke compilation. It features the entirety of their two late-'60s albums, as well as a couple of singles that didn't make it onto LPs at the time (though they later appeared on Rhino's History) and a previously unissued cut, "Men Are Building Sand." Their debut 1967 LP, Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina, is an underrated classic of the time, matching smart harmonies and pop hooks to baroque orchestration. Its brilliance casts a bit of a shadow over the rest of this collection. The group's 1968 album, Too, suffered from bloated production and, more importantly, the absence of chief songwriter/arranger Michael Brown. In turn, the 1967 single Brown cut under the Left Banke moniker with singer Bert Sommer suffers from the absence of lead vocalist Steve Martin. By the time Brown and Martin tenuously reunited for a late-1969 single, some of the spark had gone. All of the aforementioned highs and lows of this prodigiously talented but strife-ridden group are on this disc.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Harry Lookofsky, Producer - Michael Brown, ComposerLyricist - Tony Sansome, ComposerLyricist - Bob Calilli, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist - Bill Jerome, Producer - Steve Jerome, Producer
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harry Lookofsky, Producer - STEVE MARTIN, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist - Bill Jerome, Producer - Steve Jerome, Producer - George Cameron, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harry Lookofsky, Producer - Michael Brown, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Brown, ComposerLyricist - Tom Finn, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Left Banke, MainArtist - Bill Jerome, Producer - Steve Jerome, Producer - Steve Martin Caro, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Warren David-Schierhorst, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Winfield, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Brand, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harry Lookofsky, Producer - STEVE MARTIN, ComposerLyricist - Mike Brown, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harry Lookofsky, Producer - STEVE MARTIN, ComposerLyricist - Mike Brown, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist - Bill Jerome, Producer - Steve Jerome, Producer - George Cameron, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harry Lookofsky, Producer - Mike Brown, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Feher, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harry Lookofsky, Producer - STEVE MARTIN, ComposerLyricist - Mike Brown, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist - George Cameron, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harry Lookofsky, Producer - Mike Brown, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Feher, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harry Lookofsky, Producer - Mike Brown, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Feher, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harry Lookofsky, Producer - Martin, ComposerLyricist - Mike Brown, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist - Bill Jerome, Producer - Steve Jerome, Producer
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harry Lookofsky, Producer - STEVE MARTIN, ComposerLyricist - Mike Brown, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harry Lookofsky, Producer - Mike Brown, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Feher, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harry Lookofsky, Producer - Mike Brown, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist - Bert William Sommer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mike Brown, Producer - Thomas Feher, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist - Michael David Brown, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
STEVE MARTIN, ComposerLyricist - Tom Finn, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist - Arthur Schroek, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - George Cameron, ComposerLyricist - Gene Radice, Producer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tom Finn, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist - Arthur Schroek, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Radice, Producer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Leka, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Feher, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Harry Lookofsky, Producer - Mike Brown, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist - Bert William Sommer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Leka, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Feher, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mike Brown, Producer - Thomas Feher, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, Producer, MainArtist - John Abbot, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Michael David Brown, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Leka, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Feher, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Leka, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - The Left Banke, MainArtist - Marvin Popocki, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Leka, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Finn, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Leka, Conductor, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Finn, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Thomas Jefferson Kaye, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist - Tom Kaye, Producer - M. Koupersmith, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
STEVE MARTIN, ComposerLyricist - Mike Brown, ComposerLyricist - The Left Banke, MainArtist - Tom Kaye, Producer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Though it's missing a few rarities -- namely the Steve Martin single for Buddha that reunited him with Michael Brown -- this is the most definitive Left Banke compilation. It features the entirety of their two late-'60s albums, as well as a couple of singles that didn't make it onto LPs at the time (though they later appeared on Rhino's History) and a previously unissued cut, "Men Are Building Sand." Their debut 1967 LP, Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina, is an underrated classic of the time, matching smart harmonies and pop hooks to baroque orchestration. Its brilliance casts a bit of a shadow over the rest of this collection. The group's 1968 album, Too, suffered from bloated production and, more importantly, the absence of chief songwriter/arranger Michael Brown. In turn, the 1967 single Brown cut under the Left Banke moniker with singer Bert Sommer suffers from the absence of lead vocalist Steve Martin. By the time Brown and Martin tenuously reunited for a late-1969 single, some of the spark had gone. All of the aforementioned highs and lows of this prodigiously talented but strife-ridden group are on this disc.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:49
- Main artists: The Left Banke
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Island Mercury
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1992 The Island Def Jam Music Group This Compilation ℗ 1992 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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