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In a sense, it's unfair to rate Koobas entirely by this, their only LP, because they were already in the process of calling it quits as a group when they cut it late in 1968; indeed, it's likely that if they'd thought they would have a possible future, a couple tracks that are here might never have seen the light of day. That said, Koobas is a good document of its time: Its three best songs, "Royston Rose," "Barricades," and "Gold Leaf Tree" are resplendent in rippling guitar parts, lots of fuzz-tone, searing breaks that sound like George Harrison's or Tony Hicks' playing pumped up by a few hundred amps, and drum patterns lifted right out of "Rain" and a dozen equally impressive psychedelic tracks, and some very pretty singing. Unfortunately, the best parts of this album are juxtaposed with too many self-indulgent exercises in quaint nostalgia (which the Kinks could pull off but no one else in mid-'60s England ever could without looking silly) and psychedelic digressions like "Here's a Day" and "Fade Forever" (which, with its heavy Mellotron sound, recalls moments off of the Zombies' Odessey and Oracle without ever being as clever). Their rendition of "A Little Piece of My Heart" is closer in spirit to their older Pye singles and it is easily the best song on this album, as a descendant of their old R&B-based Liverpool sound. [Some reissues have added copious bonus tracks from the rest of their EMI/Columbia output circa 1966-1968.]
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Geoff Emerick, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Koobas, MainArtist - Keith Ellis, Composer - Roy Morris, Composer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Geoff Emerick, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Koobas, MainArtist - Stuart Leathwood, Composer - Keith Ellis, Composer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Geoff Emerick, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Koobas, MainArtist - Stuart Leathwood, Composer - Keith Ellis, Composer - Roy Morris, Composer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Geoff Emerick, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Koobas, MainArtist - Stuart Leathwood, Composer - Keith Ellis, Composer - Roy Morris, Composer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Geoff Emerick, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Koobas, MainArtist - Stuart Leathwood, Composer - Keith Ellis, Composer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Geoff Emerick, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Koobas, MainArtist - Tony Stratton-Smith, Composer - Stuart Leathwood, Composer - Keith Ellis, Composer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Otis Blackwell, Composer - Winfield Scott, Composer - Geoff Emerick, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Koobas, MainArtist
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Geoff Emerick, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Koobas, MainArtist - Keith Ellis, Composer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Geoff Emerick, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Koobas, MainArtist - Stuart Leathwood, Composer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Geoff Emerick, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Koobas, MainArtist - Stuart Leathwood, Composer - Keith Ellis, Composer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Geoff Emerick, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Koobas, MainArtist - Keith Ellis, Composer - Roy Morris, Composer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Geoff Emerick, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Koobas, MainArtist - Stuart Leathwood, Composer - Keith Ellis, Composer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Geoff Emerick, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Koobas, MainArtist - Stuart Leathwood, Composer - Keith Ellis, Composer - Roy Morris, Composer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Geoff Emerick, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Koobas, MainArtist - Stuart Leathwood, Composer - Keith Ellis, Composer - Roy Morris, Composer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Geoff Emerick, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Koobas, MainArtist - Stuart Leathwood, Composer - Keith Ellis, Composer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Geoff Emerick, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Koobas, MainArtist - Tony Stratton-Smith, Composer - Stuart Leathwood, Composer - Keith Ellis, Composer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Otis Blackwell, Composer - Winfield Scott, Composer - Geoff Emerick, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Koobas, MainArtist
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Geoff Emerick, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Koobas, MainArtist - Keith Ellis, Composer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Geoff Emerick, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Koobas, MainArtist - Stuart Leathwood, Composer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Geoff Emerick, Engineer - David Paramor, Producer - The Koobas, MainArtist - Stuart Leathwood, Composer - Keith Ellis, Composer
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
In a sense, it's unfair to rate Koobas entirely by this, their only LP, because they were already in the process of calling it quits as a group when they cut it late in 1968; indeed, it's likely that if they'd thought they would have a possible future, a couple tracks that are here might never have seen the light of day. That said, Koobas is a good document of its time: Its three best songs, "Royston Rose," "Barricades," and "Gold Leaf Tree" are resplendent in rippling guitar parts, lots of fuzz-tone, searing breaks that sound like George Harrison's or Tony Hicks' playing pumped up by a few hundred amps, and drum patterns lifted right out of "Rain" and a dozen equally impressive psychedelic tracks, and some very pretty singing. Unfortunately, the best parts of this album are juxtaposed with too many self-indulgent exercises in quaint nostalgia (which the Kinks could pull off but no one else in mid-'60s England ever could without looking silly) and psychedelic digressions like "Here's a Day" and "Fade Forever" (which, with its heavy Mellotron sound, recalls moments off of the Zombies' Odessey and Oracle without ever being as clever). Their rendition of "A Little Piece of My Heart" is closer in spirit to their older Pye singles and it is easily the best song on this album, as a descendant of their old R&B-based Liverpool sound. [Some reissues have added copious bonus tracks from the rest of their EMI/Columbia output circa 1966-1968.]
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:48
- Main artists: The Koobas
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2007 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 1969 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
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