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ProducerSteve Stanley

Record LabelCherry Red

UPC5013929065529

eBay Product ID (ePID)8050165041

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Release Year2016

FormatCD

GenreRock

Run Time66 Mins 38 Seconds

ArtistHarpers Bizarre

Release TitleThe Complete Singles Collection 1965-1970

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Number of Discs1

Additional informationLiner Note Author: Joe McGasko. Recording information: Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA (03/08/1967/03/17/1967); Eldorado Recording Studio (03/08/1967/03/17/1967); Golden State Recorders, San Francisco, CA (03/08/1967/03/17/1967); United Recorders (03/08/1967/03/17/1967); Western Recorders (03/08/1967/03/17/1967); Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA (04/17/1967); Eldorado Recording Studio (04/17/1967); Golden State Recorders, San Francisco, CA (04/17/1967); United Recorders (04/17/1967); Western Recorders (04/17/1967); Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA (06/15/1967); Eldorado Recording Studio (06/15/1967); Golden State Recorders, San Francisco, CA (06/15/1967); United Recorders (06/15/1967); Western Recorders (06/15/1967); Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA (06/1965); Eldorado Recording Studio (06/1965); Golden State Recorders, San Francisco, CA (06/1965); United Recorders (06/1965); Western Recorders (06/1965); Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA (06/30/1967/07/05/1967); Eldorado Recording Studio (06/30/1967/07/05/1967); Golden State Recorders, San Francisco, CA (06/30/1967/07/05/1967); United Recorders (06/30/1967/07/05/1967); Western Recorders (06/30/1967/07/05/1967); Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA (11/25/1966); Eldorado Recording Studio (11/25/1966); Golden State Recorders, San Francisco, CA (11/25/1966); United Recorders (11/25/1966); Western Recorders (11/25/1966); Coast Recorders, San Francisco, CA (1965); Eldorado Recording Studio (1965); Golden State Recorders, San Francisco, CA (1965); United Recorders (1965); Western Recorders (1965). Few bands of the '60s managed to be as cool and as corny as Harpers Bizarre. The clumsy pun of their name and their habit of covering campy material in a florid style robbed them of any sort of hip cachet. At the same time, the group's vocal harmonies, anchored by leaders Ted Templeman and Dick Scoppettone, were superb, as smooth as whipped cream and just as tasty. And the group worked with some of the best producers, arrangers, and songwriters of the day, with a handful of sunshine pop classics scattered through their catalog. The grand duality of Harpers Bizarre is summed up well on The Complete Singles Collection 1965-1970, which brings together the A- and B-sides of the 13 singles they released during their original run. The disc opens with five tracks they cut in their original incarnation as the Tikis, a straightforward guitar band not unlike their Autumn Records labelmates the Beau Brummels. While 1966's "Bye, Bye, Bye" demonstrated the group's talent and creative ambition, a year later Warner Bros. (who'd bought Autumn) stepped in and gave the band a makeover. As Harpers Bizarre, the group quickly scored a hit with "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)," and Templeman and Scoppettone's vocal arrangements were the cornerstone of the group. However, the group was also often at the mercy of its producers (usually Lenny Waronker) and arrangers (usually Perry Botkin, Jr.), and as good as th

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