TRANSLATE THIS PAGE into GERMAN | SPANISH | FRENCH | ITALIAN | PORTUGUESE
 HOME |  REGISTER | FORGOTTEN PASSWORD | SEARCH or BROWSE | RECOMMEND | EDIT | LINKS | MOST RECENT
musical taste home
Track Details
Track Details

Search all tracks:
The Letter  performed by  The Arbors  (196?)
Composed by W.C. Thompson
Arranged by Joe Scott
From: USA
Recommended by konsu [profile] on Sunday 25th July 2004

Man! Out of all the dollar-bin records i've bought in the last six months this one takes the prize. Amazing vocal pop ala' Harpers Bizarre or The Vogues, but more like the latter, due to the sheer genius production and selection of material.

This is a song by the great Box Tops that gets played all over your local "oldies" radio station, only made more superior with better production and beat. It has that misty sunshine appeal of HB, with cooed almost whispered verses, but then takes it higher with their own trademark choir-loft harmonies and effects. It supersedes the original by a longshot, bringing together sly shuffles and baroque arcs of genius.

The album has too many great versions to mention, but look for a review on their version of The Doors "Touch Me" coming soon, with a clip.

A must for fans of HB, Classics IV, Association, Cyrkle etc.

from The Arbors (Date TES 4017)
iTunes search
Google Search for The Arbors
YouTube Search for The Letter The Arbors
YouTube Search for The Letter
YouTube Search for The Arbors
Google Search for The Letter
  25 Jul 04 ·delicado: yeah, this one has been on my list to recommend for a while. Superb stuff!
  18 Apr 07 ·artlongjr: I used to hear this song back in the early 70's, I didn't know who it was back then but it did get airplay. This group's first hit I really like and recommend, it's called "Symphony for Susan" and came out in 1966.


To submit a comment, please first register (username/password/email) or log in:

username

password

musical taste home

© zarmi 2000-2024
CONTACT | ABOUT