Alias Pink Puzz Music Cd

Paul Revere & The Raiders - Alias Pink Puzz

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Alias Pink Puzz      Artist : Paul Revere & the Raiders      List Price : $13.98 USD        Your Price : $13.98 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2000-02-01      Studio : Sundazed Music Inc.      Label : Sundazed Music Inc.      Avg. Customer Rating : (7 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Alias Pink Puzz      I'm A Fan      Rating:      If you're a fan, buy it, half the songs are pretty good if not misguided attempts at swamp rock. Original version of the now legendary bluegrass cover Freeborn Man. A couple of other tracks (Here Comes the Pain) would have fit nicely on the Revolution album.     Customer Reviews for Alias Pink Puzz Cd      A Buried Treasure To Treasure (Along with 'Collage')      Rating:       I just picked Alias Pink Puzz and Raiders Collage up on cd because I have worn my lp copies out over the many years of listening, taping, tracking and pleasure. These two sessions remain my favorite work by any group or solo artist throughout the last 4 decades. Thank you Sundazed for finally putting the catalogue out. Much has been said or suggested of Mark Lindsay and Terry Melcher's session work through earlier band member line ups and on road commitments, but this was/is the Raiders at their finest (my opinion). Allison/Weller/Correro/Revere and Lindsay were about as tight and as good as it can get (I saw them once as a boy and I'll never forget it. They were great!)They were also capable of capturing the studio work that Lindsay's songwriting level needed/demanded. Lindsay's in control of production and most of the songwriting on both of these- Weller and Allison contributed, as well. And while they scored chart success with Let Me from Alias, these gems were overlooked by the trends of the time. You can't talk music. I'll just recommend both Alias and Collage (I've always viewed them as companions- Alias leaning more to country rock/ blue grass and pop... and Collage following with gospel/ classical and hard rock. The musicianship and the producing were far ahead of its time and Lindsay was one hell of a powerhouse, both vocally and as a songwriter. I know he once suggested he needed a co-writer but hell! It never showed! What made these two sessions special (and much of what this line up of The Raiders recorded)was Lindsay's songwriting. He had an incredible knack for being able to write the commercial potboiler and the more subtle mood pieces. He had the melodies regardless of the style- and you really hear it here. And since he produced the band's work himself (beginning around 1966), he heard his songs in the big picture. If you listen- the instruments never overpower- they blend as great music should. This was a time in music history for the guitar virtuoso and drum solo's. It never happens here, What happens instead is more important. It's the tasteful guitar lick here- the accented drum fill there. Harmonies. Arrangements that are fresh and searching with each song that comes out of the gate. There's no formula here but you hear the influences and you marvel at the level the group, as talent, is taking them. Correro's drumming, for instance. There's a lot of jazz in what isn't a jazz environment at all. And listen to how well that works! Amazing. Treat yourselves to some really undiscovered, great music. I guarantee that interest in this music and this group is going to grow dramatically over the next few years. This is remarkable work. Editorial Reviews for Alias Pink Puzz Audio Cd      Album Description      The seismic changes in the musical landscape of the late 1960s influenced the sound of nearly every major pop and rock act, and Paul Revere and the Raiders were no exception. As bassist Keith Allison explains in his new liner notes, the title of Alias Pink Puzz refers to the fact that the Raiders submitted an advance pressing of a new song to a Los Angeles FM rock station under the pseudonym "Pink Puzz" in an effort to sidestep the band's Top 40 pop image. The station's management liked the song, but was livid when they learned the truth. Such trickery wasn't necessary for the Raiders to score one of their most memorable hits with the insistent rocker "Let Me!" and one of their most-covered tunes with "Freeborn Man." Despite the psychedelic-sounding pseudonym, Alias Pink Puzz largely features a rootsy, laid-back sound boasting a variety of blues, country and swamp-rock influences, with such titles as "Frankfort Side Street" and "Down in Amsterdam" reflecting the band's overseas touring experiences. The Sundazed edition of Alias Pink Puzz features four alternate/demo versions as bonus tracks.