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The Spiffys - Just Ask The Lonely

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From their album "'68".
"With Steve Fagan and Tom O'Conner graduating and going on active duty (Dick Otto was reportedly dismissed from the school, leaving John Milner to take over drums), the band returned to the studio in 1968. Unlike the debut, the band's cleverly-titled follow-up "Spiffy's '68" was recorded over the span of a single 12 hour session at Baltimore's Recordings Incorporated. Reflecting changing popular musical tastes, the album effectively dropped the band's earlier beach music repertoire. In its place the album featured a mixture of popular soul and more rock oriented covers. While nothing spectacular, tracks such as The Temptations' 'I'm Losing You' and Wilson Pickett's 'Ninety-Nine and a Half' weren't half bad. Exemplified by tracks such as their cover of The Classics IV 'Spooky', Procol Harum's 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' (a suitable selection given its nautical theme), and a cool, jazzy reading of The Doors' 'Light My Fire', the rock material was equally likeable. As before, the lone original, Purdy's slightly psychedelic, organ-propelled 'Dreams' was easily the standout effort. This time around 2,500 copies were pressed. Again only available through the Academy's store for a couple of bucks a pop, the LP's subsequently become a sought after collectable."
"With Steve Fagan and Tom O'Conner graduating and going on active duty (Dick Otto was reportedly dismissed from the school, leaving John Milner to take over drums), the band returned to the studio in 1968. Unlike the debut, the band's cleverly-titled follow-up "Spiffy's '68" was recorded over the span of a single 12 hour session at Baltimore's Recordings Incorporated. Reflecting changing popular musical tastes, the album effectively dropped the band's earlier beach music repertoire. In its place the album featured a mixture of popular soul and more rock oriented covers. While nothing spectacular, tracks such as The Temptations' 'I'm Losing You' and Wilson Pickett's 'Ninety-Nine and a Half' weren't half bad. Exemplified by tracks such as their cover of The Classics IV 'Spooky', Procol Harum's 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' (a suitable selection given its nautical theme), and a cool, jazzy reading of The Doors' 'Light My Fire', the rock material was equally likeable. As before, the lone original, Purdy's slightly psychedelic, organ-propelled 'Dreams' was easily the standout effort. This time around 2,500 copies were pressed. Again only available through the Academy's store for a couple of bucks a pop, the LP's subsequently become a sought after collectable."
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