BILL COWSILL NERVOUS BREAKTHROUGH - Sunshine Pop / RARE MGM YELLOW PROMO

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BILL COWSILL NERVOUS BREAKTHROUGH - Sunshine Pop / RARE MGM YELLOW PROMO

DESCRIPTION
Description RARE MGM YELLOW PROMO

ARTIST     : BILL COWSILL ( Of The Cowsills )
TITLE        :NERVOUS BREAKTHROUGH
FORMAT  :VINYL LP RECORD
LABEL      : MGM STEREO SE 5706 YELLOW PROMO

COVER     :NEAR MINT
VINYL       :NEAR MINT

COMMENTS :

Bill Cowsill was born in Middletown, Rhode Island. At a young age Bill began singing with his brother, Bob, and they formed The Cowsills in 1965 with their brothers: Barry on bass; Bob on guitar and organ; and John on drums. Another brother, Paul, their sister Susan and mother Barbara joined the band later. The Cowsills started playing around Newport before they recorded their first single "All I Really Wanna Be is Me" in 1967 on the independent label, Joda.

While the first single failed to chart, an appearance on the NBC Today Show to promote it led to Mercury Records offering them a contract. However, three singles on that label failed to spark interest, and they were dropped. Artie Kornfeld, the producer of the singles, remained convinced of the band's potential and persuaded Barbara to sing on the single "The Rain, the Park and Other Things", which was released on MGM Records.

This single sold over a million copies in late 1967 and reached number 2 on the Billboard tracks. Their debut album We Can Fly spawned another hit with the title track. In 1968, "Indian Lake" became another top 10 hit while their version of the title track of Hair again reached number 2.

The band made regular television appearances, which led to Columbia Pictures considering a television program based on their story and starring most of the members of the band. This would later become The Partridge Family, with David Cassidy playing the lead singer.

Billy's involvement with The Cowsills came to an abrupt end in 1969 when his father, Bud, caught Billy smoking marijuana. According to his brother Bob, Billy was immediately kicked out of the band. His dismissal was the beginning of the end of the Cowsills as a group.

Bill was briefly considered as a replacement for Brian Wilson in The Beach Boys' live performances, and in 1971 he released a solo album, Nervous Breakthrough, on MGM.


SONG TRACKS

1. When Everybody's Here
2. Take The Gun
3. Wish I Could Say The Same About You
4. Nobody
5. Ride (Southbound Wind)
6. I Only Want To Be With You
7. The End Of The World
8. The Shoop Shoop Song
9. II x II (David W. Ray aka Bill Cowsill)


PERSONNEL

Graig Benson - Drums
Patsy Clinger - Drums
Bill Cowsill - Bass, Vocals
Doug Hastings - Rhythm Guitar (track 3)
Grant Johnson - Piano, Organ (track 2)
Sneeky Pete Kleinow - Pedal Steel Guitar (track 9)
Judi Pulver - Background Vocals (track 8)
Stephen Lalor - Rhythm Guitar
Bob (Waddy) Wachtel - Lead Guitar, Lap Slide Guitar (track 7), Bground Vocals (track 8)

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