Here Come The BEAGLES 1968 SATURDAY MORNING CARTOON BEATLES POP PSYCH LP LISTEN

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THE BEAGLES "Here Come The Beagles" LP

ORIGINAL 1968 LP ON THE US Harmony LABEL, STEREO HS 14561

COVER IN VG+ shape, seam wear, writing on front cover

VINYL has light scuffs, spindle marks on label, plays solid VG+ to VG++

Paul McCartney had a famous sheepdog, Martha, but if she’d teamed up with a Labrador retriever and raided Paul’s outtake tapes, I wonder if they woulda come up with stuff as good as Stringer and Tubby, otherwise known as the Beagles, a not-so-subtle-at-all Saturday morning cartoon canine duo patterned after, well, at least two of the Beatles.  It’d be easy to file this one alongside the Banana Splits and Bugaloos, but the Beagles stand apart – not only do they take their cues from the more rockin’ Beatles sound than their soft pop bubblegum brethren, but they also have a curiously, no pun intended, underdog vibe to them.  They’re clearly NOT from purebred lineage – no, these cats, or dogs rather, are from the wrong side of the tracks.  No French poodles or Russian wolfhounds, these beagles have major self-esteem issues as evidenced on their swinging theme song, “Looking For The Beagles,” where they sing, again no pun intended, pure hangdog lyrics that even Morrissey might relate to:

“High is for the eagles,

Low is where the beagles go.

Rich is for the regals,

Woe is all the beagles know.

Riding on a busted bubble to wherever there is trouble,

That’s where the Beagles go.”

Sure, it’s hard to feel good about yourself when your name is Tubby and you’re fat, but still.  Their Tramp status suits ‘em just fine, though, when they crank out a cool snotty garage punk track like “Humpty Dumpty” which, yeah, does steal an awful LOT from the Castaways’ “Liar Liar.”  But it’s got some great pumpin’ organ and some honest-to-goodness mean-spirited FUZZ guitar and, hey, when was the last time you found THAT on a Bugaloos song?  But perhaps the best song on here is the great go-go tribal native swinger “Indian Love Dance,” where they ratchet up the groove and the sexual innuendos, with un-PC Native American touches like “Indian love dance brings you romance from any tepee” and “No matter what you do, it’s Indian voodoo.”  Well, okay, mixing up a few ancient cultures can be forgiven here – they’re dogs, forgodsake.  Sadly, their above average cartoon tie-in LP didn’t help the Beagles stay on the air – their career ended in 1968 when they were put to sleep by CBS, while some of their more famous studio brethren, namely Tennessee Tuxedo and Underdog, enjoyed healthier runs.  Still, musically, they shoulda been put out to stud because HERE COME THE BEAGLES is a far better tie-in LP than the Bugaloos, the Banana Splits and Tennessee Tuxedo Plays the Zither combined.  Woe clearly is all the Beagles know.

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