THE LOST SOULS - S/T 60s CLEVELAND POP ROCK COMP DENNY CARLTON pre CHOIR 2-LP

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THE LOST SOULS – The Lost Souls. Lion Productions LION LP-152. NEW VINYL 2-RECORD ALBUM SET. Originally recorded mainly in 1967-68. This remastered edition issued in 2022. Many tracks previously un-issued; and those that have been issued were only available on a 1984 cassette release. Includes an 8-page LP size insert booklet with full band story and background on the recordings with reflections from main-songwriter Denny Carlton. Comes with a wide single-pocket jacket in an open-ended poly sleeve with hype sticker, as shipped by the label. Discs will ship outside the jacket.

TRACKS:

SIDE A:

01)  Love I Won’t Admit (2:55)

02)  Look At Me (2:08)

03)  Walking Out On Me (2:19)

04)  Things That Are Important (2:24)

05)  Let’s Get Away (3:26)

06)  Dare To Surmise (4:16)

07)  If These Are Men (2:26)

SIDE B:

01)  Josephine (3:32)

02)  Trashcan Throne (2:16)

03)  Livin' The Way I Want (3:31)

04)  I’m Falling (Live at North Ridgeville Hullabaloo, 1967) (3:48)

05)  I Want You (Live at St Felicitas, 1965) (3:31)

06)  If These Are Men (The Choir) (3:02)

07)  Moonlight Rebellion (key one) (2:37)

SIDE C:

01)  Whatcha Gonna Do (2:36)

02)  Pro Break Song (Live at St Joseph High School) (0:55)                   

03)  Things That Are Important (alternate) (2:29)                   

04)  I'm Falling (live alternate) (3:31)                   

05)  Diamond Head (2:04)                   

06)  I Can See Beyond Your Lies (2:47)                   

07)  Oh Yes (3:48)

SIDE D:

01)  Mummer Band (The Choir) 2:22                  

02)  Middle of an Island (Moses) 2:18                   

03)  Alice 2:05                         

04)  I'm Not Busy, It’s Just The Phone 2:39                   

05)  Could She Love Me 3:25                       

06)  Pregnant Molly 3:28

07)  Sometimes I Wonder 1:47 

08)  Moonlight Rebellion (key two) 2:36

DESCRIPTION:

"The Lost Souls never released any records, yet the meager recorded evidence that survives indicates that they were one of the finest unknown American groups of the mid-'60s, able to write both catchy British Invasion-type rockers and, in their latter days, experimental psychedelic pieces with unusual tempo changes and song structures. The band were also unusual in their occasional embellishment of the typical period guitar-bass-drums lineup with flute, sax, and mandolin. Although popular in their Cleveland hometown, they broke up in 1968 to attend college. Rhythm guitarist Denny Carleton, who wrote and sang some of their best material, went on to briefly join The Choir, their chief (and more successful) rivals." —Richie Unterberger

The music scene in Cleveland in the mid to late 1960’s was ripe with talent: the James Gang with Joe Walsh and Glenn Schwartz, The Choir, Eric Carmen (pre-Raspberries), Glass Harp with Phil Keaggy, the Damnation of Adam Blessing… and the Lost Souls. Of all those bands, only the Lost Souls never released a record. Then again, they were in high school, trying to navigate dress codes and bullies—and playing in front of a couple thousand fans when not suspended. Sure, they lost a battle of the bands at Teen Fair 1968, but it was to the James Gang with Joe Walsh. And somehow it is the Lost Souls who emerge from that time and place with the greatest mystique and some of the most adventurous music, music which few have heard. Lost Souls main songwriter Denny Carleton released a cassette of the band’s original recordings in 1984. It received airplay on hundreds of college and public radio stations in the USA (and around the world), and garnered glowing reviews… and that was it, until now.

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