The Nightcrawlers"LITTLE BLACK EGG"Original 1967 First Press MONO KAPP KL-1520

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THE NIGHTCRAWLERS
DEBUT AND ONLY ALBUM BY THE ORIGINAL "ROOTS" GARAGE BAND
"LITTLE BLACK EGG"
Original DEBUT MONO 1967 KAPP RECORDS  KL-1520

The Nightcrawlers were a regional Daytona Beach, Florida band with a hit single, "The Little Black Egg", which was written in 1965 for an Easter concert in which the band opened for The Beach Boys. The single ultimately reached 85 on the national charts after its third re-release in 1967. The group released three other singles: "Cry," "A Basket of Flowers," and "I Don't Remember." The five original members were Pete Thomason, Sylvan Wells, Robbie Rouse, Chuck Conlon and Tommy Ruger.

Their sound is described as sparse folk rock, popularized by The Byrds, The Beau Brummels, and other post-British Invasion mid-1960s bands. They released one LP on Kapp Records, but the original lineup disbanded in 1966, before the final (and most popular) release of "The Little Black Egg." The reformed Nightcrawlers did one more single for Kapp, "My Butterfly" written by band members Sylvan Wells and Rick Hollinger, in a more hard rock vein and then disbanded. The original main songwriter, Charlie Conlon, later reformed the group under the name "Conlon and the Crawlers", although the group did not record after 1967. The group continued with different members including Marshall Letter and eventually disbanded in 1970. In 2000, a retrospective CD with 24 cuts was released by Big Beat/London, England.

Although the group never gained wide fame, the simple hook of "The Little Black Egg" made it a favorite cover for garage bands of each musical era since the '60s. It was covered in the 1990's byThe Lemonheads. The Cars also covered "The Little Black Egg." On September 19, 2008, the world premier of the film "Cracking The Egg: The Untold Story of The Nightcrawlers" was held at the 6th annual Daytona Beach Film Festival. Outsider music specialist Irwin Chusid claimed that when he was a teen the record sparked his interest in "odd songs".

At the behest of Ajaye Agency in Cincinnati, Rick Hollinger reformed the Nightcrawlers in 1968 in Tallahasse, Florida, for the express purpose of taking them to Ohio because the song "Little Black Egg" was enjoying a resurgence. Besides Rick, the group members were Gary Sockwell on drums, Eddie Everette on lead guitar and vocals, Rod Vaillancourt on keyboards and vocals and Steve Flacy on bass guitar. They worked for years in a multi-state area but never issued additional recordings. Rod Vaillancourt and Steve Flacy went on to work with Adrian Belew in a band called Sweetheart and Rod later recorded with Artimus Pyle. Drummer Tommy Ruger died from complications of diabetes in Port Orange, Florida on December 11, 2013.

Identification

Marked on Cover KAPP KL-1520

Marked on Label  KAPP   KL-1520

Etched in runout side 1 KL7 1520-A-2

Condition

Vinyl is visually Strong VG++ with some very lite usage marks and scuffs

Labels are VG+ with a scuff side 1 and a few spindle marrs

Cover is a Strong VG+ with ring and shelf wear, seam separation on bottom corner, 

edge wear on all sides, a creased corner and a crease on front top

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