US TOO I'll Leave You Crying 1967 GREAT TRIPPY FUZZ GARAGE PSYCH 45 LISTEN

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US TOO "I'll Leave You Crying" b/w "The Girl With The Golden Hair"

Original 1967 promo 45 on the US HI label

Vinyl plays VG++ to EXCELLENT, very nice!

Great fast-paced garage pop from Cincinnati 1967 – this version of “I’ll Leave You Crying” is actually a re-recorded version of a slower, earlier take put out on the Counterpart label a year earlier.  The band wanted to speed it up and put some orchestration on it, and a big Procol Harum organ intro to boot.  It’s a classic tune, and one which should’ve made ‘em big stars, but alas, it only left ‘em crying.  No denying it’s a great pop song, made just psychedelic enough when the last line of each chorus trails off in a haze – “I’ll leave you…crying…crying…” – not to mention a terrific Electric Prunes break with waspy fuzz guitar.  And when the whole song ends in a flurry of echoed-out flute and cymbals, you know this would’ve fit nicely on Lenny Kaye’s original Nuggets comp alongside similar turned-on full-speed-ahead psych pop gems like the Nazz’s “Open My Eyes” and the Prunes’ classic “Too Much to Dream.”  Flipside “The Girl With The Golden Hair” was a new song when they redid “Crying,” and it’s another winner – a catchy melody carried by a classic ? & the Mysterians organ riff.  The Us Too Group released several 45s in their short lifespan, all of which are highly recommended.  But “Crying” remains, at least to my ears, their high point, and one of the best-kept garage psych secrets still out there.

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