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BLUES MAGOOS

PEPPY THIELHELM guitar, vocals - ERIC JUSTIN KAZ keyboards, trumpet, harp, vocals

JOHN LIELLO vibes, vocals - DEAN EVANSON flute- ROGER EATON bass, vocals

HERB LOVELLE drums - RICHIE DICKON conga - TITO conga - SOTO sax

Bronx-based quintet, the Blues Magoos were formed in 1964 and were originally known as the Trenchcoats before changing their name to the Bloos Magoos and then subsequently adopting the more conventional spelling as they became fixtures on the Greenwich Village club scene. The band released singles for the Ganim and Verve Forecast imprints before signing with Mercury Records in 1966, and after an intense makeover and a marketing blitz, they emerged as a sort of East Coast answer to the then-emerging San Francisco flower power psychedelic scene with a big single, “(We Ain’t Got) Nothing Yet,” that same year, and attracted further attention with the album Psychedelic Lollipop, which also charted. Really more a blues-rock band with a garage band’s approach and intentions than they were a Summer of Love band, the Blues Magoos nonetheless continued with psychedelic trappings for the album Electric Comic Book, which appeared in 1967, and the similarly constructed Basic Blues Magoos a year later in 1968. At this point the group restructured its membership and approach, signed with ABC Records, and returned to its blues roots for 1969’s Never Goin' Back to Georgia and 1970’s Gulf Coast Bound, which added some Latin touches to the blues and featured mostly session players

"NEVER GOIN' BACK TO GEORGIA"

1969     LP     ABC RECORDS     STEREO  ABCS-697

PRINTED IN USA    ORIGINAL PRESSING

GATEFOLD COVER + COMPANY INNER SLEEVE

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: ABC - BLACK LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - SILVER TEXT (White on rim)

Catalog on cover: ABCS-697  

Catalog on labels: ABCS-697-A / ABCS-697-B

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): ABCS 697 A  LW  SS LH

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): ABCS 697 B  LW  SS  LH

On labels: rim text reads "ABC Records Inc., New York, N.Y. 10019 ∙ Made in USA"

Produced by Bob Wyld..........by Eric Justin Kaz

On inside panels: Photos, Tracklist & Credits

On back cover: Produced by Bob Wyld exclusively for Longhair Productions

A Product Of ABC.......................New York 10019

Made in USA Copyright MCMLXIX.........

tracklisting

Side A: HEARTBREAK HOTEL - HEART ATTACK

THE HUNTER - I CAN FEEL IT (FEELIN' TIME) - GETTIN' OFF

Side B: NEVER GOIN' BACK TO GEORGIA (EL PITO) - BROKE DOWN PIECE OF MAN

NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT - GEORGIA BREAKDOWN

grading

RECORD VG+ (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG(+) (please, see pictures and read above description)

When the Seeds turned into the Sky Saxon Blues Band it was a vintage '60s psychedelic group trying to sing the blues. The naïve aspects of a punk singer attempting to explore a style of music leagues above him were more silly than satisfying. The Blues Magoos were more serious in their attempt, and Never Goin' Back to Georgia shows real evolution, their chops far more impressive than on Electric Comic Book, but this adventure certainly alienated their fan base, and as latter-day bands cloned the sound these guys implemented with Psychedelic Lollipop, what was the point of doing Willie Dixon with Santana overtones? The beautiful blue sky cover looks like the Allman Brothers, and only Emil "Peppy" Thielhelm remains to lead new members Eric-Justin Kaz on keyboard, trumpet, harp, vocals, John Liello on vibes, Roger Eaton on bass, Herb Lavelle on drums, Dean Evanson on flute, as well as an alto and two conga players. This band doing Booker T's "The Hunter" is as extreme as Michael Tegza reinventing H.P.Lovecraft, and the final incarnation of that band, Love Craft, sounds very much like the Blues Magoos here, bands trying to be something they were not. Peppy Thielhelm only contributes two originals, "I Can Feel It" (Feelin' Time) and "Georgia Breakdown," and even though it was always his band, the original 1966 hit single was written by the departed keyboard, bassist, and lead guitarist. What is here is not the Blues Magoos that we knew and loved, but excellent musicians playing a keyboard heavy neo Latin blues with some jazz licks thrown in for good measure...(AllMusic)