Sold Date: February 6, 2022
Start Date: April 14, 2019
Final Price: $36.95 (USD)
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On a Private Pressing label for The Ford Motor Company (and "Not For Sale" as the Label says) this is their "The Going Thing" band's very rare lp, and it's still in fantastic condition too! There are absolutely no "spindle hole" markings to indicate this lp was ever played! Please see my four pictures for all the pertinent information, Thank You!

"The Going Thing was a manufactured band, put together by Ford for use in marketing campaigns and promotional tours. The core of the Going Thing was the writing/arranging/producing/performing team of brothers John and Tom Bahler. In the late 60s and early 70s, these guys were everywhere. They sang with Percy Faith, Anita Kerr and Hugo Montenegro. They supplied Raiders for Paul Revere and a Union Gap for Gary Puckett. They fixed vocals for The Monkees, Bobby Sherman and The Kids From The Brady Bunch. They "were" the Partridge Family (except for Keith). They appeared on the backs of cereal boxes and in the cartoons as such post-Archies groups as The Sugar Bears and Pebbles and Bamm Bamm's Bedrock Rockers. They sang the theme to "Love American Style" and wrote lots of commercial jingles. They also released three albums with their own group, The Love Generation. It was in the waning days of that project when the Bahlers signed on with advertising agency J. Walter Thompson to help organize a rock oriented campaign for Ford Motors. Designed to sell the the 1969 Ford line, The Going Thing — with their good looks and "youthful" outlook — appealed both to young consumers and dirty old franchise owners. They appeared in television commercials, performed at dealers conventions and recorded these three promotional giveaway albums. The group also included guitarist Larry Carlton and singer Janis Hansen."

Cover: VG+

Vinyl: Excellent (As mentioned above, there are absolutely no "spindle hole" markings on the Labels to indicate any play time!)

< Yes, I'll be happy to ship this album International, please just email me before bidding for your country's shipping rate, Thank You! >

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