The Tiffany Shade Label: Fontana ‎– STL5469, Fontana ‎– STL.5469, Fontana ‎– 5469, Fontana ‎– 883 743 TY Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: UK Released: 1968 Genre: Rock Style: Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock
A1Would You Take My Mind Out For A Walk Written-By – Michael Barnes (3) A2An Older Man Written-By – Michael Barnes (3), Robert Leonard A3Sam Written-By – Robert Leonard A4Jaguar City Blues Written-By – Rob Murphy (2), Robert Leonard A5A Very Grand Love Written-By – Robert Leonard B1Come Softly Written-By – Barbara Ellis, Gary Troxel, Gretchen Christopher B2No Reality Written-By – Michael Barnes (3) B3One Good Reason Written-By – Michael Barnes (3), Robert Leonard B4A Quiet Revolution Written-By – Michael Barnes (3) B5Not Worth The Pain Written-By – Michael Barnes (3) Companies, etc. Lacquer Cut At – Philips Records Ltd. Credits Bass – Bob Murphy* Drums – Tom Schuster Lead Guitar, Vocals – Michael Barnes (3) Performer – Bob Leonard* Notes First cat.nr. on back cover, second on label, third on front cover, fourth on back cover and label.
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Tiffany Shade was an American  band formed in 1966 in . They broke up in 1968. They recorded and released one self-titled LP and two singles from the same album on the Mainstream label in 1968 prior to their demise.

Contents History[]

Tiffany Shade was formed by keyboardist Bob Leonard (born May 27, 1945), Folk Guitarist/vocalist Mike Barnes (born May 21, 1948), 12-string guitarist/vocalist Barow Davidian (Barow James Davidian, November 8, 1945 – September 23, 1997), bassist Rick Hohn, later replaced by bassist Robb Clarke-Murphy (September 26, 1944 – September 3, 2010) and drummer Tom Schuster (Thomas Charles Schuster Jr., February 1, 1949 – October 21, 2011).

On March 2, 1968, Tiffany Shade appeared at the  in  on the same bill as Big Brother and the Holding Company, the  and the . They also appeared at the Grande Ballroom again on April 5, 1968, along with  and the MC5. After Tiffany Shade album's release, the band made numerous appearances in their hometown of Cleveland, Ohio and at the  ski resort in  before disbanding in late 1968.

After the band's breakup, keyboardist Bob Leonard went on to play with  appearing on the band's 1978 debut LP,, and touring Europe to support the release. Leonard also appeared on Mink DeVille's 1979 album .

Recordings[]

The group recorded one album and two singles for Jazz Producer 's  label. (US LP Release info: Mainstream S/T 56015, Stereo S/6105. UK LP release info: Fontana TL 5469). Both the US and UK platters were released in 1968. The Mainstream label also issued two Singles: "Would You Take My Mind Out For a Walk" / "One Good Reason" released as Mainstream 677 in 1968 & "An Older Man"/ "Sam" released as Mainstream 680 also released in 1968).

Shads' Mainstream label was home to many other psychedelic bands in the late 1960s including 's first band (Mainstream S/6099 released in 1967),  (Mainstream S/6107),  (Mainstream S/6115),  (Mainstream S/6102),  (Mainstream S/6108) and .

According to band member Mike Barnes, Tiffany Shade album, like most Bob Shad produced/Mainstream releases, was not promoted very well and the band and the LP faded from the scene with very little fanfare. Today, the original LP can fetch as much as $150 to $300 at auction in mint condition.

The Mainstream catalog has since been handed down to Bob Shads' children and several titles from the Mainstream catalog have recently[] been reissued on 180 gram vinyl. The 10 songs from Tiffany Shade LP are available on iTunes but according to sources, most notably the songs' authors themselves, the songwriters are not receiving any royalties for these re-issues or downloads. In fact Michael Barnes and Robert Leonard were not even cognizant of the fact that their material was being sold until it was mentioned to them. Most likely, like most young bands of the day, Barnes and Leonard signed away all rights to any royalties or monetary gains in exchange for Mainstream releasing the LP. As bassist Robb Clark Murphy recalls "we never saw any money for that LP. Basically right before we were about to begin recording in the studio, Shad laid out a contract in front of us and told us to sign. We didn't want to lose our opportunity to record so we signed away all of our rights."

Discography[]

Album

Tiffany Shade (1968). Track listing: Would You Take My Mind Out for a Walk (Michael Barnes) An Older Man (Robert Leonard-Michael Barnes) Sam (Robert Leonard) Jaguar City Blues (Rob Murphy-Robert Leonard) A Very Grand Love (Robert Leonard) Come Softly to me (Gretchen Christopher-Barbara Ellis-Gary Troxel) No Reality (Michael Barnes) One Good Reason (Michael Barnes-Robert Leonard) A Quiet Revolution (Michael Barnes) Not Worth the Pain (Michael Barnes)

Singles

Would You Take My Mind Out for a Walk / One Good Reason An Older Man / Sam

Note: The song identified on the album's back cover as "Come Softly to Me" (a tune that was written and first recorded by ) is actually a different song, "Softly to Me," which was first recorded by the band  and composed by one of that group's members, .