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613:, though Hassinger was not as involved in the band's activities, which allowed much more creative freedom to the group to write their own material. For the album, the band wrote seven of the twelve tracks, and expanded upon the experimentation of the first album, with inventive guitar reverb and oscillation, in a unified effort. However, in the middle of the recording sessions the line-up went through changes when Ritter departed for musical differences, and was replaced by original drummer Weakley, who appeared on five tracks. Spagnola left near the conclusion of recording to address medical concerns, and Mike Gannon was recruited to finish the album. Gannon was included on just two songs as well as the non-album track, "Everybody Knows You're Not In Love". In August 1967, 709:. The Electric Prunes performed with the new songs in concert just once, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, which Tulin described: "From the outset the performance was a disaster. We missed the intro on the first song and it never got any better. Amp speakers blew, charts fell off music stands and everyone was, in general, in a complete state of confusion. Ended up each song turned into one long jam. I think we were, at times, all in the same key. I made my way over to the four celli and four French horns and told them to 'jam in E.' Somehow we would hit a break and James would manage a vocal". As a result of financial and musical issues, Weakley and Lowe left the group in early 1968. Tulin and Williams finished a tour with a line-up that also included 814:, although "So Many People to Tell" and "Silver Passion Mine" also exhibit a late-psychedelic sound. As Whetstone explains, "We were fairly naive in terms of guidance; we had none, so we were experimenting with a lot of musical styles. If you listen to the album, you'll hear a lot of diversity, feel and tempo changes...That was our learning curve." In early 1970, Whetstone and Wade departed the band and moved to Canada where they formed Stallion Thumbrock. Morgan and Kincaid constructed another line-up of The Electric Prunes that included Michael Kearns, Clay Groomer, Huey Plumeigh, and Galen Pugh; however, by mid-1970 the band dissolved. 44: 2309: 728:), which was managed by Poncher, and produced an album with Axelrod. The new Electric Prunes line-up included Climax members Richard Whetstone (vocals, guitar), John Herron (organ), and Mark Kincaid (guitar) with Brett Wade (bass guitar), who was recommended by The Collectors. With the group restructured, Axelrod, again, composed all the material for their next album, in the same vein as the previous effort, and centered it around the Jewish prayer, 492:, expressed a desire to produce a record. He suggested to the group that they change their name, and they considered a list of alternatives. According to Lowe, the name Electric Prunes started off as a joke, but he eventually convinced other band members, saying, "It's the one thing everyone will remember. It's not attractive, and there's nothing sexy about it, but people won't forget it." As a result of the recordings, a 575:
beat, was released in May 1967. The song managed to chart at number 27 in the US and number 42 in the UK, and was the most electronically experimental composition by the group thus far. When it came time for The Electric Prunes to record songs for their first album, they were limited musically due to
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with some fuzztone and tremolo at the end of the tape. Forward it was cool. Backward it was amazing. I ran into the control room and said, 'What was that?' They didn't have the monitors on so they hadn't heard it. I made Dave cut it off and save it for later." The fluttering buzz sound was utilized
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tune, "Onie" and "Toonerville Trolley" suggest inconsistency in an attempt to produce a commercially viable sound. Reflecting on the album, Tulin said, "Consequently there are definitely songs that I believe do not belong on the album and were, in fact, a waste of our time and energy. There were
884:. Deemed the "one we never got to make", the album was a cohesive take on the band's psychedelic sound. In August 2002, the group toured Europe for the first time since 1968, with concerts in the UK and Greece and, in 2003, a DVD looking into the UK portion of their European tour, called 474:, which was commended for its good sound quality, considering the circumstances in which it was recorded. Back to a quartet, the band, while rehearsing in a garage, met a real estate agent named Barbara Harris. Harris had connections in the music industry, and introduced the group to 780:, was released in June 1969 with the cover describing the group as The "New Improved" Electric Prunes. Herron left the group before they completed recording of the album, although he was still credited as the keyboardist. He was replaced by Ron Morgan, who had been the guitarist of 750:, and saw Whetstone as the only band member to contribute to the recordings. Although the album was considered more cohesive and progressive than its predecessor, it failed to chart upon its release in November 1968. Afterwards, Axelrod returned to his past position at 913:, which featured new material inspired by the group's tour in Tokyo, Japan. The album includes the last recordings with Tulin, and the two live tracks, "Smokestack Lightning" and "Bullet Thru the Backseat". Preston Ritter died in 2015, aged 65. 397:, but were largely performed by other musicians. Several of the original band members reconvened in 1999 and began recording again. The band still performs occasionally, although the only remaining original member is lead singer James Lowe. 1324: 1255: 828: 679:. Although the band did record the songs "Kyrie Eleison", "Gloria", and "Credo", the intricate orchestration proved to be too difficult and time-consuming for the group. As a consequence, Hassinger enlisted the Canadian group 594:
In July 1967, the band released their fourth single, one of the more unusual compositions to come from the pen of the Tucker-Mantz songwriting duo, "Dr. Do-Good". The song, which featured Williams playing a prototype
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was encouraged by the group's effort, and signed the band to a recording contract that left them under Hassinger's authority. Weakley departed the band after the single, and was replaced by
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on March 27, 1965, in a home studio owned by Russ Bottomley. For their next set of recordings on September 29, 1965, the group, then known as Jim and the Lords, was joined by
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the predominant presence of Tucker and Mantz's (also Jill Jones) songwriting partnership, which composed the majority of the album's material. The group's debut album,
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James "Weasel" Spagnola was recruited to make The Electric Prunes a quintet. Although the band was composing their own material, Hassinger called upon songwriters
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was released in January 1968 and reached number 135 on the Billboard 200. An eerie version of the opening track, "Kyrie Eleison", became somewhat of an
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Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber. After Tulin's death, the band went on hiatus, but returned to touring in 2013. On May 22, 2014, the band released
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in 1972, a slow return of interest in the band's music began. In Europe, the band's albums were re-released, with 1986 seeing the reissue of
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several other ideas we were working on, but realized there was no use pursuing them because they too would have been 'too weird.'"
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and Nancie Mantz to write the majority of the group's songs. The new line-up recorded six demos at American Recording Studio and
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possessed exotically combined effects, and violin-like guitar riffs, mixed with a diverse, and somewhat uneven, selection of
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described it, possessed of "an eerie and sometimes anguished ambiance." Their most successful material was by songwriters
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By 1997, all of the group's albums were available via compact disc. Following the release of the 1997 live album,
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Nonetheless, Hassinger still owned the rights to The Electric Prunes's name, and was encouraged by the success of
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tune, "Ain't It Hard", and the Lowe-penned song, "Little Olive", was released in early 1966, but failed to chart.
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at number 128. The Electric Prunes reconvened at American Recording Studios to record their second album,
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as "sounding more like a horror movie theme run amok than a radio-ready hit", and consequently the single
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Although the band broke up in 1970, their material continued to be circulated through reissues and
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At the suggestion of manager Lenny Poncher and Hassinger, The Electric Prunes agreed to record a
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songs, with only "Train For Tomorrow" and "Luvin'" being penned by the band. Tracks such as the
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James "Weasel" Spagnola (1966–1967; died c.2000) - rhythm guitar, backing and lead vocals
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On February 26, 2011, Tulin died aged 62 from a heart attack while volunteering at the
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were composed solely by the band. In addition, Wade composed "Flowing Smoothly", the
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to record demos at Sky Hill Studios. Hassinger, who had been working as the resident
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and oscillating sound effects. In addition, guitarist Ken Williams' and singer
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and Nancie Mantz, though the group also penned their own songs. Incorporating
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Michael "Quint" Weakley (1965–1966, 1967, 2001; died 2024) - drums, percussion
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was released, but, without a hit-ready single, did not fare as well on the
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1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die...And 10,001 You Must Download
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Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968
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Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968
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Release Of An Oath (The Kol Nidre) & Just Good Old Rock And Roll
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The Sanctions / Jim and the Lords - Then Came the Electric Prunes
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Dick Hargrave, who left shortly afterwards to pursue a career in
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Too Much To Dream - Original Group Recordings: Reprise 1966-1967
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and Jeremy Stuart, but by mid-1968 they too departed the group.
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Mark Kincaid (1968–1970; died c.1994) - guitar, backing vocals
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in early 1967, and the band was featured in magazines such as
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group, the Sanctions, in 1965. The Sanctions, which included
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is much more straightforward than past works, consisting of
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Dick Whetstone (1968–1970) - drums, lead vocals, guitar
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Ken Williams (1965–1968, 1999–2003, 2006) - lead guitar
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Jay Dean – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2004–present)
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Steve Kara – lead guitar, backing vocals (2003–present)
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at RCA Studios and recently completed development for
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Brett Wade (1968–1970) - bass, backing vocals, flute
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The recordings were issued in 1997 on the 1179:"Sanctus" / "Credo" (Reprise PRO 277), 1968 1161:"Vox Wah-Wah Ad" (Thomas 08-000132-0), 1967 533:for the opening to the Tucker-Mantz song, " 2424: 2410: 2402: 2307: 1704: 1702: 1546:, Dazed and Confused, 1999, pp. 45–53 1010:Ron Morgan (1969–1970; died 1989) - guitar 977:(1966–1967; died 2015) - drums, percussion 31: 1979: 1977: 1601: 1599: 1555: 1553: 1275:(Edsel Records / Demon Records), 1986, UK 983:Joe Dooley (1967–1968, 2001–2005) - drums 2061: 2059: 2011:"The Electric Prunes Release of an Oath" 1896: 1894: 1510: 1508: 1128:Return to Stockholm Live at Debaser 2004 786:The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band 496:, featuring a cover of the Gypsy Trips' 2606:American electronic rock musical groups 1368: 2366:Exclusive track on Psychedelica Vol. 1 2285:Official website on current activities 2110:"Just Good Old Rock and Roll - Review" 2097:, Delirium Records cat. # CCM730, 1997 1653:Urban Spacemen and Wayfaring Strangers 2631:Musical groups disestablished in 1970 1865: 1863: 1856:, Heartbeat Productions cat. # CDHB67 1592:, Heartbeat Productions cat. # CDHB65 1398: 1396: 1394: 1016:Mark Moulin (2001–2003) - lead guitar 7: 2636:Musical groups reestablished in 1999 2567:I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) 2346:, another perspective on the Prunes. 2324:I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) 1739:I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) 1149:I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) 1013:Cameron Lowe (2001–2003) - keyboards 943:Walter Garces – drums (2006–present) 535:I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) 362:I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) 2385:Interview with Annette Tucker, 2002 2196:, Prunetwang Records cat. # 8696981 56:, James Spagnola, Ken Williams and 2626:Musical groups established in 1965 2616:Garage rock groups from California 2137:"The Electric Prunes - Part eight" 2067:"The Electric Prunes - Part seven" 1140:"Ain't It Hard" / "Little Olive" ( 770:The "New Improved" Electric Prunes 462:. 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