Cleo –I Don’t
Mind/Take It Easy –Garlin Records GSP 108 (US 1973)
Apart from a
link to a Van Nuys newspaper article from 1973, there is zilch in terms of
information on this one. Its total obscurity doesn’t increase its musical
merit, but both sides are rare examples of early 70s Beat updates, however
its Californian provenance soaks up the prevalent atmosphere of the time while
showing similarities with the burgeoning Powerpop ethics of the likes of Blue
Ash, or The Raspberries on a national level.
I don’t Mind
is the more obvious 60s beat update number, similar to the Poppees, while Take
It Easy has a beefier White album grounding with a more contemporary Californian
feel in the chorus. Neither tracks re-write history in any way, but are further
examples of succinct pop induced ditties of which there are bound to be further
examples remaining to be uncovered out there
Hear a full version of I Don't Mind
Hear a full version of Take It Easy
3 comments:
Listened to both of these. Quite pleasant and as you said, nothing to set the world on fire. But equally not deserving of total oblivion either. I wonder if there are any more 45s by this group out there waiting to be discovered.
Thank you for putting this out. I had fun recording it. A little obscure information. The name Garlin Records was a combination of our managers children Gary an Linda. Again from myself and the rest of Cleo, thank you
Dick
No more 45's but somewhere there's an old master of about 10 more songs we did at Hold Star in Hollywood. I can't believe anyone found this. It was the beginning of probably 200 songs I wrote after that.
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