Crazy Elephant - Crazy Elephant (1969) (2006)

Artist: Crazy Elephant
Title Of Album: Crazy Elephant
Year Of Release: 1969/2006
Label (Catalog#) :Repertoire[RES 2333]
Country: USA
Genre: Psychedelic Rock
Quality: FLAC (image + cue,log,scans)
Bitrate: Lossless
Time: 01:14:06
Full Size: 381mb(+3%)

After failing to secure a recording contract with Buddah Records, the Kasenetz-Katz production team-sponsored band Crazy Elephant found a home with Bell Records and released a self-titled album. This Rock in Beat release is a straight reissue of that lone album from the band originally released in 1969 and includes one bonus track. The album contains mainly original compositions by band members and Kasenetz and Katz together with an odd psychedelic R&B cover of Otis Redding's "Respect" and the very strange heavy version of the Leonard Bernstein song "Somewhere." While the music on this album does have a bubblegum feel to it, the entire album is more overtly psychedelic with swirling organ, fuzz guitars, and even horns, in the style of a less heavy Vanilla Fudge or Rare Earth. Crazy Elephant did manage to produce a hit single in 1969 with the song "Gimme, Gimme Good Lovin'" that featured vocals by Robert Spencer, former lead vocalist from the '50s band the Cadillacs.

Tracks:
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01. Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' (Joey Levine, Richie Cordell) - 2:04
02. Respect (Otis Redding) - 7:25
03. Pam (Larry Laufer, Robert Katz, Iver Kasenetz) - 2:33
04. Come To The Farm (Larry Laufer, Robert Katz, Iver Kasenetz) - 3:16
05. Somewhere (Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein) - 3:45
06. My Baby (Honey Pie) (Larry Laufer, Robert Katz, Iver Kasenetz) - 2:14
07. Sunshine, Red Wine (Jimmy Woods, Bob Levine, Jeff Katz, Jerry Kasenetz) - 2:30
08. (Heartless) Hertie Gertie (Jeff Katz, Jerry Kasenetz) - 3:03
09. Love Strike (Jimmy Woods, Bob Levine, Jeff Katz, Jerry Kasenetz) - 2:23
10. Try This When You're Ready (Larry Laufer, Robert Katz, Iver Kasenetz) - 2:56
11. Higher And Higher (Jeff Katz, Jerry Kasenetz) - 3:37
12. Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' (Joey Levine, Richie Cordell) - 2:01
13. Dark Part Of My Mind (J.Buglisi, N. Foroli, P. Kraft, J. Kent) - 2:53
14. Sunshine (Red Wine) (J. Woods, B. Levine, J. Katz, J. Kasenetz) - 2:30
15. Pam (Larry Laufer, Robert Katz, Iver Kasenetz) - 2:33
16. Gimme Some More (J. Woods, B. Levine, J. Katz, J. Kasenetz) - 2:08
17. My Baby (Honey Pie) (Larry Laufer, Robert Katz, Iver Kasenetz) - 2:18
18. There's A Better Day A Comin' (Na,Na,Na,Na) (R. Cordell, J. Katz, J. Kasenetz) - 3:15
19. Space Buggy (R. Cordell, J. Katz, J. Kasenetz) - 2:25
20. There Ain't No Umbopo (Godley, Creme) - 3:05
21. Landrover (R. Cordell, J. Katz, J. Kasenetz, H. Gold, P. Schindler) - 2:37
22. Respect Revisited (Otis Redding) - 5:00
23. In A Castle (Crazy Elephant) - 4:55
24. Hips And Flips (Joey Levine, Richie Cordell) - 1:55
25. Splif And Spih (Joey Levine, Richie Cordell) - 1:56

Personnel:
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Kenny Cohen - Flute, Saxophone, Vocals
Bob Avery - Drums
Larry Laufer - Keyboards, Vocals
Hal King - Vocals
Ronnie Bretone - Bass

All thanks to original releaser