Personnel:
Doug Koun
Len Dunn
Wayne (no last name)
George R. Dunn
ALBUM:
1(A) ELLIE POP (Mainstream S6115) 1968
45:
1 Seven North Frederick/Can't Be Love (Mainstream 686) 1968
1) Released by the Mainstream label, Ellie Pop offered little information on the band in terms of liner notes or performance credits. Here's what you can tell: 1.) judging by the album cover they were a quartet (or an eight piece if they employed the four pigeons), and 2.) brothers S. and R. Dunn were responsible for penning all 10 tracks. Whoever these guys were, they definitely had a thing for Anglo-pop, tracks such as 'Some Time Ago' and 'Caught In the Rain' literally dripping with Beatles influences. To many folks that's probably the kiss of death and in many cases they'd probably be right, but not in this time around. Exemplified by material such as 'Seven North Frederick', 'Seems I've Changed' and 'Watcha Gonna Do' (love the "yeah, yeah, yeahs"), the Dunns avoided the usual clichés turning in a wonderful set that was catchy and commercial, but retained an innovative edge that made ever selection worth hearing. One of the few albums we've given a five star rating to ... One word of warning; while the set's occasionally been billed as psychedelic, in spite of isolated distorted guitars and a few oddball time signatures, to our ears it's simply too mainstream to be considered anything other than pop. Naturally the album vanished without a trace, followed in short order by the band.
2) Eponymous 1968 Mainstream label album is definitely a pop/psychedelic classic-in-waiting, whose time has perhaps finally come; great songs right from the start, all oozing Beatles harmonics, with tracks such as 'Some Time Ago' and 'Caught In the Rain' especially thick with Beatles influence (thus explaining their appearance on the Pepperisms compilation); as with most Mainstream releases, there is precious little information on the band in the original LP notes, besides the fact that they were a quartet, with brothers S. and R. Dunn responsible for writing all tracks; this is really a wonderful set of catchy and commercial songs, not exactly psychedelic, with innovative edge-distorted guitars and odd time signatures that make every song worth hearing. Naturally the album vanished without a trace upon original release, followed soon by the band. Liner notes feature a few words from the band's guitarist, as well as some gig listings alongside some Michigan heavy-weights, leading one to think that the band were from that state
Tracks:
Doug Koun
Len Dunn
Wayne (no last name)
George R. Dunn
ALBUM:
1(A) ELLIE POP (Mainstream S6115) 1968
45:
1 Seven North Frederick/Can't Be Love (Mainstream 686) 1968
1) Released by the Mainstream label, Ellie Pop offered little information on the band in terms of liner notes or performance credits. Here's what you can tell: 1.) judging by the album cover they were a quartet (or an eight piece if they employed the four pigeons), and 2.) brothers S. and R. Dunn were responsible for penning all 10 tracks. Whoever these guys were, they definitely had a thing for Anglo-pop, tracks such as 'Some Time Ago' and 'Caught In the Rain' literally dripping with Beatles influences. To many folks that's probably the kiss of death and in many cases they'd probably be right, but not in this time around. Exemplified by material such as 'Seven North Frederick', 'Seems I've Changed' and 'Watcha Gonna Do' (love the "yeah, yeah, yeahs"), the Dunns avoided the usual clichés turning in a wonderful set that was catchy and commercial, but retained an innovative edge that made ever selection worth hearing. One of the few albums we've given a five star rating to ... One word of warning; while the set's occasionally been billed as psychedelic, in spite of isolated distorted guitars and a few oddball time signatures, to our ears it's simply too mainstream to be considered anything other than pop. Naturally the album vanished without a trace, followed in short order by the band.
2) Eponymous 1968 Mainstream label album is definitely a pop/psychedelic classic-in-waiting, whose time has perhaps finally come; great songs right from the start, all oozing Beatles harmonics, with tracks such as 'Some Time Ago' and 'Caught In the Rain' especially thick with Beatles influence (thus explaining their appearance on the Pepperisms compilation); as with most Mainstream releases, there is precious little information on the band in the original LP notes, besides the fact that they were a quartet, with brothers S. and R. Dunn responsible for writing all tracks; this is really a wonderful set of catchy and commercial songs, not exactly psychedelic, with innovative edge-distorted guitars and odd time signatures that make every song worth hearing. Naturally the album vanished without a trace upon original release, followed soon by the band. Liner notes feature a few words from the band's guitarist, as well as some gig listings alongside some Michigan heavy-weights, leading one to think that the band were from that state
Tracks:
1 Seven North Frederick
2 Winner Loser
3 Can’t Be Love
4 Remembering (Sunnybrook)
5 Seems I’ve Changed
6 Caught In The Rain
7 Oh My Friend
8 Some Time Ago
9 No Thanks Mr. Mann
10 Whatcha Gonna Do
