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The Hollywood-based girl group’s complete 1960s recordings, several new to CD, including one with... more

The Murmaids: A Few Things We Love (CD)

The Hollywood-based girl group’s complete 1960s recordings, several new to CD, including one with lead vocals by Jackie DeShannon

Written by a pre-fame David Gates and produced by Kim Fowley at Gold Star Studios in Hollywood, the Murmaids’ recording of ‘Popsicles And Icicles’ was one of the smash hits of 1963, girl group ground zero. Their follow-up, ‘Heartbreak Ahead’, was the nearest they came to another appearance on Billboard’s Hot 100, and the teenage trio disbanded after their next 45. Various other young women – including “three birds from north London”, according to one party involved – were heard on later singles issued in the group’s name, while an album, comprising tracks recorded circa 1964, was eventually released on Chattahoochee in 1980. 

For the group’s full story – which, given the involvement of the eccentric Fowley, entails a fair amount of record biz skulduggery: ‘Popsicles And Icicles’, for example, was pressed with four different B-sides, only one of which featured the original trio – one really needs to read the comprehensive and very entertaining essay in the accompanying 16-page booklet, written by Sam Szczepanski and illustrated with an equally colourful array of period memorabilia. 

Meanwhile, titled after a line in their famous hit, “A Few Of The Things We Love” features the Murmaids’ complete Chattahoochee recordings, several of which have not appeared on CD previously, including one with lead vocals by Jackie DeShannon, plus both sides of their final single, issued on Liberty in 1968. Highlights include ‘Wild And Wonderful’ (a song intended for Lesley Gore, and you can tell), ‘Bull Talk’ (an exercise in teen slang), ‘Don’t Forget’ (a Spector-ish LP track that would have made a good 45), ‘Go Away’ (a jangly folk rock morsel), a chiming revival of the evergreen ‘Little White Lies’ (recorded in the UK, apparently) and an unlikely cover of Traffic’s ‘Paper Sun’. 

Mick Patrick

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  • Interpret: The Murmaids

  • Album titlle: A Few Things We Love (CD)

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  • Label Ace Records

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  • EAN: 0029667074827

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Murmaids - A Few Things We Love (CD) CD 1
01 Popsicles and icicles The Murmaids
02 Wild and wonderful The Murmaids
03 Heartbreak ahead The Murmaids
04 Bull talk The Murmaids
05 He's good to me The Murmaids
06 Don't forget The Murmaids
07 Go away The Murmaids
08 Paper sun The Murmaids
09 Song through perception The Murmaids
10 Little white lies The Murmaids
11 Alone The Murmaids
12 Stuffed animals The Murmaids
13 Blue dress The Murmaids
14 Three little words The Murmaids
15 Mr Sandman The Murmaids
16 Playmates The Murmaids
17 So young The Murmaids
18 You cheated The Murmaids
19 Little boys The Murmaids
20 Comedy and tragedy The Murmaids
21 How you do it (The Lady-Bugs) The Murmaids
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Tracklist
Murmaids - A Few Things We Love (CD) CD 1
01 Popsicles and icicles
02 Wild and wonderful
03 Heartbreak ahead
04 Bull talk
05 He's good to me
06 Don't forget
07 Go away
08 Paper sun
09 Song through perception
10 Little white lies
11 Alone
12 Stuffed animals
13 Blue dress
14 Three little words
15 Mr Sandman
16 Playmates
17 So young
18 You cheated
19 Little boys
20 Comedy and tragedy
21 How you do it (The Lady-Bugs)