Words & Music by: Side A – Tommy James, Peter Lucia; Side B – James, Lucia
Musicians: Tommy James (vocals, guitars ... all instruments except bass and drums), Mike Vale (bass) Peter Lucia, Jr. (drums)
Recording sessions: Produced by Tommy James at Allegra Studios, New York, NY, 1968
Highest chart positions: US #1, Canada #1, Germany #1, Switzerland #1, New Zealand #1, Singapore #1, South Africa #1
At the time of this recording the group had just decided to write songs on their own. Reportedly they were discouraged by Roulette people, who said that it's not going to fly. Man, were they wrong!
According to Roulette, this single sold 5.5 million copies.
"Crimson and Clover" was one of the first songs recorded on a 16-track recorder.
List price: Very Good+ is $5, Near Mint is $10. There's also a pressing that has "(I'm) Taken" as the flip. That's $15 for NM.
No comments:
Post a Comment