The Association
The Association é un grupo de música pop formado en 1965 orixinario de California, sobranceiro polos seus temas do xénero sunshine pop. Durante a década de 1960 tiveron varios temas á cabeza do Billboard e foi o grupo líder no Festival Pop de Monterey de 1967.
Historia editar
Jules Alexandre estaba en Hawaii en 1962 realizando o servizo militar na mariña e alí coñece a Terry Kirkman que acordan volver a reunirse tras Jules rematar na mariña. En 1963 os dous están nos Ánxeles e comezan a explorar a escena musical da cidade.
A suxestión de Kirkman adoptaron o nome The Association, o grupo orixinal compúñase de Alexandre, que utilizou o seu apelido, Gary, nos dous primeiros álbums e que cantaba e tocaba a guitarra; Kirkman tamén cantaba e tocaba variedade de instrumentos de vento, metal e percusión, Brian Cole, cantante tamén e guitarrista, Ted Bluechel, Jr. á batería, guitarra, baixo e tamén cantante, e finalmente Bob Page á guitarra, banjo e como cantante. Jim Yester substituíu a Page.
Discografía editar
Álbums de estudio editar
- And Then... Along Comes The Association - Valiant VLM-5002/VLS-25002 (#5, 1966)
- Reissued in 1967 on Warner Bros. W-1702/WS-1702
- Renaissance - Valiant VLM-5004/VLS-25004 (#34 1967)
- Reissued in 1967 on Warner Bros. W-1704/WS-1704
- Insight Out - Warner Bros. W-1696/WS-1696 (#8, 1967)
- Birthday - Warner Bros. W-1733/WS-1733 (#23, 1968)
- The Association - Warner Bros. WS-1800 (#32, 1969)
- Stop Your Motor - Warner Bros. WS-1927 (1971)
- Waterbeds in Trinidad! - Columbia KC-31348 (1972)
- Vintage - CBS Special Products BT-19223 (1983)
- The Association 95: A Little Bit More - Track Records (1995)
Outros editar
- Greatest Hits - Warner Bros. WS-1767 (#4, 1968)
- Goodbye, Columbus (Soundtrack) - Warner Bros. WS-1786 (#99, 1969)
- The Association Live - Warner Bros. 2WS-1868 (#79, 1970)
- Just the Right Sound - The Anthology 1966-1981 (Double CD, released in 2002 as Warner Bros. / Rhino R2 78303, incluíndo dúas tomas inéditas ('The Machine', 'Better Times') de 1966. Unha variación de importación tamén inclúe a toma 'Caney Creek')
- New Memories - Hitbound Records 51-3022 (1983) (por varios artistas, incluíndo The Association, Bobby Vee, Mary McGregor e Mike Love)
Sinxelos editar
| Cara A / Cara B |
Selo e Nº. | Ano | Billboard | Cashbox | Álbum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You" b/w "Baby, Can't You Hear Me Call Your Name" |
Jubilee 5505 | 1965 | - | - | Non-album tracks |
| "One Too Many Mornings" b/w "Forty Times" |
Valiant 730 | 1965 | - | - | |
| "Along Comes Mary" b/w "Your Own Love" |
Valiant 741 | 1966 | #7 | #9 | And Then...Along Comes The Association |
| "Cherish" b/w "Don’t Blame It on Me" |
Valiant 747 | 1966 | #1 | #1 | |
| "Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies" b/w "Standing Still" (from And Then...Along Comes The Association) |
Valiant 755 | 1966 | #35 | #26 | Renaissance |
| "No Fair at All" b/w "Looking Glass" |
Valiant 758 | 1967 | #51 | #53 | |
| "Windy" b/w "Sometime" |
Warner Bros. 7041 | 1967 | #1 | #1 | Insight Out |
| "Never My Love" / "Requiem for the Masses" |
Warner Bros. 7074 | 1967 | #2 / #100 |
#1 | |
| "Everything That Touches You" b/w "We Love Us" (from Insight Out) |
Warner Bros. 7163 | 1968 | #10 | #11 | Birthday |
| "Time for Livin'" b/w "Birthday Morning" |
Warner Bros. 7195 | 1968 | #39 [#27-AC] | #22 | |
| "Six Man Band" b/w "Like Always" (from Birthday) |
Warner Bros. 7229 | 1968 | #47 | #29 | Greatest Hits |
| "Goodbye Columbus" b/w "The Time It is Today" (from Birthday) |
Warner Bros. 7267 | 1969 | #80 [#22-AC] | #78 | Goodbye Columbus soundtrack |
| "Under Branches" b/w "Hear in Here" (from Birthday) |
Warner Bros. 7277 | 1969 | #117 | - | The Association |
| "Yes, I Will" b/w "I Am Up For Europe" |
Warner Bros. 7305 | 1970 | #120 | - | |
| "Dubuque Blues" b/w "Are You Ready" |
Warner Bros. 7349 | 1970 | - | #84 | |
| "Just About the Same" b/w "Look At Me, Look At You" (from The Association) |
Warner Bros. 7372 | 1970 | #106 | #91 | Non-album track |
| "Along the Way" b/w "Traveler’s Guide" |
Warner Bros. 7429 | 1970 | - | - | Stop Your Motor |
| "P.F. Sloan" b/w "Traveler's Guide" |
Warner Bros. 7471 | 1971 | - | - | |
| "Bring Yourself Home" b/w "It’s Gotta Be Real" |
Warner Bros. 7515 | 1971 | - | - | |
| "That’s Racin’" b/w "Makes Me Cry" (alternate title for "Funny Kind of Song") |
Warner Bros. 7524 | 1971 | - | - | |
| "Darlin' Be Home Soon" b/w "Indian Wells Woman" |
Columbia 45602 | 1972 | #104 | #90 | Waterbeds In Trinidad! |
| "Come the Fall" b/w "Kicking the Gong Around" |
Columbia 45654 | 1972 | - | - | |
| "Names, Tags, Numbers and Labels" b/w "Rainbows Bent" (from Waterbeds In Trinidad) |
Mums 6061 | 1973 | #91 [#27-AC] | #85 | Non-album tracks |
| "One Sunday Morning" b/w "Life Is a Carnival" |
RCA 10217 | 1975 | - | - | |
| "Dreamer" b/w "You Turn the Light On" |
Elektra 47094 | 1981 | #66 [#17-AC] | - | |
| "Small Town Lovers" b/w "Across the Persian Gulf" |
Elektra 47146 | 1981 | - | - |
Véxase tamén editar
Ligazóns externas editar
- Site officiel du groupe The Association (en inglés)
- Páxina da Sala da Gloria do grupo 'The Association' (en inglés)
- Cita de Fred Bronson, The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, Billboard, 1988 (en inglés)
- Sitio oficial de Jim Yester (en inglés)
- Programa especial de radio en homenaxe a Curt Boettcher (en inglés)