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DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT / Re: Save For a Rainy Day vs Carnival of Sound
« on: May 20, 2016, 04:18:58 PM »
  "Fan Tan" has been in my head all day.

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DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT / Re: Jan & Dean Boxed Set
« on: May 18, 2016, 06:03:48 PM »
I'm thinking a 2 CD set (The Legend of JAN & DEAN) with about 28 songs per disc, touching base on all eras. Liner notes by Mark A. Moore!

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DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT / Re: Save For a Rainy Day vs Carnival of Sound
« on: May 18, 2016, 05:48:42 PM »
 Was "Like a Summer Rain" recorded slightly before the rest of the album? Thx

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DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT / Re: Beach Boys Party Uncovered and unplugged
« on: May 18, 2016, 05:46:51 PM »
  Despite being an early lo-fi/unplugged album, PARTY has never especially fascinated me. A stop gap that worked and happened to generate a VERY big hit. The Beach Boys were on a roll in those days!

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DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT / Meeting Jan & Dean
« on: May 18, 2016, 05:44:47 PM »
  Interesting stories to share?

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DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT / Re: Save For a Rainy Day vs Carnival of Sound
« on: May 18, 2016, 05:43:56 PM »
  BTW - Is there a way to change "Carnival of Soul" to "Carnival of Sound" in the voting box? Thanks

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DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT / Re: Save For a Rainy Day vs Carnival of Sound
« on: May 18, 2016, 05:42:37 PM »
SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY is one of the true gems of the Jan & Dean catalog. Props to Dean for his fortitude in forging ahead with something creative in the face of uncertainty. His vocals alone are a tour de force.

  Impossible to guess what was going on in Dean's head 49 years later. Standing by and sticking with his old partner with a co-credit even if dubiously legal? Check. I bit of "Hey I can do it too"? Check. A bit of subconscious (?) one-upmanship by using a pic of Jan's brother on the cover? Maybe.

 A minor masterpiece of lite psychedelic surf rock. A-

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DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT / Re: Save For a Rainy Day vs Carnival of Sound
« on: May 18, 2016, 05:31:59 PM »
  Is CARNIVAL OF SOUND a "real" Jan & Dean record? One might say that if Jan Berry is producer/co-composer then, yes, it is. "Mulholland", "Fan Tan" and "Hawaii" sound like true J&D tunes to my ears. "Carnival of Sound" and "I Know My Mind" less so, despite their overall quality.

 Is that groovy Glen Campbell singing lead on "Girl You're Blowing My Mind"?

 Somewhere on You Tube - one of the CARNIVAL songs - there's a comment posted by someone claiming to have bought either an acetate or promotional copy of CARNIVAL at a used record for store for 25 cents in 1971! Possible? Talk about the the holy grail. Holy cow!

 Were the oldies really a good fit? I sort of envision a 10 track version with just one oldie remake as opposed to 3 or 4 on a 12 song version. And no "Only A Boy".

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DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT / Re: Your JAN & DEAN Collection
« on: May 18, 2016, 05:22:53 PM »
Quote from: jdman on May 18, 2016, 04:33:29 AM
All the ones you mentioned.
Vinyl: Dore - Jan and Dean Sound, Golden Hits, Linda Surfin, Surf City, Drag City, DMC?NGIS, Little Old Lady, Ride the Wild Surf, Command Performance, Pop Symphony, Golden Hits 2, Folk n Roll, Batman, Filet of Soul, Popsicle, Golden Hits 3, Save For a Rainy Day, Heart and Soul of J&D, Anthology, Gotta Take one last ride, Greatest Hits 2, Deadman's Curve 1979, Live 1982, Several K-Tel type albums like Surf and Drag,Story, and Greatest hits packages( never listen to those anymore)
Odditities, Live(on the DMC record co), - in all, about 35 LPs including all 17 originals

Cassettes: Surfers Dream, I Gotta Drive, California Sound, K-Tel stuff, Port to Paradise, Rock City single and many others ( I bought Port and Rock City from Jan)
CD's: Too many to remember. Pretty much every CD released in the 90's and 2000's. Including Second Wave.

Yes, I'm a fan!!! lol

 That's quite a collection. Something tells me PORT TO PARADISE deserved more exposure. GOLDEN HITS VOL 2 sums up J&D's classic period as well as any single LP could. GOTTA TAKE THAT ONE LAST RIDE seems the J&D equivalent of ENDLESS SUMMER: a mid 70s comp with a more creative title than "Best of Vol 4".

 Did you buy PORT TO PARADISE at one of the concerts?

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DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT / Re: Fun City Compilation
« on: May 18, 2016, 05:17:29 PM »
Quote from: 2dean2 on May 18, 2016, 12:10:40 PM
But and this is an important one it had a new 70's feel to it. An updated sound.

  That's the way I hear "Ocean Park Angel" as well. There's always a mental image of J&D lip synching this on SOLID GOLD circa 1982. Maybe it happened in some alternate reality. Jan would have truly appreciated another Top 40 hit.

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DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT / Re: gold records
« on: May 18, 2016, 05:14:35 PM »
  I think "Surf City" is the only officially certified gold record in the J&D catalog. "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" must be pretty close.

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DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT / Re: Mr. Custer covered By Dean Torrence and Mike Love??
« on: May 18, 2016, 05:12:14 PM »
  Let's not forget the Mike & Dean alliance also gave us ROCK & ROLL CITY, a true milestone in the annals of Surf & California rock.   ;)

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CARNIVAL OF SOUND / Don't Drop It
« on: May 17, 2016, 09:09:39 PM »
 How did this track end up on the archival release of CARNIVAL OF SOUND?

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DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT / Your JAN & DEAN Collection
« on: May 17, 2016, 09:05:41 PM »
  Tell us about your Jan & Dean collections - CD, vinyl, rarities. A single CD or a full storage bin.

  Here's mine, all CD:

 1) 10 BEST SERIES - Jan & Dean's Greatest Hits
 2) ALL THE HITS - SURF CITY TO DRAG CITY
 3) DRAG CITY/JAN & DEAN'S POP SYMPHONY
 4) SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY
 5) CARNIVAL OF SOUND
 6) FUN CITY

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DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT / Re: Save For a Rainy Day vs Carnival of Sound
« on: May 17, 2016, 08:51:52 PM »
  I heard both for the first time a year or two ago. My initial preference was for CARNIVAL but RAINY DAY has been a sleeper. Yes, I've attempted to combine them into one. Nothing settled thus far.

 What's with all the different versions/mixes of "Yellow Balloon"?

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