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Track Listing
1. Walk Away Renee
2. I Haven't Got the Nerve
3. Pretty Ballerina
4. She May Call You up Tonight
5. I've Got Something on My Mind
6. Barterers and Their Wives
7. Let Go of You Girl
8. What Do You Know
9. Evening Gown
10. Lazy Day
11. Shadows Breaking Over My Head
12. Ivy Ivy
13. Men Are Building Sand
14. Desiree
15. Dark Is the Bark
16. My Friend Today
17. Sing Little Bird Sing
18. And Suddenly
19. Goodbye Holly
20. In the Morning Light
21. Bryant Hotel
22. Give the Man a Hand
23. Nice to See You
24. There's Gonna Be a Storm
25. Pedestal
26. Myrah
| Details | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Full Title: There's Gonna Be A Storm: The Complete Recordings 1966-1969.
The Left Banke includes: Tomm Finn, Jeff Winfield, Michael Brown, George Cameron, Steve Martin.
Producers include: Steve & Bill Jerome, Michael Brown, The Left Banke, Arthur Schroek, Gene Radice.
Compilation producer: Bill Inglot.
THERE'S GONNA BE A STORM is classically influenced melodic 60s pop at its most gorgeous. The Left Banke was led by keyboardist/ songwriter Michael Browne, whose main influences were the British Invasion (Beatles, Zombies) and the Baroque (his father was a prominent New York City orchestral musician). The band's secret weapon, however, was Steve Martin, whose haunting near falsetto vocal style can bear comparison with the Zombies' great Colin Blunstone.
Although the group is principally remembered for their two big hits--the widely covered "Walk Away Renee" and "Pretty Ballerina"--the reality is they had a lot of top grade material. The two-CD set THERE'S GONNA BE A STORM collects just about everything the group recorded, including "Desiree," the utterly haunting over-the-top masterpiece whose commercial failure essentially ended the group's career (in its day-- 1967--it was reputedly the most expensive single record ever produced).
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