Исполнитель: The Millennium
Откуда: USA
Альбом: The Millennium At Last
Год выхода: 2012
Жанр: Sunshine Pop/Baroque Pop/Psychedelic Rock
Формат: MP3 CBR 320 (8CD Box Set)
Размер архива: 971 МB
The Millennium was an American psychedelic rock group based in California, who were conceived by Curt Boettcher. The group incorporated sunshine pop harmonies. Boettcher had originally worked with drummer Ron Edgar for a brief time in the folk group The GoldeBriars. Following the dissolution of The GoldeBriars, Edgar joined the group The Music Machine, which also featured Doug Rhodes on bass. The Music Machine scored a Top 20 hit with the song «Talk Talk» before disbanding. Boettcher had also formed a group called The Ballroom, which featured Sandy Salisbury as a vocalist. Lee Mallory had worked as a songwriter and solo performer, and Boettcher had produced some of his recordings, including a cover of Phil Ochs’ «That’s The Way It’s Gonna Be.» The group also featured support from session musicians such as Jerry Scheff. The Millennium recorded one album, Begin in 1968. Before disbanding, the group recorded one follow-up single: «Just About The Same» b/w «Blight,» as well as several tracks that were later released on compilation albums. Boettcher went on to make several attempts at recording solo albums (only one was released during his lifetime, There’s An Innocent Face), as did Salisbury and Joey Stec. Michael Fennelly would end up in the early 1970s group Crabby Appleton, who signed with Elektra Records and released two albums, scoring a Top 40 hit with the single «Go Back.» Stec founded the record label Sonic Past Music in the late 1990s, and this label has subsequently released previously unavailable albums from The Millennium, Boettcher, Salisbury, Mallory, and Stec.
Influenced by psychedelia and California rock, pop/rock producer Curt Boettcher (the Association) decided to assemble a studio supergroup who would explore progressive sounds in 1968. Millennium’s resultant album would find no commercial success and only half-baked artistic success, but nonetheless retains some period charm. Influenced in roughly equal measures by the Association, the Mamas and the Papas, the Smile-era Beach Boys, Nilsson, the Left Banke, and the Fifth Dimension, Boettcher and his friends came up with a hybrid that was at once too unabashedly commercial for underground FM radio and too weird for the AM dial. It would have fit in better on the AM airwaves, though; the almost too-cheerful sunshine harmonies and catchy melodies dominate the suite-like, diverse set of elaborately produced ’60s pop/rock tunes.
Tracks:
01. Prelude — 1:18
02. To Claudia On Thursday — 3:25
03. I Just Want To Be Your Friend — 2:36
04. 5 A.M. — 2:39
05. I’m With You — 2:35
06. The Island — 3:18
07. Sing To Me — 2:16
08. It’s You — 3:21
09. Some Sunny Day — 3:21
10. It Won’t Always Be The Same — 2:57
11. The Know It All — 2:41
12. Karmic Dream Sequence #1 — 5:56
13. There Is Nothing More To Say — 2:23
14. Anthem (Begin) — 2:42
Bonuses:
15. Just About The Same — 2:21
16. Blight — 3:01
17. It’s You (Mono Single Version) — 3:12
18. I Just Want To Be Your Friend (Mono Single Version) — 2:35
19. 5 A.M. (Mono Single Version) — 2:43
20. Prelude (Mono Single Version) — 1:17
21. It Won’t Always Be The Same (Mono Single Version) — 3:00
22. To Claudia On Thusday (Mono Single Version) — 3:08
23. There Is Nothing More To Say (Mono Single Version) — 2:25
Tracks:
01. Prelude — 1:04
02. To Claudia On Thursday — 2:53
03. Baby, It’s Real — 2:39
04. It’s You — 2:50
05. I Just Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye — 2:06
06. Good People — 3:09
07. Can You See — 2:26
08. How Much I Love You — 4:08
09. The Blues Is Just A Good Woman Gone Bad — 2:41
10. Once Upon A Time — 2:29
11. Dying With You — 2:16
12. The Word — 3:04
13. Share With Me — 3:08
14. Sometime Or Another — 3:43
15. A Younger Me — 2:56
16. I Need To Be By Your Side — 1:53
17. Sunshine Girl — 2:44
18. Suspended Animation — 3:13
19. The Ways I Love You — 2:09
20. The Hills Of Vermont — 3:15
21. It Won’t Always Be The Same — 3:09
Tracks:
01. Come To Me Baby — 2:45
02. I Still Can See Your Face — 3:03
03. Measure Of A Man — 2:27
04. Magic Island — 3:16
05. Will You Ever See Me — 2:19
06. The Blue Marble — 3:03
07. Together In The End — 2:35
08. Share With Me — 3:13
09. Midnight Sun — 2:11
10. Little Lost & Found — 1:58
11. Navajo Girl — 2:35
Bonus:
12. Keep On Dreamin’ a.k.a. There Is Nothing More To Say — 2:07
Tracks:
01. Baby It’s Real — 2:45
02. Another Time — 2:41
03. Lament Of The Astral Cowboy — 2:17
04. I Just Want To Be Your Friend — 2:21
05. Louise — 2:43
06. Share With Me — 3:08
07. Along Comes Mary — 2:41
08. Sometimes — 2:59
09. That’s The Way It’s Gonna Be — 3:31
10. The Know It All — 2:08
11. Misty Mirage — 4:16
12. If You Only Knew — 2:41
13. Rest In Peace — 2:25
14. Tumbling Tumbleweeds — 3:50
15. You Know I’ve Found A Way — 1:53
16. Another Time (Alternate Version) — 3:01
17. Meanwhile Back At The World — 2:53
Tracks:
01. I Call You My Rainbow — 2:50
02. Louise — 2:44
03. Out Of The Dark Of The Night — 2:49
04. Astral Cowboy — 2:26
05. Rest In Peace — 2:27
06. Sunrise Mango — 2:33
07. Sunset Fallin’ — 2:36
08. We’re Dying (Angel City) — 4:09
09. You Make Me Feel So High — 2:24
10. I’ve Been Wrong — 3:02
Bonus:
11. She’s Got The Power — 2:18
Tracks:
01. So Close To Heaven — 2:26
02. Missouri Weeps — 2:25
03. Candy Kisses — 2:20
04. Our Love Is An Unwritten Song — 2:32
05. Here Come’s That Feeling — 2:24
06. Dealer — 1:52
07. Leave It To Love — 2:33
08. Content Am I — 3:19
09. A Lot Of Love In Me — 2:32
10. Bring Me Home Again — 2:14
11. My True Confession — 3:08
12. I’m Moving On Back To You — 3:00
13. I’ll Do The Crying — 2:09
14. Love Came To Strawberry Lane — 2:01
15. Over And Over Again — 2:44
16. Pretty As A Picture — 2:38
17. Warm Of August — 2:46
18. Tender Loving Care — 2:13
19. So Much Yourself — 2:26
20. Yesterday Today And Tommorrow — 2:39
21. Together In The End — 2:29
22. Thank You For Loving Me — 2:23
23. Some Other Place — 2:20
24. Tomorrow — 2:23
25. A Little Bit Of Love — 1:50
Tracks:
01. I Just Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye — 3:03
02. Spell On Me — 2:57
03. The Hills Of Vermont — 3:35
04. The Good Ol’ Good Times — 2:05
05. Come Softly — 3:32
06. On And On She Goes (With Me Tonight) — 2:58
07. Cecily — 2:56
08. Do Unto Others — 3:01
09. Once I Knew A Little Dog — 1:53
10. Baby Listen — 2:47
11. Goody Goodbye — 2:28
12. Sweet Sweet Cinnamon — 2:26
13. Every Minute Of My Life — 2:20
14. I’ll Do The Cryin’ — 2:09
Bonus:
15. Super Day — 2:08
Tracks:
01. That’s The Way It’s Gonna Be — 3:04
02. Many Are The Times — 3:11
03. Take My Hand — 2:26
04. The Love Song — 2:42
05. Wild Mountain Thyme — 3:07
06. All That I Am Is Me — 2:53
07. Magic Land — 3:32
08. Hey You — 2:08
09. I’m Not Gonna Cry — 3:15
10. Magic Island — 3:10
11. Love Is A Four Letter Word — 2:28
12. Puttin’ It Together — 3:14
13. Talk About — 2:33
14. Smile At Me — 2:08
15. Come On In — 2:18
16. Love At Last — 2:55
17. No Other Love — 3:01
18. Them Words — 3:04
19. You’ve Got Me Movin’ — 2:24
20. I’m With You — 2:36
21. Everything’s Gonna Be Alright — 4:05
22. Chill Of The Night — 5:16
Curt Boettcher
Sandy Salisbury
Lee Mallory
