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In a message dated 1/19/01 8:02:07 AM, mcintyre at PA.MSU.EDU writes:

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Well, remember the Bosstown Sound was contrived by MGM after they
missed out on all the San Francisco bands.  I guess the corporate thinking
was pick some other town and sign-up all the bands before the other labels
know what hit 'em.  The amusing thing is that other labels did follow.  If
I'm remembering correctly, MGM had the Ultimate Spinach, the Beacon
Street Union, and Orpheus.  Elektra had Earth Opera, and Philips had
Phulph.

After the Bosstown Sound fizzled out (although Orpheus did have a national
hit
with "Can't Find The Time To Tell You", not that you can hear the band under

all the added strings), MGM decided that rather than having to finance bands
and
their recordings, it would be cheaper to just license already recorded
albums and
launched a new subsidiary label to release some "hot" German bands.  The
first
release was Amon Duul's _Psychedelic Underground_.  I remember there were
others on that label, but I'm not sure which: maybe a Birth Control album?
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the 'bosstown sound' on mgm came by way of mike curb... who had a hit ca.
70-71 w/his 'congregation' called 'burning bridges'...

but mr curb decided to disassociate mgm from the 'drug music', hence the
departure of eric burdon and war to name one; this one wonders about the amon
duul lp and this label-on-the-side having an association w/curb...

and *wasnt the rotary connection part of the bosstown sound too? a 'traffic
rotary' being a feature of boston area traffic [to this day]...and i believe
the late minnie ripperton came from this band, which recorded on...cotillion?

and chevy chase had been the drummer on one of those boss-town bands...not
sure which.

as for the orpheus hit, i believe someone else [the lettermen?] covered it to
a more successful degree than the original...
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