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The Tradewinds - Excursions (1967)

Track listing:
  1. Mind Excursion 2:15
  2. Catch Me In The Meadow 1:48
  3. Bad Misunderstanding 2:03
  4. New York's A Lonely Town 2:15
  5. I Believe In Her 2:31
  6. Only When I'm Dreamin' 2:25
  7. Small Town Bring Down 2:30
  8. To Be With You 2:35
  9. Huggin' In The Hall 2:10
  10. Little Susan's Dreamin' 3:08
  11. That's When Your Heartaches Begin [Bonus] 2:50
  12. Hard Life [Bonus] 1:54

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A rare full album from The Tradewinds -- a wonderful harmony pop group with a Sunshine Pop feel! The Tradewinds have a style that's heavily in a Beach Boys mode -- sunny California harmonies on the vocals, and a sort of post-Pet Sounds approach to songwriting -- one that makes for some really compelling songs in the set! The group's best known for their "New York's A Lonely Town" hit, but the whole album is great -- filled with inventive songs, compelling vocals, and cool arrangements from Jimmy Wisner and Artie Butler -- two very groovy talents.

Coming from Providence, Rhode Island, Anders and Poncia released a single on a local label as the Vidals in 1960 and then moved to New York, where they signed to a national label. Their second single, Mr. Lonely, made the charts but its follow-ups failed. The duo were then signed as contract writers for Hill & Range and penned some hits and played for the Ronettes, The Crystals, Darlene Love and other Phil Spector productions. After a brief stint with Red Bird Records, they became The Tradewinds and signed with Kama Sutra as writers, producers and singers. The Tradewinds were a pop duo who occasionally became caught up in some of the psychedelic trappings of their era, most notably on Mind Excursion, which can also be found on Nuggets Vol. 5 (LP).

Mind Excursion and New York Is A Lonely Town were also featured on the 1970 Buddah sampler LP, Incense And Oldies.

They also recorded as The Innocence, the Mulberry Fruit Band, The Penny Arcade, The Treasures and Pete and Vinnie. They even worked on an Elvis Presley film score. In 1968 they formed Map City Productions with Frank Mell and used this label to produce and release some East Coast groups, including Yesterday Children, Purple Image, the Blue Jays and Mardi Gras.

In 1969, they had a further self-titled album as Anders And Poncia (Warner WS 1776). This was produced by Richard Perry, but despite some excellent guitar from Ry Cooder, isn't very good overall.

In 1972, Peter Anders released a solo album, Peter Anders (Family Productions FPS 2705). A competent California folk rock album, it's notable for featuring Hamilton Wesley Watt, ex-Euphoria, on guitars. Poncia went on to produce several albums for Ringo Starr and Melissa Manchester and also wrote Kiss' I Was Made For Lovin' You!

01. Mind Excursion not rated 2:10
02. Catch Me The Meadow not rated 1:47
03. Bad Misunderstanding not rated 2:02
04. New York's A Lonely Town not rated 2:14
05. I Believe In Her not rated 2:30
06. Only When I'm Dreamin' not rated 2:25
07. Small Town Bring Down not rated 2:29
08. To Be With You not rated 2:34
09. Huggin' In The Hall not rated 2:08
10. Little Susan's Dreamin' not rated 3:03