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THE RASCALS - SEARCH AND NEARNESS (ATLANTIC 1970) Jap mastering cardboard sleeve 14 Mar 2013 | 04:55 am
The ATLANTIC years 7 ........................ The final album the Rascals released on Atlantic in 1970 is perhaps a bittersweet memory for the band's members, and indeed certainly is for their die-har...
THE RASCALS - THE ISLAND OF REAL (COLUMBIA 1972) Jap mastering cardboard sleeve 14 Mar 2013 | 04:52 am
The COLUMBIA years 2 ........................................... The Island of Real is the ninth and final studio album by rock band The Rascals, released in 1972. It peaked at number 180 on the Billb...
THE RASCALS - PEACEFUL WORLD (COLUMBIA 1971) Jap mastering cardboard sleeve 14 Mar 2013 | 04:51 am
The COLUMBIA years 1 ........................................... Peaceful World is a wonderful blend of soul, jazz, and funk that never found an audience. Perhaps it was because the positive sentiment...
THE RASCALS - SEE (ATLANTIC 1969) Jap mastering cardboard sleeve 14 Mar 2013 | 04:49 am
The ATLANTIC Years 6 .......................................... Scaling back from their musically adventurous tomes Once Upon a Dream and Freedom Suite, the Rascals closed out the 1960s by narrowing ...
THE RASCALS - FREEDOM SUITE (ATLANTIC 1969) Jap mastering cardboard sleeve 14 Mar 2013 | 04:47 am
The ATLANTIC Years 5 ......................................... Adventure has to count for something. When the Rascals dropped the word "Young" from the front of their name, it offered listeners and fa...
THE RASCALS - ONCE UPON A DREAM (ATLANTIC 1968) Jap mastering cardboard sleeve mono+stereo 14 Mar 2013 | 04:46 am
The ATLANTIC Years 4 .................... Once Upon a Dream was the Rascals fourth album, and the first to drop the word "Young" from their moniker; but it's more than a name change. Released in Febru...
THE YOUNG RASCALS - GROOVIN' (ATLANTIC 1967) Jap mastering cardboard sleeve mono+stereo 14 Mar 2013 | 04:43 am
The ATLANTIC years 3 ..................................... The Rascals move into the era of psychedelia with a vengeance on this album -- their best of their entire history -- which also retains a sou...
THE YOUNG RASCALS - COLLECTIONS (ATLANTIC 1967) Jap mastering cardboard sleeve mono+stereo 14 Mar 2013 | 04:42 am
The ATLANTIC years 2 ................ The garage rock feel has been banished almost entirely from the group's second album, whose release followed a pair of disappointing singles ("What Is the Reason"...
THE YOUNG RASCALS - YOUNG RASCALS (ATLANTIC 1966) Jap mastering cardboard sleeve mono+stereo 14 Mar 2013 | 04:40 am
T The ATLANTIC years 1 The history of '60s rock is littered with stories of great rock classics -- the Savages' album, the Thirteenth Floor Elevators' first two albums, the first two Chocolate Watch B...
THE PARADE - THE PARADE (A&M 1968) Jap mastering cardboard sleeve 13 Jun 2012 | 08:44 am
Sunshine pop pioneers Parade teamed veteran songwriter and producer Jerry Riopelle (a former Phil Spector associate who'd played keyboards on sessions headlined by the Ronettes, the Righteous Brothers...
