One year after Stu Phillips recorded a spectacularly soporific reading of “Tired of Waiting for You,” The Sandpipers released a similarly sluggish take on the garage rock classic, “Louie Louie” — it, too, makes me laugh:
“Louie Louie“
The Sandpipers (1966)
45Cat’s BeatleJohn likewise warns listeners that this recording is “quite possibly the most dreary/barbituate laden version” of Richard Barry’s garage rock classic.
“Louie Louie” was sequenced as the opening song on side two of The Sandpipers’ debut LP, while A&M also dared to single out the track for release as an A-side worldwide.
45 picture sleeve
Were Stu Phillips and The Sandpipers part of a mid-60s “torp pop” trend?
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What’s in a Name?
The Sandpipers, whose 1966 debut A&M 45, “Guantanamera” was a Top 10 smash, had unknowingly appropriated the same name as a trio of Pensacola, Florida girls who enjoyed musical backing from a young Duane & Gregg Allman (as The Allman Joys) when they auditioned for Columbia in 1965 with Bob Dylan’s producer, Bob Johnston — Spectropop has the back story – with photos.
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45 picture sleeve
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