Band Members: we can't tell you wrote or performed these songs....we know
who, they all went on and had decent (in a couple cases more than decent)
careers, but they just won't let us tell you...
in 1974 a band from central Connecticut got a response from a semi-known New
York manager-type...the band had been sending out unsolicited demos to
everybody-who-was-anybody in the record business and this guy had gotten ahold
of the tape...he liked the tunes and the band and he wanted to make them BIG
STARS...but first he had this little project that he wanted them to do..."so
fellas, have you ever heard of....'The Planet of the Apes?'" so...long story
short, the band got demos of tunes, written by big-time-pro songwriters, for a
childrens' album based on the Planet of the Apes..the music for the songs were
of 2 types; Big Piano Broadway Showstoppers...and Mellow Folk Guitar Stoner
Introspectives....the lyrics were all written by the manager guy and were
consistantly semi-hilarious.. the poor band was sure that their fledgling
career was OVER...but they had mucho pop/cover song experience and did their
best and had some laughs (it WAS the '70s...) enjoying the process even when
the manager had this actor-guy dub some dialogue (you know...for kids!) in
between the songs...I wish you could hear the whole thing!! anyway, they did
their part and the manager did get them a nice 4 night showcase at Max's Kansas
City where they played their own songs and a bunch of big time invited industry
types who came to see Larry Young (our heroes were the opener) saw them...but
didn't sign them...alas...BUT the band DID get to wear ape costumes AND (did I
mention that this was Thanksgiving weekend?) appear in the Macy's Parade on the
Mego Toy Co Float...right behind Underdog...
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - 1974
In July 2024, Korn Heather contributed fresh captures of the album from
vinyl that are improvements over the previous MP3s. You can listen to
each side at once below, or you can listen to individual tracks below that.
In addition, I'm making the tracks available for download in both FLAC and
MP3 formats.
