Lt. Garcia's Magic Music Box Lp Nr Mint Disc 60s Garage

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 (Please read entire add, have a nice day ! )............KAMA SUTRA RECORDS, KLPS 8071, Cover has wear, edge cut , less than vg, the record is great near mint, very clean, with original sleeve, this is LT GARCIAS MAGIC MUSIC BOX; - CROSS THE BORDER.............. .    

The fact of the matter is that there weren't a lot of classic bubblegum albums in the first place, so declaring one of those few albums a "Top 5" candidate doesn't appear to mean much. However, this "Top 5" album achieves what even some of the other don't; it actually works as a real album. You know, the kind they used to make with solid numbers throughout, a sense of cohesion, worthy of repeat listening, etc. 

Starting off the record with a Joey Levine/Artie Resnick creation reminds me of this guy named Paul McCartney who wrote a song called "Come And Get It" for a group named Badfinger. Both great songs but not very representative of either group's sound. Designed as a near-guarantee to get a hit, Latin Shake just didn't have all the bubblegum chops necessary to be a Top 40 contender. Even Harry Boyle's commendable Joey Levine styling and the "Do it, do it" refrain couldn't deliver the gold gum goods. Lucky for ears tuned to bubblegum and great pop, the rest of the album does deliver. Salomila sets the table by introducing the true sound of Lt. Garcia -- finely crafted pop with a flavor of countries other than the good old U.S. of A. The set doesn't begin and end in Mexico as each song seemingly takes us on musical trips to places like India, Greece and even Ireland. 

This is a real band playing here. Three great singers having fun and, ahem, playing outside the box. It's difficult to not think about bubblegum groups in any other light but as singles generators. With that in mind, The La La Song should have been the big hit single here and Two Sides To Every Story could have been a contender. With a great sliding piano riff it really chugs along. Even Come On would have been a single candidate with a mix of sounds stretching from the Middle East, India, the psychedelic, and a little "running through the shadows" thrown in for good measure. Weather Lt. Garcia's Magic Music Box is entirely bubblegum is debatable. It's one of those cases where you're either "all-in" or "all-out." I tend to count them as borderline bubblegum (sorry!); guilt by gum association if you will. With all their extra-curricular activity (see below), the group may have naturally penned regular Top 40 fair but they added enough gum elements to place them squarely in the genre. Other than Shake and La La, each of the remaining album cuts singled out may sound Top 40 to most years but played in vicinity of other classic bubblegum songs, their bubblegum elements rise to the top. Children On The Playground is my favorite song. Of course, I heard their remake for the K&K Kollection, It's Gonna Be The Death Of You, years before I heard the original presented here but, regardless, it's a mature, transcending piece often associated with great lost "deep hidden tracks" on some progressive oldies stations. Like the group Steam, Lt. Garcia barely qualifies as gum yet released a near-perfect album and, then, they were never heard from again. Just another heartbreak for this little bubblegum heart.

- Andrew Bergey

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