The Shangri-Las - 65!
The second, and final, studio album by the short-lived but revolutionarily influential Shangri-Las, released by Red Bird in 1965, the same year as their iconic debut, Leader Of The Pack.
Formed in high-school by two sets of sisters, Mary and Betty Weiss and identical twins Margie and Mary Ann Ganser. Having grown up in a rough neighbourhood of Queens, they were less demure than other girl-groups of the time, developing a "tough girl" image that, along with their pop-perfection and their ability to switch from nonchalance to impassioned performance, was an often overlooked influence on many punk and new wave bands (The Ramones, Blondie, The Go-Go's, New York Dolls to name a few) a decade later.
Produced again by George "Shadow" Morton, 65! is every bit as essential as their debut, and contains some of the greatest pop songs of the 1960's.
TRACKLIST:
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Right Now And Not Later
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Never Again
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Give Us Your Blessings
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Sophisticated Boom Boom
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I'm Blue
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Heaven Only Knows
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The Train From Kansas City
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Out In The Streets
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What's A Girl Supposed To Do
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The Dum Dum Ditty
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You Cheated, You Lied
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The Boy
- Pressed on 180g vinyl
also available:
The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack LP
The Shangri-Las - Myrmidons Of Melodrama CD
