CRAZY ELEPHANT
''CRAZY ELEPHANT''
1969
73:05
01 - Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' 02:03
02 - Respect 07:24
03 - Pam 02:32
04 - Come To The Farm 03:15
05 - Somewhere 03:44
06 - My Baby (Honey Pie) 02:13
07 - Sunshine, Red Wine 02:29
08 - (Heartless) Hertie Gertie 03:03
09 - Love Strike 02:22
10 - Try This When You're Ready 02:55
11 - Higher And Higher 03:36
12 - Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' (Mono Single Version) 02:01
13 - Dark Part Of My Mind (Single B-Side) 02:51
14 - Sunshine, Red Wine (Mono Single Version) 02:29
15 - Pam (Mono Single Version) 02:32
16 - Gimme Some More (Single A-Side) 02:07
17 - My Baby (Honey Pie) (Single B-Side) 02:17
18 - There's A Better Day A'Comin' (Na Na Na Na) - Single A-Side) 03:14
19 - Space Buggy (Single B-Side) 02:24
20 - There Ain't No Umbopo (Single A-Side) 03:04
21 - Landrover (Single B-Side) 02:36
22 - Respect Revisited (Alternate Take) 04:59
23 - In A Castle (Radio Broadcast) 02:54
24 - Hips And Flips (Single B-Side) 01:54
25 - Splif Dna Spih (Single B-Side) 01:54
Robert Spencer (vocals)
Kenny Cohen (flute, saxophone, vocals), who later performed with The Eagles, Santana, Rod Stewart and B. B. King
Bob Avery (drums), who also played with The Music Explosion
Larry Laufer (keyboards, vocals)
Hal King (vocals)
Ronnie Bretone (bass)
REVIEW
by Keith Pettipas
After failing to secure a recording contract with Buddah Records, the Kasenetz-Katz production team-sponsored band Crazy Elephant found a home with Bell Records and released a self-titled album. This Rock in Beat release is a straight reissue of that lone album from the band originally released in 1969 and includes one bonus track. The album contains mainly original compositions by band members and Kasenetz and Katz together with an odd psychedelic R&B cover of Otis Redding's "Respect" and the very strange heavy version of the Leonard Bernstein song "Somewhere." While the music on this album does have a bubblegum feel to it, the entire album is more overtly psychedelic with swirling organ, fuzz guitars, and even horns, in the style of a less heavy Vanilla Fudge or Rare Earth. Crazy Elephant did manage to produce a hit single in 1969 with the song "Gimme, Gimme Good Lovin'" that featured vocals by Robert Spencer, former lead vocalist from the '50s band the Cadillacs.
ABOUT THE BAND
By Wikipedia
Crazy Elephant was a short-lived American bubblegum pop band noted for their 1969 hit single, "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'". Crazy Elephant was a studio concoction, created by Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz of Super K Productions, promoted in Cash Box magazine as allegedly being a group of Welsh coal miners. Former Cadillacs member Robert Spencer was widely utilized on lead vocals, though future 10cc member Kevin Godley took lead vocals on "There Ain't No Umbopo", recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport, England, and released on the Bell label in May 1970. A touring group was formed later for promotional purposes. The bassist on "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" was Gary Gaynor, a local studio musician who also worked with Laura Nyro. The song was covered by Detroit band Adrenalin featuring vocalist David Larson in 1979 and later by Helix.
Crazy Elephant's "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" (b/w "The Dark Part of My Mind") was a transatlantic one-hit wonder, making #12 on both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and the UK Singles Chart. Several follow-up singles, including "Gimme Some More" (b/w "My Baby (Honey Pie)") and "Sunshine Red Wine" (b/w "Pam"), failed to chart.
The band also released a self-titled album in 1969.
''CRAZY ELEPHANT''
1969
73:05
01 - Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' 02:03
02 - Respect 07:24
03 - Pam 02:32
04 - Come To The Farm 03:15
05 - Somewhere 03:44
06 - My Baby (Honey Pie) 02:13
07 - Sunshine, Red Wine 02:29
08 - (Heartless) Hertie Gertie 03:03
09 - Love Strike 02:22
10 - Try This When You're Ready 02:55
11 - Higher And Higher 03:36
12 - Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' (Mono Single Version) 02:01
13 - Dark Part Of My Mind (Single B-Side) 02:51
14 - Sunshine, Red Wine (Mono Single Version) 02:29
15 - Pam (Mono Single Version) 02:32
16 - Gimme Some More (Single A-Side) 02:07
17 - My Baby (Honey Pie) (Single B-Side) 02:17
18 - There's A Better Day A'Comin' (Na Na Na Na) - Single A-Side) 03:14
19 - Space Buggy (Single B-Side) 02:24
20 - There Ain't No Umbopo (Single A-Side) 03:04
21 - Landrover (Single B-Side) 02:36
22 - Respect Revisited (Alternate Take) 04:59
23 - In A Castle (Radio Broadcast) 02:54
24 - Hips And Flips (Single B-Side) 01:54
25 - Splif Dna Spih (Single B-Side) 01:54
Robert Spencer (vocals)
Kenny Cohen (flute, saxophone, vocals), who later performed with The Eagles, Santana, Rod Stewart and B. B. King
Bob Avery (drums), who also played with The Music Explosion
Larry Laufer (keyboards, vocals)
Hal King (vocals)
Ronnie Bretone (bass)
REVIEW
by Keith Pettipas
After failing to secure a recording contract with Buddah Records, the Kasenetz-Katz production team-sponsored band Crazy Elephant found a home with Bell Records and released a self-titled album. This Rock in Beat release is a straight reissue of that lone album from the band originally released in 1969 and includes one bonus track. The album contains mainly original compositions by band members and Kasenetz and Katz together with an odd psychedelic R&B cover of Otis Redding's "Respect" and the very strange heavy version of the Leonard Bernstein song "Somewhere." While the music on this album does have a bubblegum feel to it, the entire album is more overtly psychedelic with swirling organ, fuzz guitars, and even horns, in the style of a less heavy Vanilla Fudge or Rare Earth. Crazy Elephant did manage to produce a hit single in 1969 with the song "Gimme, Gimme Good Lovin'" that featured vocals by Robert Spencer, former lead vocalist from the '50s band the Cadillacs.
ABOUT THE BAND
By Wikipedia
Crazy Elephant was a short-lived American bubblegum pop band noted for their 1969 hit single, "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'". Crazy Elephant was a studio concoction, created by Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz of Super K Productions, promoted in Cash Box magazine as allegedly being a group of Welsh coal miners. Former Cadillacs member Robert Spencer was widely utilized on lead vocals, though future 10cc member Kevin Godley took lead vocals on "There Ain't No Umbopo", recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport, England, and released on the Bell label in May 1970. A touring group was formed later for promotional purposes. The bassist on "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" was Gary Gaynor, a local studio musician who also worked with Laura Nyro. The song was covered by Detroit band Adrenalin featuring vocalist David Larson in 1979 and later by Helix.
Crazy Elephant's "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" (b/w "The Dark Part of My Mind") was a transatlantic one-hit wonder, making #12 on both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and the UK Singles Chart. Several follow-up singles, including "Gimme Some More" (b/w "My Baby (Honey Pie)") and "Sunshine Red Wine" (b/w "Pam"), failed to chart.
The band also released a self-titled album in 1969.
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