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| | Crimson & Clover/Cellophane Symphony | | | Music Artist : | | Tommy James & the Shondells | | Music Style : | | Psychedelic Rock | | Record Label : | | Rhino / Wea | | Release Date : | | 1991-08-27 | | Store Price : | | $8.96 | | Artistopia's Price: $7.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Crimson & Clover
2. Kathleen McArthur
3. I Am a Tangerine
4. Do Something to Me
5. Crystal Blue Persuasion
6. Sugar on Sunday - Tommy James
7. Breakaway
8. Smokey Roads
9. I'm Alive
10. Crimson & Clover (Reprise)
11. Cellophane Symphony
12. Makin' Good Time
13. Evergreen
14. Sweet Cherry Wine
15. Papa Rolled His Own
16. Changes
17. Loved One
18. I Know Who I Am
19. Love of a Woman
20. On Behalf of the Entire Staff & Management
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Very good
Submitted on: 2009-06-29 |
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| I havae always enjoyed Crimson and Clover. The rest of the album was equally as good. I would recommend it. |
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 This is better than any of the Compilation / Hits CDs!
Submitted on: 2009-05-06 |
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| I purchased this release along with another 2-CD collection of their hits as I was sure that the song I really like Crimson & Clover would be the edited version on the 2-CD collection (it was the edited version). What blew me away about this release (C&C and Cellophane Symphony) is that almost every song could be included on any good collection! The only song I didn't care for was the last one (On Behalf....) as it was just a silly song, but aside from that, this release is fantastic! It's a shame that record companies and radio stations back then had to edit music for time or simply not play them. The piece Cellophane Symphony in itself is great! It reminded me of Pink Floyd's music some. The whole CD (x last song) is well worth the $ spent! |
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Alan Smith
Submitted on: 2009-02-16 |
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I bought this CD for basicaly one reason and one reason only. I wanted to have the long and very beautiful revised version, of "Crimson & Clover". I have always loved this song since it came out in my junior year of high school. It brings back such warm and fuzzy good memories of times that were not as bad as times are today. It brings back memories of times of high school friends and simple "puppy love and hopes" before the times of war in Vietnam and the hard times since then. It is a very soothing song of lost simpler times in my and my generations lives. I always listen to it when I get to feeling down but it also reminds me of the friends that have left this life and this brings a tear to my eyes. Just a simple honest review is all that this is. Hope you understand this.
A Friend
Alan
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Great old memories
Submitted on: 2007-08-28 |
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| Brought me back to a time, that I SO loved with such groups and songs as these. |
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Crimson is essential -Cellophanes a nice addition!
Submitted on: 2007-04-27 |
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| This two album cd from Tj and the Shondells is the best collection by this former bubblegum pop group. The big hit Crimson and clover is here in its original longform but the album itself is actually one of the sixties best. On "I am a tangerine" the band outdoes the beatles in Revolver like pyschedelia- the lyrics are pretty silly but the effects and arrangment are very cool. This is pure pyschedelia done better than you would imagine especially if youre familiar wih the groups early career. Also great is the other somewhat known hit" crystal blue persuasion" a very laidback but odd mix of motown and flower power moments. Tommy James produced the record and really got into the production and mixing side of recording- its very much an ear candy type record. I would say this fits firmly in line with the zombies oracle and floyds piper at the gates though more pop and accessible- perhaps in the top ten of 60's records. The followup Cellaphane Symphony starts off amazing with a long instrumental piece using the moog synth- it comes across as floydian and i assure you its quite eerie and groundbreaking. This album contains the minor hit sweet cherry wine- a protest song that was popular during the vietnam era. The shondells throw in some alt country and some haunting almost jazzlike silkiness on "Evergreen"- perhaps this albums best tune. Where CS fails is the humor pieces which are heavily borrowed from the Small faces(Ogdens Nutflake) or perhaps the Kinks. They are too long not very funny and take away from what could have been a second masterpiece. The moog is used on a couple of tracks and give songs like "changes" a stamp of their own. All in all for the price this is an excellent cd- good liner notes- very good sound and Crimson is essential listening. The addition of Cellaphane is also nice as atleast 65-70% of the record is very good as well. For those familiar with 60s music its easy to spot where tommy James borrowed stole or incorporated others styles- but his group did it with enough taste and personality to make it their own. |
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