Feelin' Groovy is the debut album by the American sunshine pop band Harper's Bizarre, released in 1967.

Feelin' Groovy Review by Matthew Greenwald

...Enter producer Lenny Waronker and session musician/arranger/songwriter/general musical architect Van Dyke Parks. The two of them brought then-drummer Ted Templeman up to the front as co-lead vocalist, along with Dick Scoppettone, and created a soft rock identity for the group, renaming them Harpers Bizarre...songs by Van Dyke Parks ("Come to the Sunshine"), Randy Newman ("Debutante's Ball"), and others. An excellent and definitive slice of California soft pop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfPhxPvCVx8&list=OLAK5uy_mNIbemcxGpkoXEreKBtQXih6OHfpFQmhg

#HarpersBizarre #VanDykeParks #WreckingCrew #LeonRussell #Music #SunshinePop #60spop #RandyNewman

"All I Know" is a song written by American songwriter #JimmyWebb, first recorded by #ArtGarfunkel on his 1973 debut solo album, #AngelClare, released by #ColumbiaRecords. Instrumental backing was provided by members of the #WreckingCrew, L.A. session musicians. Garfunkel's version is the best known and highest-charting version, peaking at number nine on the #Billboard #Hot100 and number one on the #EasyListening chart for four weeks in October 1973.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06geFRrloEc

Happy Heavenly Birthday too Scott McKenzie

https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/san-francisco-be-sure-to-wear-flowers-in-your-hair-demo-remastered-2020

#ScottMcKenzie #SanFrancisco #Flowers #Hair #MontereyPopFestival #SummerofLove #JohnPhillips #MamasandthePapas #wreckingcrew #PragueSpring #folkmusic #BeachBoys #Kokomo #MikeLove #TerryMelcher #GuillainBarre #grungemusic #IggyPop #NobHill #demo #johnnyjblair #singeratlarge

Deuces, "T's", Roadsters & Drums by Hal Blaine, released on RCA Victor in 1963.

Wrecking Crew member Hal Blaine, in cahoots with Lee Hazelwood, speeds through all the musical trends of 1963!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXd80prrHP4&list=PLzlA7Xo2GDP_AnYt54axfLWdWhZA8W4wX&index=1

#HalBlaine #LeeHazelwood #SurfMusic #Music #WreckingCrew #Drums #HotRod

"All I Know" is a song written by American songwriter #JimmyWebb, first recorded by #ArtGarfunkel on his 1973 debut solo album, #AngelClare, released by #ColumbiaRecords. Instrumental backing was provided by members of the #WreckingCrew, L.A. session musicians. Garfunkel's version is the best known and highest-charting version, peaking at number nine on the #Billboard #Hot100 and number one on the #EasyListening chart for four weeks in October 1973.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BHfgNiSf-E

"Half-Breed" is a song written by #AlCapps and Mary Dean that was recorded by Cher in 1973. Cher's version, recorded with instrumental backing by L.A. sessions musicians from the #WreckingCrew, was recorded on May 21, 1973 at #LarrabeeSound in Los Angeles. Lyrically, the song describes the life of a girl who faces societal rejection due to having a #White father and #Cherokee mother. It contains themes of #racism and #doubleStandards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo2tRZnEec4

"Rainy Days and Mondays" is a song by the #Carpenters from their self-titled third album, with instrumental backing by the #WreckingCrew. It was written by #PaulWilliams (lyrics) and #RogerNichols (music), who had previously written "#WeveOnlyJustBegun", another hit for the duo. The B-side on the #single is "Saturday", a song written and sung by #RichardCarpenter. A demonstration for the song was initially sent to Richard Carpenter by Williams and Nichols.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H54N9eaonng

🎮 Random Retro Game:

Title: Wrecking Crew (1985)
Released: 1985-06-18
Platforms: NES
Also released on: Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii, Game Boy Advance

#WreckingCrew(1985) #NES #Retrogames

"(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" is a song written by #TonyMacaulay and performed by #The5thDimension with instrumental backing from L.A. session musicians from the #WreckingCrew. The song appeared on the band's album #IndividuallyAndCollectively, produced by #BonesHowe and arranged by #BillHolman. The song was a top 10 hit for the group in the U.S., and their sixth and final #platinumRecord.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CrVgklfs_A

🎮 Random Retro Game:

Title: Wrecking Crew (1985)
Released: 1985-06-18
Platforms: NES
Also released on: Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii, Game Boy Advance

#WreckingCrew(1985) #NES #Retrogames

"Dizzy" is a song originally #recorded by #TommyRoe that became an international #hitSingle in 1969. Instrumental backing was provided by the #LosAngeles session musicians known as the #WreckingCrew. Cowritten by Roe and #FreddyWeller, "Dizzy" was a major hit on both sides of the #Atlantic, reaching number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in March 1969, number one for one week on the #UKSinglesChart in June 1969 and number one in Canada in March 1969.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbdtQ99yIUo

Genetec, crescita a livello internazionale e ampliamento di alcune sedi: Genetec estende la propria sede centrale di Montreal e gli uffici del Regno Unito, a conferma della crescente domanda da parte del mercato, che spinge l’azienda ad...
#Genetec #AndrewElvish #innovazione #espansione #WreckingCrew http://dlvr.it/TLzQ7b

“When my father, Hal, #CarolKaye, Plas, Don Randi, Joe Osborn, Leon Russell, Glen Campbell and the other musicians of the time tried to break into the studio scene, they would take any recording dates that the older and more established musicians would never take.

They took what they could get. Many of the early dates were non-union and rock & roll. If you were an older player and a movie call came up, you wouldn’t blow a week of work on that film for a $20 song demo.

So, rumor has it, Hal heard one of the older guys say to another older musician, ‘These guys are going to wreck the business playing this rock & roll shit.’ And that is the genesis of the term.” — #DennyTedesco

#WreckingCrew / #music / #RockMusic / #RockNRoll / #RRHOF <https://variety.com/2025/music/news/carol-kaye-danny-tedesco-respoinds-wrecking-crew-rock-hall-1236437946/>

‘Wrecking Crew’ Documentary Director Rebuts Legendary Bassist Carol Kaye’s Complaints, After She Knocks Rock Hall Induction (and Him)
#Variety #News #CarolKaye #DannyTedesco #RockandRollHallofFame #WreckingCrew

https://variety.com/2025/music/news/carol-kaye-danny-tedesco-respoinds-wrecking-crew-rock-hall-1236437946/

Games celebrating their anniversaries on June 18✨ 　 18日発売記念日のゲームの思い出。 　 ・レッキングクルー ファミコン版の発売日。ナスビ仮面！ ファミコンミニシリーズにも第二段に登場していましたね。もう39周年になります！ あと、 XI もですね。あれもハマってたくさん遊びました！BGMも素晴らしかった！楽しかったなぁ。 　 祝🎊🙏✨ 　 #レッキングクルー #XI #WRECKINGCREW

In 1964, #BrianWilson decided to stop touring with the #BeachBoys after experiencing a panic attack due to the band’s heavy schedule. He focused on his production, & in 1965 started work on the landmark experimental pop album #PetSounds. Wilson was the mastermind behind the Pet Sounds sessions, working alongside famed studio musicians the #WreckingCrew. At the time of its release, Pet Sounds was considered a relative commercial flop & critical failure [can you imagine?].

#music #art #genius

What's New... Barney Kessel? released on Mercury in 1969

Barney Kessel (October 17, 1923 – May 6, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist. Known in particular for his knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies, he was a member of many prominent jazz groups as well as a "first call" guitarist for studio, film, and television recording sessions. Kessel was a member of the group of session musicians informally known as the Wrecking Crew.

#barneykessel #jazzguitar #wreckingcrew

"Cracklin' Rosie" is a song written and recorded by #NeilDiamond in 1970, with instrumental backing by Los Angeles session musicians from the #WreckingCrew, including #HalBlaine on drums, #LarryKnechtel on keyboards, #JoeOsborn on bass, #AlCasey on guitar and #GeneEstes on percussion – arranged by #DonRandi. The song was included on Diamond's album #TapRootManuscript. In October 1970 the song became Diamond's first American No. 1 hit within the #Billboard Hot 100.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGemtjVtfZM

#magicthegathering #mtg #WreckingCrew #JoshuaRaphael

Jim Sullivan, U.F.O., 1969 on Monnie Records

im Sullivan’s U.F.O. originally came out on Monnie back in 1969 (basically a self-funded pressing), and then was reissued with the title Jim Sullivan (with a different mix) by Century City Records in 1970. It was out of print until Light in the Attic reissued it in 2010, forty years later.

Sullivan famously disappeared in New Mexico in 1975, adding some romance and intrigue – especially when one of the theories is alien abduction, given the album’s title.

Musicians on the LP include some of the Wrecking Crew: Earl Palmer, Don Randi, Jimmy Bond, Lyle Ritz, and Max Bennett.

My copy is the Vinyl Me Please reissue made by Light in the Attic, as part of the VMP Essentials track (VMP E081) which came out in 2019. Reissue was produced by Matt Sullivan (co-found of Light in the Attic – no relation to Jim) with sound restoration/mastering by Dave Cooley.

#1960s #1969 #2019 #DaveCooley #DonRandi #JimSullivan #JimmyBond #LightInTheAttic #LyleRitz #MattSullivan #Reissue #vinyl #vinylMePlease #VinylMePleaseEssentials #vinylcollection #WreckingCrew