Just Colour [Import]

The Lollipop Shoppe | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 16, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Rev-Ola [Cherry Red]
• ASIN: B001APRXK4
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #273,870 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You Must Be a Witch

2. Underground Railroad

3. Baby Don't Go

4. Who'll Read the Will

5. It's Only a Reflection

6. Don't Look Back

7. Don't Close the Door on Me

8. It Ain't How Long

9. It's Makin' It

10. I'm Gonna Be There

11. You Don't Give Me No More

12. Sin

13. Someone I Know [*]

14. Through My Window [*]

Editorial Reviews

2008 digitally remastered edition of this Garage Rock/Psychedelic classic, originally released in 1967. Initially known as The Weeds and featuring Fred "Deep Soul" Cole, The Lollipop Shoppe sound amazingly modern. After The Weeds signed to UNI Records, their new manager, the infamous Lord Tim Hudson, insisted they change their name to The Lollipop Shoppe to fit in with the current trend of bizarrely named Bubblegum groups. The band's actual recordings are hardly Bubblegum, but instead a mix of crunching Garage Rock and wild Psychedelia. The album and its single, 'You Must Be a Witch,' are period classics and still prized by collectors, though neither made the charts. The band opened for stars such as Janis Joplin and The Doors, and appeared in the biker movie Angels from Hell. 14 tracks. Rev-Ola.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A True Classic of 60's Rock- West Coast Style, February 28, 2011

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Dano "rock man" (New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews

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If you don't like the way records were mixed to stereo in the 60's (drums and bass right speaker, guitars and singing left and center) then you won't like this. I recommend you buy the other version- The Weeds aka The Lollipop Shoppe- instead. It's been remastered without such a wide stereo soundfield and definitely sounds more modern. Plus the bonus tracks are just as awesome as the original record. But because I love this record so much I HAD to get both. This one has two fantastic bonus songs that are not available on The Weeds cd. These songs are the closest to the group "Love" I have ever heard (I love Love). The thing is Revola stuck to the original mixes, which I think was a great idea. It gives you a better idea of what the original record sounded like, which I somehow missed back in the day. My advice is to first get The Weeds cd. I bet you're gonna want this one too (if you're a fan of 60's psych that is). Don't think twice, it's alright!

4.0 out of 5 stars Decent Remaster, August 11, 2011

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Edward Brydalski (Buffalo New York) - See all my reviews
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This Rev-ola disc sounds better than the original UNI LP and I believe it was sourced from a Master tape or perhaps a safety. Highly reccommended.

0 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars WHERE IS THE REVIEW?, August 17, 2009

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peace train "katman 7" (richmond va) - See all my reviews

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I USUALLY DONT WRITE A REVIEW UNTIL I OWN THE CD AND LISTEN TO IT TWICE...SOME OF MY PALS HAVE MENTIONED THIS BAND [HI, BUD WEBSTER] AND ARE CURIOUS, AND SINCE NOBODY HAS REVIEWED IT. I WILL SAY A FEW THINGS BASED ON THE 30-SECOND SAMPLES AND ONE SONG I HAVE ON A COMP...I NEVER HAD THE LP SO I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS BECAUSE OF WORD ON THE NET...SO HERE GOES. THE SINGER IN THIS BAND APPEARS TO BE A FAN OF ARTHUR LEE [FROM LOVE] AND SOUNDS A BIT LIKE HIM BUT WITHOUT THE POWER. THE SOUND SEEMS VERY TINNY AND THIN, VERY GARAGE, AND ONLY A FEW OF THE SONGS WERE APPEALING. I SUSPECT THIS BAND COULD SOUND A LOT BETTER WITH A TOUCH OF PRODUCTION, BUT THIS IS THE POOREST SOUND IVE HEARD ON THIS LABEL...AGAIN,JUST SAMPLES, BUT I THINK I WILL PASS......BRITMAN 46