Posted in 1960s, Music at 12:00 on 10 July 2015
The Truth found difficulty coming up with their own songs. As this link from last week says, their singles were all written by people from other, more famous bands, in order here: The Beatles, The Kinks and The Rascals.
The Truth: Girl
The Truth: I Go To Sleep
The Truth: Sueno
Posted in 1960s, Friday On My Mind, Music at 12:00 on 3 July 2015
The reason I was googling The Left Banke last week was because I finally stumbled across an embeddable file of the version of Walk Away Renee that I actually bought. The one by The Truth.
The B-side, Fly Away Bird, is fairly stripped down.
The Truth: Fly Away Bird
Just for completeness here’s the A-side. There’s much more production on this.
The Truth: Walk Away Renee
Posted in 1960s, Friday On My Mind, Music at 19:02 on 30 April 2010
Walk Away Renee is another underestimated 1960s gem.
I bought The Truth’s cover version of this song before I learned it was a cover. (I knew there were other versions around at the time but it wasn’t until years later that I discovered it had first been done by The Left Banke.) I’m featuring the original, as The Truth’s recording isn’t on You Tube.
Walk Away Renee was of course a biggish hit later for the Four Tops but they overplayed it. Levi Stubbs was just too shouty for a delicate flower like this.
Anyway here is The Left Banke: Walk Away Renee
