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Sunday, August 21, 2011

The Ides Of March - Ideology (1965-68 us, beat psychedelia, sunshine pop, sundazed remaster edition)



This collection of 1965-1968 material, taken from rare regional singles along with a couple of previously unreleased tracks, is far removed from the Ides of March's horn-rock era (as heard on their 1970 hit "Vehicle"), both chronologically and stylistically.

When they started, the Ides were a Chicago teen band, recording mostly original songs heavily influenced by folk-rock and the British Invasion, although a few of these cuts do use brass. In general that's good news (and preferable to the horn-rock of their later career), but the harmony-heavy pop/rock of this early work isn't too exciting. In common with several other groups from the Chicago and Midwest areas, the group favored a rather clean-cut, Americanized take on British Invasion bands like the Beatles and the Hollies, though the folk-rock of the Byrds is heard in the guitar arrangements especially.

The local Chicago hits "You Wouldn't Listen" (which made number 42 nationally) and "Roller Coaster" are here, but to be tough about it, there's not enough light and shade here to put the Ides on the level of good British Invasion bands, or even of good British Invasion-influenced bands from the same region, such as the New Colony Six.

More to the point, there's too much light and not enough shade; although the harmonies are fairly impressive and the execution polished, the material is too often sunnily bland. The great exception to that is the riveting, raw folk-rocker "I'll Keep Searching," buried on a B-side, which has great bittersweet melodic hooks, melancholy harmonies, and dramatic stop-start tempos.

The disc includes two 1965 songs that they recorded as the Shondels on a super-rare self-released 45, as well as the previously unreleased originals "One and One Does Not Make Three" and "I'll Take You Back." The latter of these, an uncommonly moody tune, is actually a highlight of the collection.
by Richie Unterberger


Tracks
1. You Wouldn't Listen (Borch, Millas, Peterik) - 2:33
2. Girls Don't Grow on Trees - 2:58
3. You Need Love - 2:47
4. Roller Coaster - 2:33
5. I'll Keep Searching (Millas, Peterik) - 2:25
6. One and One Does Not Make Three - 2:23
7. Give Your Mind Wings - 2:55
8. Things Aren't Always What They Seem - 2:29
9. The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore) (Crewe, Gaudio) - 2:21
10.Hole in My Soul - 2:54
11.I'm Gonna Say My Prayers - 3:01
12.Sha-La-La-La-Lee (Lynch, Shuman) - 2:59
13.My Foolish Pride - 2:19
14.I'll Take You Back - 2:05
15.Like It or Lump It (Peterik, Millas) - 3:28
16.No Two Ways About It (Peterik, Millas) - 2:13
17.Hole in My Soul (Stereo Mix) - 2:52
18.Girls Don't Grow on Trees (Stereo Mix) - 2:54
All Songs Written by Jim Peterik, except wher indicated

Ides Of March
*Bob Bergland - Bass
*Jim Peterik - Vocals, Guitar
*Mike Borch - Drums, Percussion
*Larry Millas - Guitar

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21 comments:

  1. musicjl : Bonjour Marios. Ce cd Ideology est devenu introuvable totalement épuisé. Est il possible de l'avoir sous la forme flac tracks car je n'ai aucun outil qui fonctionne pour découper, c'était déja le cas pour le Creme Soda mais enfin de moindre importance. Vos posts sur Phrock son coupés. Pourriez vous en faire de même sur votre blog.
    Merci beaucoup.

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  2. Pour diviser le fichier unique, une meilleure utilisation de cette:
    http://www.medieval.it/cuesplitter-pc/menu-id-71.html
    Facile et gratuit

    les instructions:
    ouvrir le Medieval CUE Splitter

    Au sommet de la barre d'abord, vous choisissez la langue (si ce n'est pas le français),

    puis dans la barre d'exactement la même sur le côté gauche il ya le mot Fichier, appuyez sur et choisissez le fichier unique (Cue) vous voulez partager,

    immédiatement ouvrira une liste avec toutes les chansons,

    puis vous irez la même page vers le bas et faites un clic gauche sur la Siparez! mot.

    Choisissez le dossier dans lequel vous voulez les sauvegarder et cliquez sur OK,

    après avoir terminé la séparation, ouvrez le dossier et
    profiter de la musique ..

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  3. C'est dommage de perdre tant de musique, à cause d'un simple outil.

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  4. Very nice collection with rarities this great band.
    Thanks a lot Marios for this gem.

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  5. musicjl : Tout d'abord merci. Après téléchargementt de médiéval cuesplitter et instals sur différents windows ME et XP, le message est le même violation access (sur wIN 7 rien ne se passe) instal qui se plante et je ne souhaite pas détruire un ordi neuf. Connaissez vous un fichier similaire en version usb ? Si ce n'est pas le cas merci à celui qui a la possibilité de le faire de me couper cet Ideology.
    Merci pour tout, ce blog et le reste.
    Cordialement à bientôt

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  6. Musicjl,
    Je pense, cela doit être la bonne:
    http://www.windows7download.com/win7-medieval-cue-splitter/screenshot-drywfgym.html

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  7. musicjl : J'ai bien essayé avec ce lien, mais pas d'install tout se bloque. Ce qui m'inquiète un peu. Enfin peut être un jour une solution sur USB ou sur mon ancien système qui fonctionne en ME ou XP car - de risque. Mes soucis viennent peut être de la localisation du serveur (trés long)
    En tout les cas, merci pour tout et bonne semaine et de temps en temps essayez svp les + tracks.
    Cordialement

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  8. une dernière chance, peut cela peut aider:
    http://cue-splitter.en.softonic.com/

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  9. Great collection. Thanks very much...

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  10. Thank you MARIOS for hearing the beggining of this great band.Their later albums are to me - fantasic !!!

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  11. Grand merci Marios pour cette magnifique compilation.
    J'etais reste sur l'album Vehicule ecoute a sa sortie avec l'abominable section de cuivres,et sans le descriptif musical je n'aurais jamais prete attention a ce cd.

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  12. Thank you Marios for sharing this album, great band!

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  13. I've never heard their early stuff - thank you very much for posting this!

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  14. I like their early stuff better.thanks for sharing this Sundazed comp

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  15. Great posting Marios !!!

    Thank you so much

    All the best, Albert

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  16. Beware! these Ides of March have disappeared...

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  17. Anonymous, Ides Of March ...re back...

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  18. This is more like it.Some of the recent uploads have sucked here but this one is awesome
    David Applebaum jr.

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