The POPPEES [New York City,
New York]
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The Poppees were from New York, booking at Max's or
CBGB with their Mersey sound as far back as `75. Their sole discography
consists of two 45's released on Bomp. Your interest to the former will
largely be determined by the interest you have for the Merseybeat sound
(as great as the song was, the performance may sound a bit too
revivalist now, but don't forget it was back in `75!), while the flip
was a cover of "The Love Of The Loved" a Lennon/McCartney original
penned for Cilla Black. "Jealousy", the great A-side of the latter
dropped the vintage approach for a more `70s-oriented production thanks
to a clever Cyril Jordan production. Both are recommended with a
special mention to "Jealousy", somewhat of a lost pop classic. They
also had recorded circa `76 a LP of Beatles' songs for Laurie Records
under the name Liverpool Five. The band now remember rockin' the house
a certain night at CBGB : "the place was littlerally crawling with
record industry heavy hitters, Seymour Stein from Sire Records came
down to check out and sign Mink DeVille..... and walked out signing the
Tuff Darts..... and so it went!...". Not long after,The Poppees split
up into two groups, giving way to the Boyfriends and Sorrows.
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Arthur Alexander : guitar,vocals (1,2)
Jet Harris : drums (2)
Pat Lorenzo : bass,vocals (1,2)
Bobby Dee : guitar,vocals (1,2)
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7" « If She Cries » b/w «
The Love Of The Loved » (USA [Bomp! #103]
8/1975)
7" « Jealousy » b/w « She's
Got It » (USA [Bomp! #106] 1978)
[Unreleased] According to Arthur
Alexander, there's quite a bit of stuff that, so far, never saw the
light of day. There is, for instance, a version of "Jealousy" the
Poppees recorded as their first "professional" demo, along with a
killer cover version of "Since I Fell For You". Plus a whole bunch of
assorted live stuff. All this stuff is crying out for a CD compilation.
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