The Association

The Association é un grupo de música pop formado en 1965 orixinario de California, sobranceiro polos seus temas do xénero sunshine pop. Durante a década de 1960 tiveron varios temas á cabeza do Billboard e foi o grupo líder no Festival Pop de Monterey de 1967.

O grupo en 1968

Historia

Jules Alexandre estaba en Hawaii en 1962 realizando o servizo militar na mariña e alí coñece a Terry Kirkman que acordan volver a reunirse tras Jules rematar na mariña. En 1963 os dous están nos  Ánxeles e comezan a explorar a escena musical da cidade. 

A suxestión de Kirkman adoptaron o nome The Association, o grupo orixinal compúñase de Alexandre, que utilizou o seu apelido, Gary, nos dous primeiros álbums e que cantaba e tocaba a guitarra; Kirkman tamén cantaba e tocaba variedade de instrumentos de vento, metal e percusión, Brian Cole, cantante tamén e guitarrista, Ted Bluechel, Jr. á batería, guitarra, baixo e tamén cantante, e finalmente Bob Page á guitarra, banjo e como cantante. Jim Yester substituíu a Page.

Discografía

Álbums de estudio

  • And Then... Along Comes The Association - Valiant VLM-5002/VLS-25002 (#5, 1966)
Reissued in 1967 on Warner Bros. W-1702/WS-1702
  • Renaissance - Valiant VLM-5004/VLS-25004 (#34 1967)
Reissued in 1967 on Warner Bros. W-1704/WS-1704
  • Insight Out - Warner Bros. W-1696/WS-1696 (#8, 1967)
  • Birthday - Warner Bros. W-1733/WS-1733 (#23, 1968)
  • The Association - Warner Bros. WS-1800 (#32, 1969)
  • Stop Your Motor - Warner Bros. WS-1927 (1971)
  • Waterbeds in Trinidad! - Columbia KC-31348 (1972)
  • Vintage - CBS Special Products BT-19223 (1983)
  • The Association 95: A Little Bit More - Track Records (1995)

Outros

  • Greatest Hits - Warner Bros. WS-1767 (#4, 1968)
  • Goodbye, Columbus (Soundtrack) - Warner Bros. WS-1786 (#99, 1969)
  • The Association Live - Warner Bros. 2WS-1868 (#79, 1970)
  • Just the Right Sound - The Anthology 1966-1981 (Double CD, released in 2002 as Warner Bros. / Rhino R2 78303, incluíndo dúas tomas inéditas ('The Machine', 'Better Times') de 1966. Unha variación de importación tamén inclúe a toma 'Caney Creek')
  • New Memories - Hitbound Records 51-3022 (1983) (por varios artistas, incluíndo The Association, Bobby Vee, Mary McGregor e Mike Love)

Sinxelos

Cara A / Cara B

Selo e Nº.AnoBillboardCashboxÁlbum
"Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You"
b/w "Baby, Can't You Hear Me Call Your Name"
Jubilee 55051965--Non-album tracks
"One Too Many Mornings"
b/w "Forty Times"
Valiant 7301965--
"Along Comes Mary"
b/w "Your Own Love"
Valiant 7411966#7#9And Then...Along Comes The Association
"Cherish"
b/w "Don’t Blame It on Me"
Valiant 7471966#1#1
"Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies"
b/w "Standing Still" (from And Then...Along Comes The Association)
Valiant 7551966#35#26Renaissance
"No Fair at All"
b/w "Looking Glass"
Valiant 7581967#51#53
"Windy"
b/w "Sometime"
Warner Bros. 70411967#1#1Insight Out
"Never My Love" /
"Requiem for the Masses"
Warner Bros. 70741967#2 /
#100
#1
"Everything That Touches You"
b/w "We Love Us" (from Insight Out)
Warner Bros. 71631968#10#11Birthday
"Time for Livin'"
b/w "Birthday Morning"
Warner Bros. 71951968#39 [#27-AC]#22
"Six Man Band"
b/w "Like Always" (from Birthday)
Warner Bros. 72291968#47#29Greatest Hits
"Goodbye Columbus"
b/w "The Time It is Today" (from Birthday)
Warner Bros. 72671969#80 [#22-AC]#78Goodbye Columbus soundtrack
"Under Branches"
b/w "Hear in Here" (from Birthday)
Warner Bros. 72771969#117-The Association
"Yes, I Will"
b/w "I Am Up For Europe"
Warner Bros. 73051970#120-
"Dubuque Blues"
b/w "Are You Ready"
Warner Bros. 73491970-#84
"Just About the Same"
b/w "Look At Me, Look At You" (from The Association)
Warner Bros. 73721970#106#91Non-album track
"Along the Way"
b/w "Traveler’s Guide"
Warner Bros. 74291970--Stop Your Motor
"P.F. Sloan"
b/w "Traveler's Guide"
Warner Bros. 74711971--
"Bring Yourself Home"
b/w "It’s Gotta Be Real"
Warner Bros. 75151971--
"That’s Racin’"
b/w "Makes Me Cry" (alternate title for "Funny Kind of Song")
Warner Bros. 75241971--
"Darlin' Be Home Soon"
b/w "Indian Wells Woman"
Columbia 456021972#104#90Waterbeds In Trinidad!
"Come the Fall"
b/w "Kicking the Gong Around"
Columbia 456541972--
"Names, Tags, Numbers and Labels"
b/w "Rainbows Bent" (from Waterbeds In Trinidad)
Mums 60611973#91 [#27-AC]#85Non-album tracks
"One Sunday Morning"
b/w "Life Is a Carnival"
RCA 102171975--
"Dreamer"
b/w "You Turn the Light On"
Elektra 470941981#66 [#17-AC]-
"Small Town Lovers"
b/w "Across the Persian Gulf"
Elektra 471461981--

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