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The Numero Group: The Cleopatra Label (NJ)
Chicago, 26.07.18
In New Jersey, Tommy Falcone remade himself into a DIY Phil Spector. From 1962 to 1970, he founded and ran Cleopatra Records, discovered and mentored young Garden State talent, wrote songs and produced wild studio effects, and quit his day job to promote it all himself. Trained as an accordionist, Falcone had a whirlwind imagination and an omnivorous approach to genre, expressed through acts like the Centuries, the Tabbys, Johnny Silvio, the Inmates, Bernadette Carroll, the Hallmarks, Vickie & the Van Dykes, the Shandillons, Eugene Viscione, the Shoestring, and more. Cleopatra became a time-capsule of every 1960s pop style imaginable—garage rock, psychedelia, surf, girl groups, soul, novelties, exotica, even a crooner—a kaleidoscope of sound in search of the ever-elusive hit record.
Tracklist
- The Sticks & Stones
The Wrong Side Of My Dreams - The Hallmarks
Can’t Get You Out Of My Mind - Jimmy Davis
I Can’t Love You Anymore - Dick Thunder
Don’t Let Her Know - Bernadette Carroll
When We’re Older - Killer Joe Piro’s
Lonely Little Girl - The Hallmarks
Nightmare - The Centuries
Shoop De Hoop Twine (Instrumental) - The Falconettes
After All - Wayne Fauross
Sweet Dreams & Promises - The Falconettes
Same Mistake - The Hallmarks
That Kind Of Woman - Dick Thunder
Gee But I’m Lonesome - Unknown Artist
I Don’t Mind (Demo) - The Centuries
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