History A Little Bit of Sound

Carole Records, a division of Sidewalk Records were a small Los Angeles label distributed by GNP Crescendo but who & why & where obscurities A Little Bit Of Sound came from is unknown. Perhaps they were a studio based group of hipsters put together by L.A songwriter/producer Jerry Styner.

Mr Styner's usual line of mischief involved working with Mike Curb on movie scores for exploito flicks put out by Sidewalk Productions and producing records for the likes of The Second Time, Boston Tea Party and these lot.

I did a random search on google and his name appeared as a born again Reverend out in some Californian desert area. Talk about a career change!

'Incense And Peppermints' is a loose and rougher version of the big hit in the Summer of '67 by Strawberry Alarm Clock. It certainly doesn't have the same polish as the original but who cares cos this less refined punker with a cheapo organ break is killer.

The flip 'I Want You To Know' has plenty of fuzz but maybe could have done with that cheapo organ sound instead of what sounds like a beat up bontempi. Still coolsville though.

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