These recordings were graciously given to me by a good friend, but they didn't come with much background information. I don't know exactly when or where each song was recorded, but I had a chance to ask Greg Hawkes about the set and he believes many of them were recorded with Richard & The Rabbits. Fuzzbee Morse, a member of that band, has since clarified that "Harlequin" and "Sam's Decision" are definitely recordings of Richard & The Rabbits from 1974. Three others, "You're Always Brighter" (originally "She's Always Brighter"), "Twilight Superman," and "Start It All Again," are songs that the Rabbits played and/or recorded at some time, but those tracks on this cassette are NOT them.
Greg also mentioned that on "Everyday," the Buddy Holly song, the lineup was Tom Yates on guitar, Glenn Evans on drums, and Greg on keyboards, flute and bells. He believes that was the lineup on "Start it All Again" as well. Hopefully as others hear this, more information will come to light.
Also, clearly that is not Ben singing "You're Always Brighter," but I don't know who it is! Any of you Boston music veterans recognize those pipes?
I've uploaded each song individually, and the song credits appear in the description of each video.
I didn't want to hold the songs any longer than I had to, so I'm putting them out there with incomplete info, but I'll update them as I find out more. I appreciate your patience.
TRACKS:
00:00 "Harlequin"
04:10 "Sam's Decision"
07:35 "Mid Spring"
10:46 "You're Always Brighter" (unknown vocalist)
15:11 "Never Gonna Get Over You"
19:00 "Twilight Superman"
22:33 "Everyday"
25:00 "Start It All Again"
Ric and Ben photo credit: Glenn Evans
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