All songs by Terry Phillips - lyrics, Mark Barkan - music, Rod MacDonald - music, except for Jungle Fever words & music by B.MacDonald, Hayden, Briggs, Keithline. All music arranged by Briggs, Hayden, Keithline, MacDonald. Produced by Brian MacDonald, recorded by Doug Clark at The Gallery East Hartford CT. Brian MacDonald - lead vocal, guitar, Roger Briggs - lead guitars, Mike Hayden - drums, bvox, Jeff Keithline - bass, bvox, Stan Slossberg - misc sounds, good vibes.
in 1974 a band from central Connecticut got a response from a semi-known New York manager-type...the band had been sending out unsolicited demos to everybody-who-was-anybody in the record business and this guy had gotten ahold of the tape...he liked the tunes and the band and he wanted to make them BIG STARS...but first he had this little project that he wanted them to do..."so fellas, have you ever heard of....’The Planet of the Apes?’"
so...long story short, the band got demos of tunes, written by big-time-pro songwriters, for a childrens’ album based on the Planet of the Apes..the music for the songs were of 2 types; Big Piano Broadway Showstoppers...and Mellow Folk Guitar Stoner Introspectives....the lyrics were all written by the manager guy and were consistantly semi-hilarious..
the poor band was sure that their fledgling career was OVER...but they had mucho pop/cover song experience and did their best and had some laughs (it WAS the ’70s...) enjoying the process even when the manager had this actor-guy dub some dialogue (you know...for kids!) in between the songs...I wish you could hear the whole thing!! anyway, they did their part and the manager did get them a nice 4 night showcase at Max’s Kansas City where they played their own songs and a bunch of big time invited industry types who came to see Larry Young (our heroes were the opener) saw them...but didn’t sign them...alas...BUT the band DID get to wear ape costumes AND (did I mention that this was Thanksgiving weekend?) appear in the Macy’s Parade on the Mego Toy Co Float...right behind Underdog...
Well hello my ape friends! Thank you for accepting our friend request! We love the stuff you're doing, its great! Would any of you apes want to join our group?
Hey, we were all talking about the updates to your page on the Planet of the Apes discussion group on Yahoo. Great to see the full musician credits & the color pics from the parade (also glad to see ya kept me as a top friend). Muhahahahahaha!!!! There is a Planet of the Apes!!!
Planet of the Apes, Hello Apes! Have a swingin' weekend. I hope this Holiday Season is filled with Peace and Lovely Memories for you. God Bless you and your loved ones. Hugs, Barbara
Hello Apes! Glad to have a friend in your species. I love all of your movies and I love the way you helped Charlton Heston and the other humans, too. Hugs, Barbara
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