The Maharajas – “You Can’t Erase A Mirror” EP (Back To Beat Records BTB015) February 2021
In late 2019 Trond Stromsnes Olsen, director of Back To Beat Records, contacted The Maharajas and asked if we were interested in being part of his series of 7″ with covers of ’60s moody songs.
Does the bear shit in the forest? As a result, we recorded four of our favourites!
We chose these floor killers.
A-side:
The Weads – “Don’t Call My Name” (Duane Records 1042) November 1965
The Weads hailed from Stony Brook, New York, and were the first rock band to release a record on the Duane label based in Bermuda.
They played only original material and “Don’t Call My Name” made it to the top 10 in Long Island, even though it was the flip side.
The Children Of The Mushroom – “You Can’t Erase A Mirror” (Soho 101) December 1967
Near Los Angeles, in Thousand Oaks, The Children Of The Mushroom originally formed as The Captives. Only one single was released, recorded in a studio called Nashville West, Hollywood.
By the time of the recording the members of the group were between 15 and 18 years of age.
B-side:
Dat En Wat – “I Can Live Without You” (Soho 70.003) 1966
Not many earthlings knew of their only single before it was re-released in 1999 by op Art. The A-side “I Can Live Without You” was penned by guitarist Otto Molendijk.
The group hailed from the small town of Badhoevedorp, competing with the noise from the nearby Amsterdam airport Schiphol.
Country fellow favourites of the band were Q65, The Motions and The Outsiders.
The New Dawn – “Life Goes On” (Hoot Records GR-70-4569) July 1970
Composed and sung by drummer Bill Gartner, “Life Goes On” finishes the B-side of their only full-length album.
The band hailed from Salem, the capitol of the U.S. state of Oregon, some 200 miles south of Seattle. From our point of view a perfect song to end this EP.
The Maharajas line-up:
Mathias Lilja (vocals / guitar)
Jens Lindberg (guitar / bass / vocals)
Ulf Guttormsson (bass / guitar)
Jesper Karlsson (drums / percussion / flute)
Henrik Wind (guest appearance on Farfisa Compact Duo & Vox Continental)
The music was captured on the Rabahiff Mobile at Roswell Rehearsals, May 2020.
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