Eddie Hodges – ’Love Minus Zero’/’The Water Is Over My Head’ (Aurora 156) Oct 1965
Eddie Hodges | Love Minus Zero | (Aurora) 1965 | Eddie Hodges is probably better known as being a child actor from the late 50s/early 60s but having moved to Hollywood to be at the heart of the movie industry he found himself in Folk Rock City just at the right time and was signed up as a recording artist releasing several records that fall below my radar.
His cover of Dylan’s ’Love Minus Zero’ proved popular enough to get him an appearance on Hollywood A Go Go, the clip has survived and has been uploaded to You Tube.
Eddie looks really neat and tidy and fairly uncomfortable to me as go go dancers weave their magic behind him.
Far superior is the surf styled folk rock beat of the flip ’The Water Is Over My Head’ written by Al Kooper and Irwin Levine.
This tune would have been better suited as the plug side as it was for The Tokens and The Rockin’ Berries who had a Top 40 hit with it in England.
Eddie Hodges – ”Shadows And Reflexions” / ”Love Could Rule The World” (Sunburst 773) November 1967
This is the second time out for Eddie Hodges on my blog, this time it’s his version of ”Shadows And Reflexions” which was also recorded by The Lownly Crowde, The Action and The Byzantine Empire.
The song was co-written by his friend Tandym Almer who’s famous for being the author of ”Along Comes Mary”, the big hit for The Association.
I first became aware of his song ”Shadows And Reflections” (without the ”X”) via English mod group The Action. I must admit being a little surprised when I heard that it had also been recorded by early 1960s teenage pop star Eddie Hodges.
This particular take has that typical late 1967 American baroque pop feel and is superbly produced by the team responsible for much of The Chocolate Watch Band output, including Ed Cobb and Richard Podolor.
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