TOMMY ROE – ’Sweet Sounds’/’Moon Talk’ (ABC 45-10933) May 1967
Tommy Roe | Moon Talk | (ABC) 1967 | Another two songs were extracted from the album ’It’s Now Winter’s Day’ and this single faired even worse than the previous one. ’Sweet Sounds’ did not dent the charts and so the amazing pop psych flip ’Moon Talk’ was probably heard be very few people.
’Moon Talk’ in my opinion is perfect lysergic lyte pop and one of the numerous examples of the incredible and esoteric production skills of Curt Boettcher. His studio work was on a higher elevation during the ’67-’68 period.
Tommy Roe was also fortunate to have stellar backing from guitarist Mike Deasy and session regulars Ben Benay, Toxie French and Jerry Scheff who later recorded the psychedelic Goldenrod LP.
Ballroom members Jim Bell and Michele O’Malley and future Millennium members Lee Mallory and Sandy Salisbury were also studio cohorts.
TOMMY ROE -’It’s Now Winters Day’/’Kick Me Charlie’ (ABC 10888) January 1967
Tommy Roe is probably best remembered for his hits like ’Hooray For Hazel’ and ’Sweet Pea’ but in late ’66 his eyes began to see day-glo colours, just like most musicians and performers and his new experimental sound is now considered to be soft psych heaven.
’It’s Now Winters Day’ written by Roe and produced by Our Productions (Curt Boettcher and Steve Clark) was taken from the album of the same name.
Sales were mediocre despite the lavish production and was regarded as a flop. The flip ’Kick Me Charlie’ dates from mid 1966 and is a harmonica driven rocker with some pounding bass and crunching guitar.
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