From a basement in New Jersey, Tommy Falcone remade himself into a DIY Phil Spector. From 1962 to 1970, he founded and ran Cleopatra Records, discovered and mentored young Garden State talent, wrote songs and produced wild studio effects, and quit his day job to promote it all himself. Trained as an accordionist, Falcone had a whirlwind imagination and an omnivorous approach to genre, expressed through acts like the Centuries, the Tabbys, Johnny Silvio, the Inmates, Bernadette Carroll, the Hallmarks, Vickie & the Van Dykes, the Shandillons, Eugene Viscione, the Shoestring, and more. Cleopatra became a time-capsule of every 1960s pop style imaginable—garage rock, psychedelia, surf, girl groups, soul, novelties, exotica, even a crooner—a kaleidoscope of sound in search of the ever-elusive hit record.
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2xLP
2 150g black LP
1 2-pocket tip-on gatefold LP jacket on uncoated stock
1 24-page 11x11 book
Track List
- The Inmates Crystal Ball
- Vickie & The Van Dykes True Love
- The Reminiscents For Your Love
- The Hallmarks Miss Judith Finch
- Bernadette Carroll Care A Little
- The Shandillons Shoop De Hoop Twine
- The Inmates You Tell Lies
- The Hallmarks Soul Shakin' Psychedelic Sally
- The Shoestring Candy Andy
- Tommy Manno Conceited
- Eugene Viscione Parting Kiss
- Bernadette Carroll Heavenly
- The Tabbys Hong Kong Baby
- Dick Thunder Gee But I'm Lonesome
- Vickie & The Van Dykes Outcast
- The Hallmarks Paper Sky
- The Centuries Beach Umbrella World
- The Inmates It's So Very Hard
- Jimmy Davis Mister Wind
- Johnny Silvio Julieanne
- The Hallmarks Distant Rain
- Bernadette Carroll When We're Older
- The Centuries Outer Limits
- The Hallmarks Baby We Can Make It Together
- The Centuries Anniversary Hop
- The Ovations Kiss Me Bye Bye