Flamin' Groovies is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1965, originally co-led by Roy Loney and Cyril Jordan . After the Groovies released three albums, on Epic ( Supersnazz ) and Kama Sutra ( Flamingo and Teenage Head ), Loney left the band in 1971. He was replaced as co-leader by Chris Wilson , and the band's emphasis shifted more toward British Invasion power pop .
61-495: The band signed to United Artists Records in 1972, releasing just three more singles until 1976. The Groovies then signed to Sire Records and released three albums between 1976 and 1979, Shake Some Action , Flamin' Groovies Now (both produced by Dave Edmunds at Rockfield Studios in Wales) and Jumpin' in the Night . The 1976 album's title track "Shake Some Action" (also released as
122-427: A Rolling Stones -influenced rock band with drummer Ron Greco . Greco knew a 15-year-old lead guitarist named Cyril Jordan, who quickly became a part of the group, although Greco then left and was replaced by Danny Mihm. After playing together for about three years under various group names and not getting any record company offers, they decided to put up their own money and make their own EP, which they could also use as
183-563: A 1987 live-in-the-studio recording in Australia for AIM entitled One Night Stand , and Sire/Warner's release of a 1989 greatest hits album focused on the Jordan-Wilson recordings entitled Groovies' Greatest Grooves , Noble put the Groovies on a financially mismanaged 80-day, 80-city tour of Europe, which shattered the group. The Groovies finally disbanded in 1991, with their last releases being
244-510: A Shot of Rhythm and Blues", which United Artists preferred to Edmunds and the band's choices "Shake Some Action" and "You Tore Me Down". However, "Slow Death", an anti-drug song that Jordan had written with Loney, was banned by the BBC for using the word "morphine", which killed the momentum behind the signing. All seven songs recorded in 1972 by the Groovies for UA (the six named above plus Chuck Berry's " Little Queenie ") were released in 1995 by EMI on
305-526: A collective formed by the Grateful Dead , Jefferson Airplane , Quicksilver Messenger Service and Big Brother and the Holding Company as a social/musical "laboratory experiment". According to critic Joel Selvin , the "six-month run may well have corresponded with the height of the whole '60s Haight-Ashbury /San Francisco thing." Due to various reasons (including the socioeconomic deterioration of
366-680: A distribution deal with Jet Records , Electric Light Orchestra was signed. UA also distributed the otherwise-independent Grateful Dead Records in the early-to-mid 1970s. In England, Andrew Lauder , who had been head of A&R at the UK branch of Liberty Records, transferred to UA when Liberty was shut down in 1971. His signings included the Groundhogs , Aynsley Dunbar (only in the UK), Hawkwind , Bonzo Dog Band , Brinsley Schwarz , Man (all originally Liberty artists), High Tide , Help Yourself , Dr. Feelgood ,
427-681: A greatest hits CD ( A Hundred Miles an Hour 1978-1989 on the Raven label out of Australia). Loney and Lea continued to work together after the band folded. In 1995, "Shake Some Action" appeared in the movie Clueless , which regenerated interest in the group. Loney, Mihm and Ferrell, who were then playing together in a band called the Fondellas, tried to put a Groovies reunion together to capitalize on that interest, which had been further fueled by re-releases of Flamingo and Teenage Head , but Jordan wasn't interested at that time. The Flamin' Groovies headlined
488-435: A label demo. That EP, 1968's Sneakers , was recorded on 4-track and mixed in about eight hours total and featured Jordan (guitar, vocals), Loney (vocals, guitar), Alexander (bass, harmonica, vocals), Lynch (guitar, harmonica, vocals) and Mihm (drums). As a result of its success, they were signed to a contract by Epic Records . Around the same time, their manager leased The Fillmore from Bill Graham, and they became managers of
549-459: A series of children's records under the " Tale Spinners for Children " name throughout the 1960s. These were album-length adaptations of classic fairy tales and children's stories done in an audio drama format. United Artists Special Projects were budget records designed for product and movie tie-ins. Examples are The Incredible World of James Bond , an album sold by Pepsi Cola and Frito Lay of cover version themes and original soundtrack music of
610-582: A series of sold-out shows in Japan. Their next show, in San Francisco at The Elbo Room on May 4, sold out in less than 24 hours, and Loney even attended. As a result, Jordan, Wilson, and Alexander decided to reform the Flamin' Groovies and to record a new album. Their first release was a limited-edition single (on vinyl) in 2016 to commemorate the band's 50th anniversary entitled "Crazy Macy" b/w "Let Me Rock", followed by
671-456: A single) became a power pop anthem and is revered by many, including Greil Marcus in his book, The History of Rock and Roll in Ten Songs . Wilson left the band in 1981, and the band continued in various forms, including the release of three more albums, before breaking up in 1991. After a couple of limited reunions with different lineups, the 1970s nucleus of Jordan, Wilson, and Alexander reformed
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#1733086331275732-449: The A Bucket of Brains album. The failure of these singles effectively left the band in limbo for two years. During this lull, drummer Danny Mihm also left the band, replaced first by Terry Rae and ultimately by David Wright. In 1973, the Groovies re-recorded "Shake Some Action" as part of a deal with Capitol Records , but executive turnover at Capitol blocked that deal before the contracts were signed. In an effort to gain some leverage,
793-584: The Azkena Rock Festival in Mendizabala, Spain , on September 11, 2004, although Jordan was the only member of the pre-1981 band who participated. In 2005, Jordan founded a new band, Magic Christian, which released a self-titled double album in 2005 and the album Evolver in 2009. In 2009, Loney and Jordan reunited and embarked on a brief tour, backed by members of the A-Bones and Yo La Tengo , including
854-582: The Civic Center district. In June 2018, the top two floors of the building reopened as SVN West, a new concert and corporate event venue. Originally, the El Patio Ballroom, later the Carousel Ballroom, it was a swing -era dance palace, located at 1545 Market street, on the second floor, above the street-level retail at 10 South Van Ness Avenue. Beginning in 1968, it was briefly operated by
915-516: The Modern Jazz Quartet . In 1966, the Solid State division was begun, recording several albums by The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra . Other subsidiary labels were Unart , Ascot , United Artists Jazz , Musicor (United Artists was half owner of the company from 1960 to 1964 before selling in 1965, Ultra Audio (an audiophile label), UA Latino (Spanish-language music,) and Veep. Unart
976-624: The Ponderosa Stomp in April. The tour focused on the Groovies' pre-1972 catalog, omitting the later songs; Jordan noted that, despite the band's continuing popularity, "when I did that tour with Roy, . . . the halls didn’t exactly fill up." During an English date on this tour, Jordan reconnected with Wilson, who was then living in England (and who had joined The Barracudas and the Fortunate Sons there in
1037-656: The Ramones and The Stranglers at the Roundhouse in London on July 4, 1976 (which was coincidentally the US's bicentennial) in the former band's first ever appearance in the UK. This concert has been widely noted as a seminal moment in the development of punk rock. Sire's distribution was taken over by Warner Bros. Records in 1977, and so the Groovies returned to a major label; however, shortly before that, James Ferrell, who had been unhappy with
1098-471: The power pop movement of the 1970s—a genre to which the Flamin' Groovies would eventually contribute significant work. However, the album's low sales led to their release by Epic. They then started doing national tours, and their further exposure to Detroit's musical scene "hardened up our sound a whole lot", in Loney's words. At the instigation of Richard Robinson (a journalist and the Groovies' future producer),
1159-498: The "reunions" on Wilson's solo albums, Jordan and Wilson considered reforming and relaunching the band. Said Jordan, "the Flamin' Groovies Shake Some Action version makes way more money and did make way more money in the '70s than the Roy Loney version ever did. So it was a no-brainer to put that second version back together again and see if we could make some good money." That second Groovies line-up of Jordan, Wilson, and Alexander (with
1220-751: The 1960s by the Clovers , Marv Johnson , the Falcons , the Exciters , Patty Duke , the Delicates , Bobby Goldsboro , Jay and the Americans , and later Manfred Mann and the Easybeats . Berry Gordy placed a number of early Motown acts with United Artists, including Marv Johnson and Eddie Holland in 1959. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were hired to produce artists signed to the label after they left Atlantic. These included
1281-659: The 1980s after leaving the Groovies). One result of the Loney/Jordan tour were more reunions on the 2010 Chris Wilson album Love Over Money . George Alexander, Roy Loney, James Ferrell and Mike Wilhelm all appear on the CD, as does Procol Harum's keyboard legend Matthew Fisher and Barracudas guitarist Robin Wills. The album was released on the French label Rock Paradise. Wilson then followed this up with
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#17330863312751342-493: The 2013 album It's Flamin' Groovy , which featured the same musicians as previously plus three songs with both Alexander and Cyril Jordan. 1980s Groovies keyboardist Mark Dunwoody, who also played with the Phantom Movers, died of a heart attack on June 12, 2013. Guitarist Mike Wilhelm (1976-1982) died from cancer on May 14, 2019. Drummer Danny Mihm died on March 26, 2020, following a stroke. Beginning in late 2012, following
1403-492: The AIM compilation of demos entitled Step Up in 1991 and the post-breakup album Rock Juice (which used several of the same backing tracks as Step Up , according to Alexander) in 1993. In 1979, Roy Loney formed the Phantom Movers featuring two other former Groovies, drummer Danny Mihm and guitarist James Ferrell, as well as Larry Lea (guitar) and Maurice Tani (bass). The band released several albums between 1979 and 1993 as well as
1464-532: The Buzzcocks , the Stranglers and 999 . He also licensed UK releases for several influential German bands during the early 70s, the best known of which were Can , Neu! and Amon Düül II . Lauder left UA in late 1977 to help found Radar Records . The label's most commercially successful artist was country artist Kenny Rogers who signed to UA in the mid-1970s, enjoying a long string of hit singles and albums. In
1525-866: The Exciters, Bobby Goldsboro , Jay and the Americans , the Clovers, and Mike Clifford. United Artists covered folk music when it added Gordon Lightfoot to its roster and easy listening with the addition of piano duo Ferrante & Teicher . United Artists' involvement with jazz was significant. The company hired Alan Douglas in 1960 to run its jazz division. Other producers were George Wein , Jack Lewis, and Tom Wilson . United Artists released jazz albums by Count Basie , Art Blakey , Ruby Braff , Betty Carter , Teddy Charles , Kenny Dorham , Mose Allison , Duke Ellington , Art Farmer , Bud Freeman , Curtis Fuller , Benny Golson , Billie Holiday , Milt Jackson , Dave Lambert , Booker Little , Howard McGhee , Gerry Mulligan , Oliver Nelson , Herb Pomeroy , Bill Potts , Zoot Sims , Rex Stewart , Billy Strayhorn , and
1586-626: The Fillmore District, the modest capacity of The Fillmore, and financial difficulties faced by the collective), Bill Graham moved his prime concert location in July 1968 to this larger venue, one and a half miles from the original Fillmore at 1805 Geary Boulevard . He called this venue the Fillmore West (in contrast with Graham's Fillmore East auditorium in New York City ). The Celestial Synapse
1647-520: The Fillmore West on July 4, 1971, with five nights of shows featuring such San Francisco bands as Santana , Creedence Clearwater Revival , the Grateful Dead and Quicksilver Messenger Service (who headlined the final performance at the venue) and a poetry reading from Allen Ginsberg . A documentary film of the last several concerts, called Fillmore , and a three-disc album, called Fillmore: The Last Days , were released in 1972. After housing
1708-561: The Flamin' Groovies' manager and arranged for them to sign to the new (but poorly distributed) label Sire Records , headed by Seymour Stein . Due to that, the Groovies returned to the UK and recorded and released (in 1976) Shake Some Action , again produced by Edmunds, which included the same recordings of two songs ("Shake Some Action" and "You Tore Me Down") that United Artists had passed on in 1972 but Stein loved. The album received rave critical reviews, similar to Teenage Head . The Groovies continued to tour continually and were supported by
1769-518: The Gold Star sessions "a complete debacle" and referred to the time as being "like a messy family divorce"; all of the Groovies blamed the collapse of the Gold Star sessions on excessive drug use. As Jordan admitted, "We got tired. We were beaten up and cast aside, and the feeling was that this thing’s over, and you couldn’t stop that feeling with anybody in the band because it looked like it was." Despite that, Jordan and Alexander added new members, including
1830-456: The Groovies then signed to Kama Sutra Records for their next two albums, 1970's Flamingo and 1971's Teenage Head . Jordan was unhappy with the sound quality of Flamingo ." Teenage Head is listed in the 2006 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die , and Mick Jagger reportedly compared the album favorably to the Rolling Stones ' contemporaneous Sticky Fingers . Despite
1891-682: The Liberty name in favor of United Artists. Mainstream pop acts were signed to the label, among them Traffic , the Spencer Davis Group , Peter Sarstedt , Shirley Bassey , and War . The label attempted to update the style of 1950s rock group Bill Haley & His Comets with a 1968 single. After UA bought Mediarts Records , the roster grew to include Don McLean , Merrilee Rush , Paul Anka , Chris Rea , Dusty Springfield , Bill Conti , Northern Calloway , Johnny Rivers , Ike & Tina Turner , Gerry Rafferty , and Crystal Gayle . Later, through
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1952-609: The Pink Panther . Many of these soundtracks have reverted to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , whose MGM Music unit licensed them to other labels for reissue, first Rykodisc , then Universal Music and EMI. As owner of Columbia and RCA Victor, Sony released the West Side Story original cast album and film soundtrack on CD. Sony has owned most of Mancini's soundtrack albums since its music division's merger with BMG in 2004. The label produced rock and roll and R&B hits from 1959 and into
2013-613: The United Artists Records catalog were reissued on Liberty during these years. Two significant exceptions were a couple of Beatles albums not previously controlled by EMI in the United States: the A Hard Day's Night (1964) soundtrack album, and Let It Be (1970). The Let It Be album was actually released by Apple Records in both the UK and the US but because the movie had been distributed by United Artists Pictures, in America
2074-457: The addition of Victor Penalosa on drums) played live for the first time since their 1981 split in Australia (Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth) as part of the Hoodoo Gurus ' invitational Dig It Up in April 2013. Jordan noted that the band received $ 75,000 for six or seven shows on the tour, which was enough money to overcome the band's post-breakup geographic spread. The Groovies then played
2135-511: The album Fantastic Plastic , which was released in September 2017. The reformed band also did an East Coast, European, and Midwest tour behind the new album, with Jordan and Wilson accompanied by Chris Von Sneidern on bass and Tony Sales (son of bassist Tony Fox Sales ) on drums. In 2019, the Groovies, consisting of Jordan, Von Sneidern (now on guitar), Sales, and Atom Ellis (on bass), with special guest Roy Loney (vocals) but without Wilson (who
2196-618: The album was distributed by United Artists rather than EMI. Both previously non-EMI Beatles albums were reissued on the Capitol label, which already controlled the rest of the Beatles' catalog in the United States. When producer Jerry Weintraub was enlisted to revive the United Artists movie studio in 1986, he attempted to revive the United Artists Records label as well. However, only one album
2257-570: The band Frumious Bandersnatch, are mentioned in Roger Hall's 1970 novel, 19, which refers to them both as one band, "Frumious Bandersnatch and the Flamin' Groovies." (First edition, page 110). United Artists Records United Artists Records was an American record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 to issue movie soundtracks. The label expanded into other genres, such as easy listening, jazz, pop, and R&B. In 1958, United Artists released an album of music from
2318-545: The band agreed to release the Edmunds-produced version of "You Tore Me Down" as the first single on the brand-new Bomp! Records label in 1974. Some of the various released and unreleased recordings made and produced by the Groovies during this period (six demos from 1971, " Tallahassee Lassie " from 1972, one TV recording from 1972, and the two Capitol demos from 1973) were later collected on the 2002 Norton album Slow Death . Finally, in 1975, Greg Shaw from Bomp! became
2379-473: The band nevertheless added keyboardist Mark Dunwoody. Then, a failed recording session at Gold Star Studios in 1981 for a new album tentatively called Tour de Force (in which only five complete songs were recorded in a three-week period, but four of them were covers) and the widening personal differences between Jordan and Wilson led both David Wright and Chris Wilson to quit the Groovies, with Wilson's departure taking place on Halloween night 1981. Wilson called
2440-522: The band reached a deal to sign with Lauder's United Artists Records ("UA") and to record with British producer Dave Edmunds at Rockfield Studios in Wales , even though the U.S. division of UA had already turned down the band. The Groovies moved to Britain, where they remained for the rest of 1972, but the UA deal was never expanded beyond two single releases, "Slow Death"/" Tallahassee Lassie " and "Married Woman"/"Get
2501-423: The band with Edmunds was in "one of our most creative times". However, Sire gave the album little promotion, and it didn't sell appreciably better. Edmunds also intended to produce Jumpin' in the Night , but, according to Wilson, his new manager Jake Riviera blocked him from doing so. Both albums included several covers of older material from other artists, which became an issue between Jordan, who wanted to include
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2562-406: The band's "Beatle-esque" direction, was fired and replaced by Mike Wilhelm, who had previously played with Wilson in the San Francisco band "Loose Gravel". The band then recorded two albums for Sire/Warners, 1978's Flamin' Groovies Now , once more produced by Dave Edmunds, and 1979's Jumpin' in the Night , produced by Jordan and Roger Bechirian . Wilson felt that Now was his favorite album and
2623-563: The change of ownership allowed Jet Records to end its relationship with UA and switch its distribution to CBS Records , with the Jet back catalog transferring to CBS distribution as well. UA dumped many ELO albums into the cutout market, which CBS was unable to prevent. However, CBS reissues of early ELO albums through Out of the Blue (1977) contained copyright notices for United Artists Music and Records Group. Unable to generate enough income to cover
2684-510: The covers (because he was trying to renegotiate his publishing rights with Sire), and Wilson, who did not. According to Jordan, during this period Warners also released a punk rock songbook that featured the Sex Pistols . the Ramones, and the Groovies. The commercial failure of Jumpin' in the Night , as well as clashes between Jordan and Stein, led Sire to drop the Flamin' Groovies in 1980, although
2745-407: The critical plaudits, though, neither album sold well, which caused Loney and Lynch to lose interest and left the Groovies in limbo about their future. Loney and Jordan clashed over the band's direction, due to the former's preference for rock and rockabilly and the latter's interest in pop acts such as the Beatles . Jordan, however, felt the band was just evolving. Tim Lynch then left the band and
2806-545: The film The Big Country , for which composer Jerome Moross received an Academy Award nomination. In 1959, United Artists released Forest of the Amazons, a cantata by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos adapted from the music he composed for MGM 's Green Mansions , with the composer conducting the Symphony of the Air . Brazilian soprano Bidu Sayão was the featured soloist on
2867-479: The first three James Bond films, and Music from Marlboro Country , various cover versions of the theme to The Magnificent Seven and original soundtrack music from Elmer Bernstein 's Return of the Seven that was sold by Philip Morris as a tie-in to its Marlboro cigarette brand. In 1969, United Artists merged with co-owned Liberty Records and its subsidiary, Imperial Records . In 1971, Liberty/UA Records dropped
2928-596: The group in 2013, and the band's first post-reunion album, Fantastic Plastic , was released in 2017. Alexander left the reformed band in 2017, and in 2019 Wilson went on hiatus. In addition to the band's role in the advancement of power pop, the Flamin' Groovies have also been called one of the forerunners of punk rock . Roy Loney and Tim Lynch, who met in first grade, had put together a Kingston Trio -type folk band with guitars when they were in junior high and high school. Beginning in 1965, after adding their friend George Alexander (whom they told to learn bass), they became
2989-460: The loan, Liberty/United Records was sold to EMI in 1979 for $ 3 million and assumed liabilities of $ 32 million. EMI dropped the United Artists name in 1980 and revived the Liberty label for releases by artists who had been signed to UA. This incarnation of Liberty Records operated between 1980 and about 1986, when it was deactivated and its artists assigned to other EMI labels. Many albums from
3050-443: The mid-to-late 1970s, the company was known as United Artists Music and Records Group (UAMARG). In 1978, UA executives Artie Mogull and Jerry Rubinstein bought the record company from Transamerica with a loan from EMI , which took over distribution of the label. The official name of the company was changed to Liberty/United Records, but the United Artists Records name was retained under license. The deal led to an immediate setback, as
3111-473: The return of drummer Danny Mihm, and resumed touring. However, after Wilhelm, Mihm and Dunwoody all left in 1982, the Flamin' Groovies once again had to reform. Later in the 1980s, the Groovies, now including Jordan, Alexander, guitarist-vocalist Jack Johnson, and drummer Paul Zahl, became involved with an Australian promoter named Peter Noble (the owner of AIM Records), who began to issue various Groovies live and studio recordings and reissue prior albums. After
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#17330863312753172-699: The rights to soundtrack albums UA Records released under license from MGM Music . The catalog of most British acts who were signed to the British branch of UA Records is today controlled by the Parlophone unit of Warner Music Group , with North American distribution by Rhino Entertainment . One exception is the band The Vapors , whose rights to their UA/Liberty recordings are owned by RT Industries, which acquired them from WMG in 2018. However, Warner's services division Alternative Distribution Alliance serves as RT's distributor. Fillmore West The Fillmore West
3233-696: The unusual recording, which was released on both LP and reel-to-reel tape. United Artists releases included soundtracks and cover versions from the James Bond movies, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), A Hard Day's Night starring the Beatles (1964), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), and Man of La Mancha (1972). The soundtrack album of United Artists's West Side Story (1961)
3294-577: The venue. During a stay in Detroit, the band would be exposed to local bands such as MC5 , the Stooges , and the Frost , which caused the Groovies' sound to become heavier. During this period, they released 1969's Supersnazz . In Loney's words, the album was "all over the map" and "kinda grasping at every possible straw"; it contained both re-creations of 1950s rock and roll and more melodic songs that anticipated
3355-456: Was a historic rock and roll music venue in San Francisco, California , US which became famous under the direction of concert promoter Bill Graham from 1968 to 1971. Named after The Fillmore at the intersection of Fillmore Street and Geary Boulevard (which was Graham's principal venue from 1966 to 1968), it stood at the southwest corner of Market Street and South Van Ness Avenue in
3416-587: Was a musical event held at the Fillmore West on the evening of 19 February 1969. At least 3,000 people attended the event, hosted by the Frontiers of Science Fellowship. The performance began with a Tibetan Buddhist monk playing Tibetan gongs, and Grateful Dead played a set. The Grateful Dead were among the regulars at the Fillmore West, playing 64 concerts (including 18 under the name of the Carousel Ballroom) from 1968 to 1971. After three years, Graham closed
3477-477: Was created in 1958 and was in operation until 1959, producing singles by vocal groups; it was reinstated in 1967 for budget albums . In 1966 United Artists acquired the masters of Sue Records , an R&B and soul record label in New York City which produced Ike & Tina Turner , Baby Washington , and jazz organist Jimmy McGriff . Some material produced by Sue was reissued on Unart. United Artists produced
3538-579: Was on hiatus in 2019), embarked on the "Teenage Head Tour" in the US and Europe. However, Loney was hospitalized after a fall at the airport in June, just as the tour was headed to Europe, which forced the European leg of the tour to continue without him. Loney died on December 13, 2019. Despite Loney's death, the band continued to remain active, releasing a recording of "Fissure of Rolando" in 2023 and continuing to go on tour. Timeline The Flamin' Groovies, along with
3599-624: Was released by Columbia Records , which had also released the Broadway cast album. Also, the American version of the soundtrack album of United Artists's Help! (1965), also starring the Beatles, was released on Capitol Records . As Henry Mancini was signed to RCA Victor, that company handled the soundtracks of the United Artists films that he composed the music for, most notably The Pink Panther ; exceptions include Gaily, Gaily , The Hawaiians , The Pink Panther Strikes Again and Revenge of
3660-495: Was released: the soundtrack for The Karate Kid Part II , a film Weintraub had produced for Columbia Pictures before being hired at UA. A single from the movie's soundtrack, Mancrab's "Fish for Life," was also released on United Artists Records. The United Artists catalog is controlled by Capitol Records, now part of Universal Music Group (who also owns the non-soundtrack catalog of MGM Records , once owned by UA's current parent Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ). Capitol Records also has
3721-485: Was replaced by James Ferrell, shortly before the Groovies played a concert for the closing of the Fillmore West that was broadcast live on local San Francisco radio station KSAN. Not long after the KSAN concert, Loney also left the band and was replaced by 18-year-old singer and guitarist Chris Wilson , who, along with Jordan, began to move the group in a more overtly power pop direction. Alexander had become friends with British music executive Andrew Lauder , and in 1972,
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