Save The Turtles: The Turtles Greatest Hits

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Total Tracks: 20   Total Length: 50:47

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Acid in the bubblegum

thirdpol

Forty years after, the wit and the melody are still sharp. Half the DJs and kids listening to this stuff on the radio in the 1960s had no idea what was going on. Utterly straight faced subversion. It is magic.

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Great Deal!

sawsharee

Thanks E-Music and The Turtles for a great deal and a fantastic album. I very seldom can say I like all the songs on an album but this may be a first.

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You kiddin' me?!

timabouttown

How cool is it that Flo and Eddie are buying back their catalog and dropping it here for us? (And by all means, do check out the chock full o' nuts F&E selection here.) Since most people won't have heard more than a handful of these, it's a wall to wall revelation. Not just the sweet pop you know, but some great jangle, garage, with a wit and sophistication that reminds you that these guys also worked with Frank Zappa. What a gem! Download Album, my friend. You'll feel better about yourself, and everyone around you will smile more because you're near them.

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Great Stuff!

gdub

Going through these songs you forget how great some of them were!

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They Say All Music Guide

The Turtles, led by the intertwined vocals of Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, sounded initially like a second-tier version of the Byrds when their version of Bob Dylan’s “It Ain’t Me Babe” hit the radio in 1965, but by the time the band called it quits a couple of years later, they had developed into a smooth-sounding, good-natured pop group. This 20-track survey of the band’s history, selected by Kaylan and Volman, hits all the key tracks, including “It Ain’t Me Babe,” a fine version of P.F. Sloan’s “Let Me Be,” the Ray Davies-produced “Love in the City,” and the big pop hits “Happy Together” and “Elenore.” A special treat is a previously unissued Chevrolet Camaro radio commercial that finds the Turtles gleefully hawking cars, complete with a voice cameo from Warren Zevon. – Steve Leggett

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