The Leaves...Are Happening! The Best of The Leaves
G**Y
The Leaves...wil Leaves you breathless!
Superb sound quality...3 different versions of Hey Joe plus album/a & b side singles/full album tracks. They had the only HIT version that charted in USA of Hey Joe, but their other material is very strong as well.
L**K
Some great tunes.
What can I say, I'm a fugitive from the 60's and this CD brought back some fine memories. Audio quality seems lacking, not sure if it's from reproduction, or the way it was recorded back in the 60's. Still I love the music, Hey Joe (2 versions) rock... On a negitive note shipping took way to long, but it was worth the wait.
R**Y
What makes this CD interesting is that the Leaves recorded ...
What makes this CD interesting is that the Leaves recorded "Hey Joe" three separate times until radio finally seized upon their song and turned it into a hit.
T**.
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Good album. Received in good condition
D**O
Five Stars
Very cool to have found this great band!
J**L
cd is awesome! great fuzz garage band stuff
cd is awesome!great fuzz garage band stuff!
B**N
"HEY JOE" correction
Contrary to popular belief, The Leaves neither wrote nor performed "Hey Joe" first. The band asked Johnny Echols of the band "LOVE" for the lyrics to the tune and he gave them the wrong words, which explains their "version." Billy Roberts actually wrote the song and the Leaves, upon hearing both The Byrds and Love's live-stage versions at clubs like The Whiskey-a-go-go and Bido Lido's in L.A., grabbed their arrangements and quickly released the track as a single, thus making theirs the "first original recorded rendition." The song is almost always accredited to Dino Valenti, but that is also a myth.Great old band, though.
J**T
hard edged folk rock
The Review by DJ, just below gets it right. If you like mid sixties rock 'n' roll, and the idea of shaking and stirring the Byrds with the Rolling Stones sounds like a good idea, (and it is), then this is for you.The single version of "Too Many People" is a great record, as is "Hey Joe", needless to say.DJ is also quite right about their second LP on Capitol.The Leaves were a good but not a great band. If you're looking for a good CD from a mid sixties group and you've got the Beatles, Kinks, Stones, etc. - give The Leaves a try. You won't be sorry.
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