The Archies - The Archies was always one of mine favorite cartoon shows back in the 60 s. I wish that all of the Archies alumbs would come out on cd s. Rondall Banks
The Archies / Everything s Archie - OMG, nothing like taking you back in time. My parents bought me this album when I was 9, back when it came out in 1969. I loved all the songs on this album. I have been hunting for THIS album in a CD & found it (THANK YOU TV4U). There were a lot of other Archie CD s but I couldn t find this one in particular. But thanx to Ron Dante & his amazing voice has remade the originial Everything s Archie album. From the first song Feel So Good, Skooby Doo to the last song Love Light it is totally GREAT. Funny thing is while listening to this CD I sang the songs with the skips from my album, it was funny. My childhood music is complete now. I have all my Monkees, Bobby Sherman, David Cassidy, & now Everything s Archie albums in CD form & I don t have to sing with the skips. Thanx again !!
Budget reissue of Archies second LP Everything s Archie - This reissue from RKO Records faithfully reproduces the twelve tracks from the Archies second album, Everything s Archie, originally issued on the Calendar label in 1969, reissued on Kirshner under the same title, and eventually reissued under the title of its most successful hit single, Sugar, Sugar. With Don Kirshner pulling the strings (as he d done with the Monkees before the group s actor/musicians staged a revolt), and ace songwriter Jeff Barry helming the musical productions, the Archies repertoire on this second LP consisted of superbly crafted and slyly written bubblegum pop.Behind the animation, the Archies music was performed by some of New York s best studio musicians, with lead vocals provided by Ron Dante and Toni Wine. The songs were cleverly constructed by Barry, Andy Kim and others, sugar-coating a variety of pop styles. The album s breakout single, Sugar, Sugar, written by Barry and Kim is the textbook example of the project s craft: a relentlessly catchy melody and lyric wedded to a superlight soul sound that s eminently danceable. This is the national anthem of the bubblegum world, but not the only confectionary treasure to be heard here.The opener, Feelin So Good, features lush sunshine harmonies and an organ tone borrowed from The Monkees I m a Believer. The one-at-a-time instrument call-outs of Rock n Roll Music offered kids a less threatening version of Sly & The Family Stone s Dance to the Music, and doo-wop provides the underpinnings of You Little Angel You. Dante s vocals are just as fitting to the fifties-styled ballad Circle of Blue as the garage-inspired Hot Dog, and the jump-blues inspired guitar leads of Don t Touch My Guitar gives a taste of the studio talent drawn to these recording sessions.As great as the music remains, this budget reissue (apparently put out by Dante himself) is lacking. The album s original cover art (featuring dancing teens wearing Archies sweatshirts) has been replaced with a photo of Dante and his guitar, removing the charming conceit of the Archies as a fictional cartoon band. The tag line on the front cover contains a typo, and the CD s liner notes are a generic discussion of the Archies, with no insight into the album, songs, writers, or musicians, and no song or session credits. The tray card lists the wrong track order, and in two cases omits the full song titles (i.e., Feelin So Good is missing its parenthetical subtitle (S.K.O.O.B.Y.-D.O.O.), and Bicycles, Roller Skates is actually titled Bicycles, Roller Skates and You.). Worst of all, the music was remastered 3-4% too slow. Someone should do a serious reissue of this catalog, with fresh interviews, proper credits and more attention to mastering detail.That said, Circle of Blue is exclusive to this reissue, and doesn t appear on easier-to-find Archies compilations. Kissin and Love Light have turned up on a couple of compilations, but aren t as regularly anthologized. So budget reissue or not, this is a must-have for Archies fanatics. Currently out of print, you ll have to look to the secondary market to find a copy. [©2006 hyperbolium dot com]
Its what s inside that counts. - Aside from the fact that this album was originally called Everthing s Archie and is now just called The Archies, what is immediately apparent about this reissue of The Archies 2nd album is how little care RKO have put into the packaging. In lieu of the original cover, we are subjected to a cheesy photo of Ron Dante and a guitar, which appears to have been touched up with the most primitive PC paint package imaginable. Worse still, there is a spelling mistake on the badly aligned tag line which adorns this mess of a front cover. The back cover fares equally badly, by means of listing the songs in the order on which they appear on the original vinyl LP. This would be fine, had the reissuers not chosen to alter the running order for reasons best known to themselves. So it is up to the listener to work out which songs are which. Add in a complete absence of songwriting credits, and you get a whole new standard of shoddiness. But these gripes are ultimately cosmetic, and all things considered it is the music that really matters, and on this front the CD doesn t disappoint. The songs appear to have been subtly remixed and slowed down, but the quality is excellent throughout. This CD contains the song that is to ever be associated with The Archies, Sugar Sugar, the band s only UK hit (number one, naturally). Part of the appeal of this song is listening closely to the backing vocals and harmonies, some of which can only really be appreciated through headphones. Aside from this Bubblegum Behemoth the album has plenty of other quality songs to recommend it, Bicycles, Roller Skates & You, Melody Hill, and S.K.O.O.B.Y.D.O.O. (Feelin So Good)are first rate, pure pop classics, which in an alternative 60 s would have been huge hits. Elsewhere can be found a diverse range of tunes, such as the British Invasion-style Circle of Blue and the Doo Wop You Little Angel You. There is also the curios Hot Dog, and ode to The Archies canine companion which contains some seriously mixed metaphors So put some mustard on my roll/ Cause you re barking up my soul.Overall this is an essential album for all lovers of Bubblegum music, and despite the lacklustre presentation, it is well worth tracking down and purchasing.
the aarrcchhiieess !!!!! - you are my candy cd,man the archies rock!!!!!!!,buy this cd,the cd is great the price is secundary you must buy it,all the songs are great specially sugar,sugar