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California Dreaming: Wichita Lineman

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Andrew Hickey

Glen Campbell had finally started having hits of his own. After Guess I’m Dumb flopped, he recorded Buffy St. Marie’s Universal Soldier — an odd choice for the conservative Campbell, but a commercial one, reaching number forty-five in the charts … Continue reading →

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California Dreaming: Guess I’m Dumb

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Andrew Hickey

It might have seemed in 1964 that Brian Wilson was on top of the world. Not only had the Beach Boys managed to withstand Beatlemania, despite the British band being on the same record label as them, but unlike almost … Continue reading →

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Monkee Music 2: More Of The Monkees

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Andrew Hickey

A revised and improved version of this essay appears in my book Monkee Music, available as paperback, hardback, PDF, Kindle (US), Kindle (UK) and ePub (all DRM-free). With the huge success of The Monkees and Last Train To Clarksville, the … Continue reading →

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Monkee Music 1: The Monkees

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Andrew Hickey

A revised and improved version of this essay appears in my book Monkee Music, available as paperback, hardback, PDF, Kindle (US), Kindle (UK) and ePub (all DRM-free). The Monkees’ first album was put together very quickly, in anticipation of the … Continue reading →

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Al Jardine: A Postcard From California

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Andrew Hickey

This isn’t a Proper Blog Post as such – I know I now owe people two Batman and two Doctor Who posts for next week. However, Manchester University’s computer science website is down, which means I can’t get any of … Continue reading →

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