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Promise

Label Got Kinda Lost Records ‎– GKL003
Format Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Remastered
Barcode 4040824084691
Country Spain
Released Mar 2015
Genre Rock, Pop
Style Power Pop, Pop Rock
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Here's a remarkable reissue, presenting a private 1980 releaseof early '70s style Beatlesque power-pop delight by a Coloradoband, with wonderful melodies and jangly guitars. This music isrelevant for fans of a.o. Badfinger, Big Star, early CheapTrick, Emitt Rhodes, Raspberries, Liverpool Echo, etc... "Anexciting, terrific British Invasion-styled guitar pop albumfull of catchy, memorable hooks, displaying a tougher, 'rock'edge than most of its ilk and some excellent softer songs.Equally recommended to power pop and '60s rock fans." - (AaronMilenski, The Acid Archives)

A1 Say Allright! 2:14
A2 Back In My Heart 2:34
A3 Guitar 4:37
A4 Later On Tonite 3:41
A5 Main Street Lanes 2:43
B1 Hands Of Luck 2:40
B2 Lucky Star 2:17
B3 The Find 2:41
B4 Captain Domino 4:16
B5 Putman's Ranch? 3:02
Bass, Voice – Randy Jones
Drums – Gary York
Engineer – George Walck
Engineer – Tony Pompili
Guitar, Voice – Curt Mangan
Guitar, Voice – Danny Mey
Liner Notes – Jeremy Cargill
If you’re continuously searching the margins for lost artifacts of the pop pantheon, you can find your daily dose in late period exponents of pure, lean, Beatlesque early ‘70s power pop, Promise.

Originally issued in 1980 on the Boulder, Colorado, area band’s own Cumulus label, their eponymous debut is filled with melodic, beatific blasts of pure pop, replete with ringing, jangly guitars, and rollicking crunch. Co-led by singer-songwriter’s/guitarists Curt Mangan and Danny Mey—with aid provided by the just right rhythms of bassist Randy Jones and drummer Gary York—the group created an album with precious little allying it to the punk-inspired power pop or prescient “New Wave” of the time, instead choosing to hone in on a classicist pop sound highly indebted to those famous moptops from Liverpool.

Abetted by the fact some of the group’s members had been playing together since their teenage combo’s of the mid-‘60s the album carries an “out of time” flair across surging rockers and mournful balladry.

Got Kinda Lost Records is ecstatic to give this benchmark of privately-pressed power pop another chance to shine.

RIYL: Badfinger, Big Star, early Cheap Trick, Emitt Rhodes, Raspberries, Liverpool Echo, the Scruffs, Shoes, Dwight Twilley Band, etc.

"An exciting, terrific British Invasion-styled guitar pop album full of catchy, memorable hooks, displaying a tougher, 'rock' edge than most of its ilk and some excellent softer songs. Equally recommended to power pop and '60s rock fans.” – (Aaron Milenski, The Acid Archives)

Highlights:

• Got Kinda Lost Records continues with their series of under-heard heroes of pop with our third label release from Colorado combo Promise.

• First time reissue of a sterling effort of privately-pressed power pop, with original master tape sound.

• Recorded in 1980 while carrying a distinct late ‘60s / early ‘70s influence provides the album an “out of time” quality.

• Exhaustive liner notes by Jeremy Cargill (Ugly Things Magazine / Got Kinda Lost Records), culled from interviewing group members Curt Mangan and Danny Mey.
Barcode – 4040824084691
Matrix / Runout (Side A) – 127759E1/A
Matrix / Runout (Side B) – 127759E2/A
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