The Royal Guardsmen - Anthology (1995)

This is the same torrent that was uploaded to Demonoid in August 2011.


The Royal Guardsmen - Anthology (1995)

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Includes:
Files by track, ripped at FLAC 8 using Easy CD-DA Extractor (www.poikosoft.com)
DVD-ROM: LG GDR816B
Tracks have full tags (including embedded thumbnail)
AMG Bio.txt
AMG Review.txt
info.txt (which is simply these notes included in the torrent)

First biography paragraph from All Music (by William Ruhlmann):

The Royal Guardsmen from Ocala, FL -- Bill Balough (bass), John Burdette (drums), Chris Nunley (vocals), Tom Richards (guitar), Billy Taylor (organ), and Barry Winslow (vocals/guitar) -- enjoyed their brief reign of pop fame in 1966-1968 by recording a series of songs taking off from the Peanuts cartoon character Snoopy and his fantasy about aerial dog fighting with German World War I flying ace Baron Von Richthofen. The million-selling "Snoopy Vs. the Red Baron" was the first and most successful of these novelty records in the fall of 1966, and its follow-up, "The Return of the Red Baron," also made the Top 40.

Read all of the bio at:
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-royal-guardsmen-p20273/biography

All Music Album Review (by William Ruhlmann):

Of course, the heart of this hour-long, 20-track compilation is the series of Snoopy novelty hits enjoyed by the Royal Guardsmen in the mid-'60s, starting with the million-selling "Snoopy Vs. the Red Baron." The group had a few other singles chart entries, all of which are here, sometimes making reference to aerial themes ("Airplane Song [My Airplane]"). Though cute and catchy with their martial drumming and banjo picking, the Snoopy songs have a trash-rock quality in the tradition of "Louie, Louie" and "Hang on, Sloopy." Elsewhere, the group veers from one mid-'60s style to another, sometimes re-creating the good-time sound of the Lovin' Spoonful, other times using harmonies that sound like the Association, then resorting to covers (an instrumental version of "So You Want to Be a Rock 'N Roll Star," "As Tears Go By"). Though they made four albums, this anthology, which brought them back into print in 1995, is a little more than anyone really needs of the Royal Guardsmen.

Taken from: http://www.allmusic.com/album/anthology-r210545

Amazon.com's page: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002R03

Track List:

01. Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron
02. The Return Of The Red Baron
03. Airplane Song
04. Any Wednesday
05. I Say Love
06. Snoopy For President
07. Baby Let's Wait
08. Leaving Me
09. It's Sopwith Camel Time
10. Biplane "Evermore"
11. Shot Down
12. Searching For The Good Times
13. Smallest Astronaut
14. Mother, Where's Your Daughter
15. Down Behind The Lines
16. Om
17. I'm A Man
18. So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star
19. As Tears Go By
20. Snoopy's Christmas