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The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands is the fifth studio album released by The Turtles
The Turtles

The Turtles are an United States Pop music and folk rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, who became notable for numerous Top 40 hits beginning with their cover version of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" , and "Happy Together " ....
. Produced by Chip Douglas
Chip Douglas

Douglas Farthing Hatlelid, better known as Chip Douglas, is a songwriter, musician , and record producer, whose most famous work was during the 1960s....
, it was released in November 1968 by White Whale Records
White Whale Records

White Whale Records is probably best known as the record label of The Turtles. White Whale was started in 1965 by Ted Feigin and Lee Lassiff in Los Angeles....
. It includes John Barbata
John Barbata

John Barbata is a list of drummers drummer active especially in pop music and rock music band in the 1960s and 1970s, both as a member and as a session musician drummer....
's final recorded performances with the band; he left shortly after its release to join Crosby, Stills & Nash. Barbata's eventual replacement, ex-Spanky and Our Gang
Spanky and Our Gang

Spanky and Our Gang was an United States 1960s folk-rock band led by Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane. The band derives its name from Hal Roach's popular Our Gang comedies of the 1930s ....
 drummer John Seiter
John Seiter

John Seiter is a popular musician. He is best known for his work as a drummer, but has also recorded as a keyboardist and singer.Seiter's first official credit came on a 1958 recording of Peter and the Wolf for United Artists, the brainchild of actor and director Rob Reiner....
, also contributed to the album. Some issues of the album were retitled Elenore.

This was a concept album
Concept album

In popular music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical". Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being musical improvisation or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing to narrative....
, with the band pretending to be a series of different groups, playing in varying styles from psychedelic
Psychedelic

The word 'psychedelic' is an English term coined from the Greek language words for "soul," ???? , and "manifest," d???? . A psychedelic experience is characterized by the perception of aspects of one's mind previously unknown, or by the creative exuberance of the mind liberated from its ostensibly ordinary fetters....
 ("The Last Thing I Remember") to hard rock
Hard rock

Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
 ("Buzzsaw") to surf music
Surf music

Surf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture, particularly Orange County, California and other areas of Southern California....
 ("Surfer Dan") to bluegrass
Bluegrass music

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of country music. It has its own roots in Folk music of Ireland, Music of Scotland, Music of Wales and Folk Music of England traditional music....
 ("Chicken Little Was Right").






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The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands is the fifth studio album released by The Turtles
The Turtles

The Turtles are an United States Pop music and folk rock band led by vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, who became notable for numerous Top 40 hits beginning with their cover version of Bob Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" , and "Happy Together " ....
. Produced by Chip Douglas
Chip Douglas

Douglas Farthing Hatlelid, better known as Chip Douglas, is a songwriter, musician , and record producer, whose most famous work was during the 1960s....
, it was released in November 1968 by White Whale Records
White Whale Records

White Whale Records is probably best known as the record label of The Turtles. White Whale was started in 1965 by Ted Feigin and Lee Lassiff in Los Angeles....
. It includes John Barbata
John Barbata

John Barbata is a list of drummers drummer active especially in pop music and rock music band in the 1960s and 1970s, both as a member and as a session musician drummer....
's final recorded performances with the band; he left shortly after its release to join Crosby, Stills & Nash. Barbata's eventual replacement, ex-Spanky and Our Gang
Spanky and Our Gang

Spanky and Our Gang was an United States 1960s folk-rock band led by Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane. The band derives its name from Hal Roach's popular Our Gang comedies of the 1930s ....
 drummer John Seiter
John Seiter

John Seiter is a popular musician. He is best known for his work as a drummer, but has also recorded as a keyboardist and singer.Seiter's first official credit came on a 1958 recording of Peter and the Wolf for United Artists, the brainchild of actor and director Rob Reiner....
, also contributed to the album. Some issues of the album were retitled Elenore.

This was a concept album
Concept album

In popular music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical". Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being musical improvisation or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing to narrative....
, with the band pretending to be a series of different groups, playing in varying styles from psychedelic
Psychedelic

The word 'psychedelic' is an English term coined from the Greek language words for "soul," ???? , and "manifest," d???? . A psychedelic experience is characterized by the perception of aspects of one's mind previously unknown, or by the creative exuberance of the mind liberated from its ostensibly ordinary fetters....
 ("The Last Thing I Remember") to hard rock
Hard rock

Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
 ("Buzzsaw") to surf music
Surf music

Surf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture, particularly Orange County, California and other areas of Southern California....
 ("Surfer Dan") to bluegrass
Bluegrass music

Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of country music. It has its own roots in Folk music of Ireland, Music of Scotland, Music of Wales and Folk Music of England traditional music....
 ("Chicken Little Was Right"). The outer cover showed the Turtles in evening dress
Evening dress

The term evening dress can refer to:* Full evening dress, or white tie, the most formal civilian dress code, especially in the United Kingdom...
, playing hosts of the "show", while the inside gatefold showed them in different costumes for each song.

"Kamanawanalea" was a made-up Hawaiian
Hawaii

File:Pahoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii.jpgThe State of Hawaii is a U.S. state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia....
 idol ("the god of lust and perversion"), and a rude pun. The lyrics of "Food" included a recipe for brownies, with a special ingredient. "You Showed Me" was written by Roger McGuinn
Roger McGuinn

James Roger McGuinn is an United States singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist on many of The Byrds' hit records....
 and Gene Clark
Gene Clark

Gene Clark, born Harold Eugene Clark was an United States singer-songwriter, and one of the founding members of the folk-rock group The Byrds....
 of The Byrds
The Byrds

The Byrds were an American Rock music band. Formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964, The Byrds underwent several lineup changes, with frontman Roger McGuinn remaining the sole consistent member until the group's disbandment in 1973....
, and became the last major Turtles hit. The final song, "Earth Anthem", was notably recorded at 3:00 A.M. by candlelight, to capture the exact mood the Turtles wanted.

Charts and awards

The album peaked at #128 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, but its singles were more successful. Elenore and You Showed Me both reached #6 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart, while Sound Asleep topped out at #57.

Track listing


All songs composed by The Turtles, except as noted.

The Battle of the Bands (Harry Nilsson
Harry Nilsson

Harry Edward Nilsson III was an American songwriter, singer, pianist, and guitarist who achieved the height of his fame during the 1960s and 1970s....
, Chip Douglas
Chip Douglas

Douglas Farthing Hatlelid, better known as Chip Douglas, is a songwriter, musician , and record producer, whose most famous work was during the 1960s....
) – 2:14 (The U.S. Teens featuring Raoul) The Last Thing I Remember, the First Thing I Knew – 2:55 (The Atomic Enchilada) Elenore – 2:31 (Howie, Mark, Johny, Jim & Al) Too Much Heartsick Feeling – 2:43 (Quad City Ramblers) Oh, Daddy! – 2:45 (The L.A. Bust '66) Buzzsaw – 1:59 (The Fabulous Dawgs) Surfer Dan – 2:42 (The Cross Fires) I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're the Royal Macadamia Nuts) – 1:34 (Chief Kamanawanalea and his Royal Macadamia Nuts) You Showed Me (James McGuinn
Roger McGuinn

James Roger McGuinn is an United States singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist on many of The Byrds' hit records....
, Gene Clark
Gene Clark

Gene Clark, born Harold Eugene Clark was an United States singer-songwriter, and one of the founding members of the folk-rock group The Byrds....
)– 3:16 (Nature's Children) Food – 2:40 (The Bigg Brothers) Chicken Little Was Right – 2:47 (Fats Mallard and the Bluegrass Fireball) Earth Anthem (Bill Martin
Bill Martin

Bill Martin is a Scotland songwriter, Music publisher and impresario....
) – 3:54 (All) :The following are bonus tracks that are only on the SUNDAZED
Sundazed Records

Sundazed Records is a record label based in Coxsackie, in the Catskills of New York. It specializes in obscure and rare recordings from the 1950s to the 1970s....
 CD re-issue, and not the original vinyl LP: Sound Asleep – 2:29 The Story of Rock & Roll (Harry Nilsson
Harry Nilsson

Harry Edward Nilsson III was an American songwriter, singer, pianist, and guitarist who achieved the height of his fame during the 1960s and 1970s....
) – 2:38