Name: Original Sound Sessions 1967-1968
Brand: The Millennium

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

MR 424LP

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2021-12-17

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Forced Exposure

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

8435008842413

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Millennium

Genre US

60s & 70s

Label US

MUNSTER RECORDS (SPAIN)

The Millennium was an American super group based in California, who were conceived by Curt Boettcher. The group consisted of psychedelic rock musicians, and they incorporated sunshine pop harmonies.
Similar artists to The Millennium include Sagittarius, Eternity's Children, The Left Banke, Emitt Rhodes, The Free Design, Harpers Bizarre, The Cyrkle, Wendy & Bonnie, Billy Nicholls, The Yellow Balloon, Curt Boettcher,
Roger Nichols &amp; The Small Circle of Friends,
Triste Janero,
Van Dyke Parks,
Colin Blunstone,
Margo Guryan,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
The High Llamas,
Brian Wilson and
The Idle Race.
If you enjoy the unique blend of psychedelic rock and sunshine pop harmonies that defined The Millennium, you will definitely appreciate these similar artists as well.

The Millennium stands as one of the most remarkable psychedelic bands from '60s California despite the sales of their only LP, Begin, did not match the big expectations created by the great critical acclaim received and the huge financial costs of its recording. Although conceived as a studio group by Curt Boettcher (The Ballroom, Sagittarius...), The Millennium was a real band despite never performed publicly. Following a carte blanche deal with Columbia, he assembled a group of talented Californian singers and musicians (Lee Mallory, Sandy Salisbury, Joey Stec, Doug Rhodes, Michael Fennelly and Music Machine drummer Ron Edgar) to record an album, resulting in a sublime pop masterpiece, combining sunny melodies, outstanding vocal harmonies, and psychedelic touches. Apart from the tracks that appeared on Begin (which also includes several songs that Curt Boettcher composed for previous projects such as The Ballroom) in the many studio hours the band recorded a host of extra songs, as well as numerous demos. This record includes some of the extra tracks that were recorded in the sessions for The Millennium's one and only album and they are proof of the immense versatility of the band and of the extraordinary ability of a group of composers who created timeless gems that we are delighted to recover and present for intergenerational enjoyment. Some of these tracks are reissued here on vinyl for the first time.

Original Sound Sessions 1967-1968

Music US