The Amazing Charlatans
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| The Amazing Charlatans | |
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| Released | September 1996 |
| Recorded | August 1965 – early 1968 |
| Genre | Folk rock, psychedelic rock |
| Length | 67:29 |
| Label | Big Beat |
The Amazing Charlatans is a compilation album by the American psychedelic rock band the Charlatans that was released in 1996 by Big Beat Records.[1] The album is a collection of demos, tracks that appeared on singles, and previously unreleased sessions that the band recorded between August 1965 and early 1968, at a variety of different San Francisco studios.[2]
All but four of the tracks featured on the album were previously unreleased, although a number of them had appeared on unofficial or bootleg albums over the years.[1][2] The tracks on the album that had been officially released before were "The Shadow Knows" and "32–20", which had both been issued on a 1966 single,[2] "Codine Blues", which had first appeared as "Codine" on the 1985 Rhino Records' compilation, Nuggets, Volume 7: Early San Francisco,[3] and "Number One", which had appeared on the 1986 compilation, The Autumn Records Story.
The tracks on the album originate from four recording dates: an August 1965 demo session for Autumn Records, a recording session for Kama Sutra Records in early 1966, a July 1967 demo session, and an early 1968 studio session.[2] The final track on the album is a radio commercial for Groom N' Clean hair preparation, recorded in November 1966.[2] It features the band playing their signature song, "Alabama Bound", with alternate lyrics outlining the merits of Groom N' Clean.[2]
