Jangle Byrds and Beatles and British style Pop from the Original Cast "George Harrison" of Beatlemania. Featuring "Have I The Right." Includes guest appearances from Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield, Poco),The Left Banke and Mick Ronson.

12 MP3 Songs
POP: Beatles-pop, POP: 60's Pop



Details:
Take a trip back with the Jangle Pop release you'll want as a must have for 2006. This all new CD features Les' renowned Rickenbacker 12-String Guitar stylings and showcases his smash iTunes download hit single of "Have I The Right." along with some special surprises! Featured guest performers on this release include Richie Furay ( Buffalo Springfield, Poco) guest duetting with Les on Richie's all new composition "Only To You." The original members of The Left Banke (Mike Brown on Piano, Tom Finn on Bass and Background Vocals, Steve Martin on Guitar and Background Vocals and George Cameron on Drums and Background Vocals) appear with Les on the formerly unreleased version of his 1972 composition "I Could Make It Last Forever"- a crucial, heretofore, never heard missing piece of Left Banke history. This recording even includes Mike's father Harry Lookofsky on Violins so the entire crew from "Walk Away Renee" fame is on board for this extremely commercial piece of pop history.

Mick Ronson and Hilly Michaels stepped in the studio way back in 1981 with Les and the resuls are found on "Spare Change."

Les also offers a selection of great Jangle covers from songs that influenced him as a 12-string guitarist: "The Byrds' "Goin' Back" and "So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star" as well as songs from The Searchers ("When You Walk In The Room"), The Honeycombs ("Have I The Right"), The Hollies ("I Can't Let Go"), The Left Banke ("Walk Away Renee"), Bob Dylan and Procol Harum.

Les' cover of "Have I The Right" is a runaway smash at Apple iTunes!

This release is pressed on special edition RED Colored CD's which reflect crimson burgundy in bright light.

A bit of BIO:

Les Fradkin is one of the pop legends of the 1970's. He's a veteran member of The Original Cast of Beatlemania. He has found success as a recording artist, composer and producer with MGM Sunflower, ESP-Disk', Bell, Arista, RCA, and Laurie Records. He was discovered by John Hammond Sr. and originally signed to Columbia Records and April-Blackwood Music back in 1969. Les has written the well known French hit "La Chansons Des Souvenirs" ("Song Of A Thousand Voices") for the famous Mireille Mathieu.
He has played 12 and 6-string Guitar, Bass, Mellotron, and Piano on dozens of Top 40 hit records throughout the early 1970's , scoring many US and UK chart placings throughout his career.

His 12-string guitar, vocals and production with legendary underground psychedelic folk- rock group,The Godz, resulted in several albums for ESP Disk among which "Pass On This Side" (featuring Les' song "God Bless California"), continues to influence and mentor generations of new musicians to this day.

In 1976, Les was selected over thousands of other auditioning guitarists to appear in the original cast of the smash hit Broadway musical "Beatlemania" playing lead guitar and the part of "George Harrison" in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago. Running for two and a half years from May 1977 thru October 1979, every show (including over 1200 in New York alone) was sold out and the musicians quickly became celebrities with magazine cover stories ("Newsweek","Time", "People", "Rolling Stone") and many major television show appearances. With his guitar-playing in the international spotlight from the show, Fradkin developed a cult following that has avidly followed his career and made him a celebrity among guitar fans.