Various - Teen Expo: The Cleopatra Label

Numero - NUM074LP

From a basement in New Jersey, Tommy Falcone remade himself into a DIY Phil Spector. From 1962 to 1970, he founded and ran Cleopatra Records, discovered and mentored young Garden State talent, wrote songs and produced wild studio effects, and quit his day job to promote it all himself. Trained as an accordionist, Falcone had a whirlwind imagination and an omnivorous approach to genre, expressed through acts like the Centuries, the Tabbys, Johnny Silvio, the Inmates, Bernadette Carroll, the Hallmarks, Vickie & the Van Dykes, the Shandillons, Eugene Viscione, the Shoestring, and more. Cleopatra became a time-capsule of every 1960s pop style imaginable-garage rock, psychedelia, surf, girl groups, soul, novelties, exotica, even a crooner-a kaleidoscope of sound in search of the ever-elusive hit record.

Side A:
Bernadette Carroll Heavenly
The Tabbys Hong Kong Baby
Dick Thunder Gee But I'm Lonesome
Vickie & The Van Dykes Outcast
The Hallmarks Paper Sky
The Centuries Beach Umbrella World

Side B:
The Inmates It's So Very Hard
Jimmy Davis Mister Wind
Johnny Silvio Julie Anne
The Hallmarks Distant Rain
Bernadette Carroll When We're Older
The Centuries Outer Limits
The Hallmarks We Can Make It Together

Side C:
The Centuries Anniversary Hop
The Ovations Kiss Me Bye Bye
The Inmates Crystal Bal
Vickie & The Van Dykes True Love
The Reminiscents For Your Love
The Hallmarks Miss Judith Finch
Bernadette Carroll Care A Little

Side D:
The Shandillons Shoop De Hoop Twine
The Inmates You Tell Lies
The Hallmarks Soul Shakin' Psychedelic Sally
The Shoestring Candy Andy
Tommy Manno Conceited
Eugene Viscione Parting Kiss

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