Meet The Smithereens

kenindfw · Post by **kenindfw** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:28 pm

KOCH Records announces the release of "Meet The Smithereens!," the new album by New Jersey's The Smithereens in January 2007. Paying homage to The Beatles' groundbreaking album, "Meet The Beatles!," the Smithereens have rerecorded the album in its entirety, and the result is a fun and nostalgic trip through 12 classic songs done Smithereens style. The CD also features liner notes by legendary promoter Sid Bernstein, musician (and some would say musicologist) Lenny Kaye, Beatles historians Bruce Spizer, Dennis Mitchell and Andy Babiuk, author of the fantastic book, "Beatles Gear."

Link to the full release:

http://www.officialsmithereens.com/something_new/somethng.html

Link to music:

http://kochstreams.hostcentric.com/smithereens/

srick · Post by **srick** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:01 pm

such a fun album!!

junglejem · Post by **junglejem** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:34 pm

Received my copy of the CD yesterday, and I've already been through it in its entirety three times. Wonderful production, arrangements true to the originals, outstanding vocals with no one trying to imitate the Beatles, excellent and tasteful playing, great tone. Plenty o'Ric. Sounds exactly like the Smithereens at their best, simply playing Beatle tunes. What a great vocalist Pat Dinizio is.

A very cool addition to any Beatle fan's music library.

epitreture · Post by **epitreture** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:13 am

Probably my favorite band of all time ( with the exception of you-know-who ). Listened to the link and will order my copy today. Fantastic!

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srick · Post by **srick** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:57 pm

Smithereens will be in SF 2/17 at the Red Devil Lounge. really looking forward to it.. I'm sure these songs will be pretty amazing live.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:50 pm

Could you please ask them to do a tour of Oz, Siegrid? Melbourne, specifically........ Tell them 'Jerry' would really appreciate it!

Thanks........ H

srick · Post by **srick** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:01 pm

Ha ! sounds good to me. I'll ask nice.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:50 pm

>>outstanding vocals with no one trying to imitate the Beatles

HUH? they are not trying to imitate the EXACT voice of the Fabs, but all the harmonies and arrangements are the same as the originals.

They do a great job with these songs and would be a very good Beatles cover band playing around local clubs if they chose to.

However, the songs are so close to the original (some distortion on the amps notwithstanding) that I really dont understand why anyone but a serious Smithereens fan would spend their hard earned money on this album. The Beatles did these songs better.

Sorry... just MHO.

jcb1100 · Post by **jcb1100** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:32 pm

...And in the liner notes, thanks from the band to John Hall and Kenny Howes! How's that for a Rickenbacker band?

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:52 pm

Kent, no apologies needed.

kenindfw · Post by **kenindfw** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:57 pm

If you're interested in hearing an interview with a couple of guys from the band you can check out this link:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7363245