Up and Away
| Up and Away | ||||
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L-R Mike Mitchell, J.C. Rieck, Pete Borg, Lynn Easton, Dick Peterson
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| Studio album by The Kingsmen | ||||
| Released | 1966 | |||
| Genre | Garage rock | |||
| Length | 37:46 | |||
| Label | Wand | |||
| Producer | Paul Tannen, Mark Wildey | |||
| The Kingsmen chronology | ||||
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Up and Away is the sixth album by the rock band The Kingsmen, released in 1966.
The Kingsmen's sixth album represented a departure from previous efforts with new producers and a revamped line-up. Barry Curtis had been drafted and Norm Sundholm left to manage his Sunn amplifiers business. Their respective replacements were J.C. Rieck on keyboards with Kerry Magness and then Pete Borg on bass. Also new to the team were producers Paul Tannen and Mark Wildey.
The track list features a combination of reliable pop and R&B standards mixed with songs written by group members. This was the first Kingsmen album not to make the Billboard LP chart —an indication of the group's waning popularity as musical tastes changed in the mid-60s.
Both mono (WDM 675) and stereo (WDS 675) versions were released. International releases included Canada (Wand 675C) and United Kingdom (Wand WNS 6, different cover). The album was reissued on CD by Sundazed and Bear Family in 1994 with bonus track "Killer Joe".
† CD bonus track.
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