Tuesday, May 20, 2008

The Best Of Friends Of Distinction


It's the summer of 1969, and the whole world is joyfully singing, "Grazing in the grass is a gas, baby, can you dig it!" The Friends of Distinction's debut single was a made-for-radio pop masterpiece that captured the ebullience of that last summer of the '60s in its three minutes of harmonic exuberance. While the group never quite reached those heights again, the Friends did produce a small body of work in their brief lifetime that has held up well. The foursome's two other major hit singles, "Love or Let Me Be Lonely" and "Going in Circles" have joined "Grazing in the Grass" in the permanent rotations of most "fun and oldies" formats. Other highlights of this 20-song compilation include "Grazing"'s flipside, "I Really Hope You Do," the group's reading of the Four Tops' hit "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)," David Gates' "It Don't Matter to Me," and the beautifully baritoned "Love Can Make It Easier."
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8 comments:

slsmithsr said...

Thanks from the "Durty South"

El Slick

Anonymous said...

Thanks again. I'm finding a treasure trove of some great material from my high school days. :o)

2timez said...

THANK YOU THANK YOU AND THANK you

Anonymous said...

thanks

The Mayor said...

Awesome, Thanks!

Anonymous said...

Great!!! Thank you from Costa Rica.This cd is hard to find in my country.It's time to enjoy.

Anonymous said...

great post! thanks for your troubles!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the memories of a simpler time when one could lose oneself in FABULOUS music and did not have to fear evil such as there is today.