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The other Larks...

Zub | Forks Twp., PA | 06/23/2001

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Not the Larks who had the hit with "The Jerk", but the Philadelphia-based Weldon McDougal group. Basically, a minor one-hit wonder, this group scored only with "It's Unbelievable" in 1961. With the turnover of group members, the lack of marketable material and little promotional power behind them, there was little daylight seen by this group's output after their first hit. The disc contains the title hit plus a number of non-charted sides and alternate versions. Sound quality varies considerably as the source material was a mix of master tapes and vinyl, some of it fairly well worn. A few tracks (10, 11, 12, 17) are in stereo, having been remixed from the original session tapes. Unfortunately, the flagship song is a fairly noisy disc dub so there is little improvement sonically over other available sources for this song. Mostly of interest to collectors."

Not THOSE Larks but pretty good,nonetheless

Stephen De Fronzo | springfield, NJ USA | 11/24/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I was unfamiliar with this group.Of course the real Larks, featured the great Eugene Mumford("My Reverie","I`ll live true to you")This group wanders too casually into mid-sixties type Soul-rock that doesn`t really work too well for them. However I found two small gems on this collection: "There Is A Girl" and

"Heaven Only Knows",two rare and excellent offerings!

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