The Beacon Street Union was a 1960s psychedelic era

Psychedelic era

The Psychedelic era refers to the time of social, musical and artistic change influenced by psychedelic drugs, generally described as occurring during early 1960s to the mid 1970s. Some consider the psychedelic era to be more tightly limited to the years of 1965-1969...

 rock band, named for a street in their native Boston

Boston

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, whose original members John Lincoln Wright (vocals, percussion), Paul Tartachny (guitar, vocals), Wayne Ulaky (bass, vocals), Robert Rhodes (keyboards, bass), and Richard Weisberg (drums) all went to Boston University. With the exception of a few rock standards, their diverse music was composed by group members, primarily Wright and Ulaky.

MGM Records

MGM Records

MGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946, for the purpose of releasing soundtrack albums of their musical films. Later it became a pop label, lasting into the 1970s...

 promoted them as part of the so-called "Bosstown Sound," shepherded by record producer Alan Lorber

Alan Lorber

Alan Lorber was the leading arranger in the USA in the early 60s having created hits for many of the top artists of the day which amounted to 60 million dollars in sales. He is also a prolific music producer and composer. He was especially active in the 1960s and produced a wide variety of music....

,(along with the groups Ultimate Spinach

Ultimate Spinach

Ultimate Spinach was a psychedelic/hard rock/blues band originally from Boston. In their '60's heyday they specialized in lengthy songs such as "Ballad of the Hip Death Goddess", from Ultimate Spinach and "Genesis of Beauty", from Behold And See...

 and Orpheus

Orpheus (band)

Orpheus is a rock band from Worcester, Massachusetts that enjoyed popularity in the 1960s and early 1970s.In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in the avant garde band. Original members included guitarist/vocalists Bruce Arnold and Jack McKennes, bass guitarist Eric "The Snake"...

). The group met with little success, although their first album "The Eyes Of The Beacon Street Union" charted at #75 on May 4, 1968. The band relocated to New York, where, after a second album, The Clown Died in Marvin Gardens

The Clown Died in Marvin Gardens

The Clown Died in Marvin Gardens is the second album from Beacon Street Union, a psychedelic rock group based in Boston, Mass. The album was released in 1968.-LP track listing:# "Blue Suede Shoes"# "A Not Very August Afternoon"...

, Wright, Ulaky, Weisberg, and Rhodes recorded a further album as Eagle. Later in the 1970s, Wright went on to write and sing country music as leader of the Sour Mash Boys.

Discography

ALBUMS

• The Eyes of the Beacon Street Union (March 1968)
• The Clown Died in Marvin Gardens
  The Clown Died in Marvin Gardens
  The Clown Died in Marvin Gardens is the second album from Beacon Street Union, a psychedelic rock group based in Boston, Mass. The album was released in 1968.-LP track listing:# "Blue Suede Shoes"# "A Not Very August Afternoon"...
  
  (August 1968)
• [as Eagle] Come Under Nancy's Tent (1970}

All three albums have been reissued as a CD set called State of the Union.

SINGLES

• "South End Incident" / "Speed Kills" (1968)
• "Four Hundred And Five" / "Blue Suede Shoes" (1968)
• "Light Your Cigarette" / "Mayola" (1968)