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Milan (aka The Leather Boy)
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Milan (born December 15, 1941 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia
; died March 14, 1971 in New York City) was an enigmatic producer
, songwriter
and recording artist on numerous songs made throughout the 1960s, mostly though not exclusively in the garage rock
genre. He released an LP and numerous singles for seven different national record label
s and other independent labels (a total of more than 30 songs) under a variety of names: Milan with His Orchestra, Milan, The World of Milan, Milan (The Leather Boy), and The Leather Boy. Additionally, as the producer
, arranger and/or songwriter
, Milan oversaw many other releases by a variety of artists ranging from the pop singer
Lou Christie
, to the bubblegum pop
band Ice Cream, to the psychedelic rock
band the Head Shop
.
Greg Shaw
thought enough of Milan to place his song "I'm a Leather Boy" as the opening track on two different albums in the Pebbles series
: the Pebbles, Volume 10
CD and the earlier Pebbles, Volume 11
LP (which was also the first album to be released on his AIP
record label
). He has written of Milan as being "a cryptic artist who made a series of high image records offering himself as some leather-clad, bike
-riding rebel, but so stylized he might've been imagined by Andy Warhol
. . . . The only name to be found on these records is Milan, a name that also shows up as writer
/producer
on a big pile of records, from the early 60s right thru the end of the decade. . . . But who was he? No further clue has ever emerged. This is one guy whose story really cries out to be told."
In the promotional material for the 2009 retrospective album
Hell Bent for Leather
, Milan is described in this way: "From his earliest incarnation in the record industry as a Xmas
twister
, the enigmatic Milan has changed his name and re-invented himself several times: a teen idol with a cute hairdo and a preppy look, a garage gonzo savage, an all dressed-in-black biker stud, a psychedelic screamer in love with satellite sounds, and other characters known or waiting to be discovered. One thing is for sure: Few people can claim so many identities in less than a decade."
After a couple of early singles, Milan released an LP on 20th Century Fox in 1964, called I Am What I Am
, along with two associated singles, "I Am What I Am" b/w "Over and Over Again" and later "Runnin' Wild" b/w "Angel's Lullaby". The front cover (pictured) also includes "presenting a bright new star". The album's liner notes
describe Milan as "a darkly handsome, six foot, 160 lb. twenty year old" with a "European musical background" and continue: "Milan is popular music . . . he lives it, loves it and understands it and refuses to allow the tendency to copy whatever happens to be in the top ten at the present time to influence his work" (ellipses in the original). He also has a beautiful, melodic voice that is sometimes difficult to appreciate on his later recordings.
Although the authenticity and commitment to his music is apparent even at this point, the album is in the style of early 1960s orchestral pop music
records, and much of the music bears only passing resemblance to the garage rock
and psychedelic rock
recordings for which he is better known. As a result, this album, though scarce, is typically available for a fraction of the cost of most of the singles that were released in later years. However, some of the songs on the album, including "Runnin' Wild" and "Spellbound" have the flavor of his later garage-rock classics.
Perhaps in response to the slow sales of his early work, Milan moved on more interestingly to a variety of guises and bands, not to mention new record labels. Whether these new names are bands or pseudonyms is unknown for the most part. Some sources identify The Leather Boy as a band that is led by Milan; but on one single, the two names are combined, and the covers on the Leather Boy singles only show Milan, so this is doubtful.
Insofar as his persona is concerned, the moniker "Leather Boy" is certainly appropriate, since he is shown in several photographs in a leather jacket. Anticipating his pose on the single "I'm a Leather Boy", he is shown on the back cover of his earlier album holding a guitar and dressed in what appears to be a faux leather smock emblazoned with "Milan" in stylized lettering. (This lettering was later incorporated into the design of the cover of the 2009 Hell Bent for Leather
album).
is listed as "M. Rodell", and on the first of the two associated singles, the songwriter is "Milan Rodelle" (with the surname misspelled in that case). "M. Rodell" is also listed as the songwriter and arranger on the Licorice Schtik song "The Kissin' Game".
He also was the producer for both sides of a 1967 single "Bongo Bongo" b/w "Free as a Bird" on MGM
– MGM also released some of his own singles – for an obscure girl group
called The Chanters. He was also listed as the songwriter of "Bongo Bongo". According to the programmer of the compilation album
s Look What I Found, Volume 12 and Look What I Found, Volume 21 – which each included a re-release of one side of this single – "'Bongo Bongo' sounds like [Milan's] 'On the Go'. . . The Chanters have remained a mystery band as I've never seen this 45 on any compilation." A song by the Downtown Collection called "Washington Square" was included on Volume 42 of the same series; Milan was the producer on this record.
In a foray into yet another style of music, Milan wrote and arranged both sides of a single on Capitol
for a bubblegum pop
band called Ice Cream that was released in 1968.
In 1983, Milan was re-introduced to the world in Pebbles, Volume 11
of the LPs in the Pebbles series
. This was actually the first album in the series to be officially released by Bomp!
and was the initial LP on their AIP
label. This particular compilation album
starts off with both sides of a 1967 single by The Leather Boy, "I'm a Leather Boy" and "Shadows", while "You Gotta Have Soul" closes the album. The former cut is an exuberant garage rock
track that features actual sounds of motorcycle
s in the background that even Steppenwolf
eschewed, while the latter is a passionate romp that has a similar gritty feel. "Shadows" – a thoughtful meditation on the remains of a failed romance – is a marvelous psychedelic rock
masterwork that appears on the Pebbles box sets called Pebbles Box
and Trash Box
but is not otherwise available in the Pebbles series
on CD. However, "On the Go" appears on the Pebbles, Volume 10
CD (this song also reprises the motorcycle sounds from "I'm a Leather Boy").
Greg Shaw
expressed hope that an album could be collected of his work some day — which finally occurred in 2009 when Hell Bent for Leather
was released — adding that "what he did with Donovan
songs has to be heard to be believed!". The latter is a reference to the Leather Boy cover of Donovan's song "Jersey Thursday" on one of the rarest of Milan's singles. However, in addition to those in the Pebbles series
, Milan's recordings have been collected on several other garage-rock and psychedelic-rock collections.
While not reaching the stratospheric level of artists like the Human Expression
and the Outcasts
, the original Milan 45s sell on a regular basis for elevated prices. For instance, between 2004 and 2006, the "I'm a Leather Boy" single sold at auction on eBay
for $68, £15 and £27.
As Milan:
As The World of Milan:
As Milan (The Leather Boy):
As The Leather Boy:
The American Beetles:
The Chanters:
The Unclaimed:
The Licorice Schtik:
Shadows
You Gotta Have Soul
On the Go
Soulin'
One Track Mind
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
; died March 14, 1971 in New York City) was an enigmatic producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
and recording artist on numerous songs made throughout the 1960s, mostly though not exclusively in the garage rock
Garage rock
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...
genre. He released an LP and numerous singles for seven different national record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
s and other independent labels (a total of more than 30 songs) under a variety of names: Milan with His Orchestra, Milan, The World of Milan, Milan (The Leather Boy), and The Leather Boy. Additionally, as the producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, arranger and/or songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, Milan oversaw many other releases by a variety of artists ranging from the pop singer
Pop Singer
"Pop Singer" is the début single from London-based glam rockers Rachel Stamp. It was released in February, 1996 through WEA. The single was released as a 2 track CD Single and limited edition pink 7" vinyl of 1000 copies...
Lou Christie
Lou Christie
Luigi Alfredo Giovanni Sacco , known professionally as Lou Christie, is an American singer-songwriter best known for three separate strings of pop hits in the 1960s , including his 1966 smash, "Lightnin' Strikes" and his incredible 3 octave vocal range.-Biography:Sacco was born in Glenwillard,...
, to the bubblegum pop
Bubblegum pop
Bubblegum pop is a genre of pop music with an upbeat sound contrived and marketed to appeal to pre-teens and teenagers, produced in an assembly-line process, driven by producers, often using unknown singers.Bubblegum's classic period ran from 1967 to 1972...
band Ice Cream, to the psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...
band the Head Shop
The Head Shop
The Head Shop is a psychedelic rock band from New York that released one eponymous album on Epic in 1969. The album cover features a swirling group of multi-colored boxes that surround a black-and-white image of a shrunken head...
.
Greg Shaw
Greg Shaw
Greg Shaw was a Los Angeles-based fanzine publisher, music historian and record label owner. He grew up near San Francisco, California.It was as a young teenager that he started writing about rock and roll music...
thought enough of Milan to place his song "I'm a Leather Boy" as the opening track on two different albums in the Pebbles series
Pebbles series
Pebbles is an extensive series of compilation albums in both LP and CD formats that have been issued on several record labels, though mostly by AIP...
: the Pebbles, Volume 10
Pebbles, Volume 10 (CD)
-Release data:This album was released on AIP Records in 1996 as #AIP-CD-5027. Despite the similar catalogue number, there is no relation between the tracks on this CD and the tracks on the corresponding LP...
CD and the earlier Pebbles, Volume 11
Pebbles, Volume 11 (LP)
Pebbles, Volume 11 is a compilation album among the LP's in the Pebbles series and has no relation to the Pebbles, Volume 11 CD that was released many years later. The cover was adapted and colorized for a later Pebbles double CD, Essential Pebbles, Volume 2.-Release data:This is the first album in...
LP (which was also the first album to be released on his AIP
AIP Records
AIP Records is a record label that was started by Greg Shaw's Bomp! Records, being launched in 1983 to continue the Pebbles series. The abbreviation AIP stands for "Archive International Productions". The first 10 volumes in the Pebbles series had been released by BFD Records of Kookaburra,...
record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
). He has written of Milan as being "a cryptic artist who made a series of high image records offering himself as some leather-clad, bike
Motorcycle
A motorcycle is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycles vary considerably depending on the task for which they are designed, such as long distance travel, navigating congested urban traffic, cruising, sport and racing, or off-road conditions.Motorcycles are one of the most...
-riding rebel, but so stylized he might've been imagined by Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Andrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...
. . . . The only name to be found on these records is Milan, a name that also shows up as writer
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
/producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
on a big pile of records, from the early 60s right thru the end of the decade. . . . But who was he? No further clue has ever emerged. This is one guy whose story really cries out to be told."
In the promotional material for the 2009 retrospective album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
Hell Bent for Leather
Hell Bent for Leather (Milan album)
Hell Bent for Leather is a vinyl-only compilation album by Milan the Leather Boy that also features a second side of songs that he wrote and/or produced for others throughout the 1960s.-Release data:...
, Milan is described in this way: "From his earliest incarnation in the record industry as a Xmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
twister
Twist (dance)
The Twist was a dance inspired by rock and roll music. It became the first worldwide dance craze in the early 1960s, enjoying immense popularity among young people and drawing fire from critics who felt it was too provocative. It inspired dances such as the Jerk, the Pony, the Watusi, the Mashed...
, the enigmatic Milan has changed his name and re-invented himself several times: a teen idol with a cute hairdo and a preppy look, a garage gonzo savage, an all dressed-in-black biker stud, a psychedelic screamer in love with satellite sounds, and other characters known or waiting to be discovered. One thing is for sure: Few people can claim so many identities in less than a decade."
Album, I Am What I Am
I Am What I Am (Milan album)
I Am What I Am is a studio album that includes the first recordings by Milan . The front cover also includes "presenting a bright new star". The album was produced by Budd Granoff....
, along with two associated singles, "I Am What I Am" b/w "Over and Over Again" and later "Runnin' Wild" b/w "Angel's Lullaby". The front cover (pictured) also includes "presenting a bright new star". The album's liner notes
Liner notes
Liner notes are the writings found in booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or the equivalent packaging for vinyl records and cassettes.-Origin:...
describe Milan as "a darkly handsome, six foot, 160 lb. twenty year old" with a "European musical background" and continue: "Milan is popular music . . . he lives it, loves it and understands it and refuses to allow the tendency to copy whatever happens to be in the top ten at the present time to influence his work" (ellipses in the original). He also has a beautiful, melodic voice that is sometimes difficult to appreciate on his later recordings.
Although the authenticity and commitment to his music is apparent even at this point, the album is in the style of early 1960s orchestral pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
records, and much of the music bears only passing resemblance to the garage rock
Garage rock
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...
and psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...
recordings for which he is better known. As a result, this album, though scarce, is typically available for a fraction of the cost of most of the singles that were released in later years. However, some of the songs on the album, including "Runnin' Wild" and "Spellbound" have the flavor of his later garage-rock classics.
Later Recording Career
Insofar as his persona is concerned, the moniker "Leather Boy" is certainly appropriate, since he is shown in several photographs in a leather jacket. Anticipating his pose on the single "I'm a Leather Boy", he is shown on the back cover of his earlier album holding a guitar and dressed in what appears to be a faux leather smock emblazoned with "Milan" in stylized lettering. (This lettering was later incorporated into the design of the cover of the 2009 Hell Bent for Leather
Hell Bent for Leather (Milan album)
Hell Bent for Leather is a vinyl-only compilation album by Milan the Leather Boy that also features a second side of songs that he wrote and/or produced for others throughout the 1960s.-Release data:...
album).
Producer, Arranger and Songwriting Credits
For the most part, the name "Milan" was used in his many appearances on disc as songwriter, arranger or producer; but there are many exceptions. On his first single, the songwriter of "Santa's Doin' the Twist" and "Swing a Little Harder" is given as "Rick Rodell". On his 1964 album, the songwriterSongwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
is listed as "M. Rodell", and on the first of the two associated singles, the songwriter is "Milan Rodelle" (with the surname misspelled in that case). "M. Rodell" is also listed as the songwriter and arranger on the Licorice Schtik song "The Kissin' Game".
He also was the producer for both sides of a 1967 single "Bongo Bongo" b/w "Free as a Bird" on MGM
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...
– MGM also released some of his own singles – for an obscure girl group
Girl group
A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...
called The Chanters. He was also listed as the songwriter of "Bongo Bongo". According to the programmer of the compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
s Look What I Found, Volume 12 and Look What I Found, Volume 21 – which each included a re-release of one side of this single – "'Bongo Bongo' sounds like [Milan's] 'On the Go'. . . The Chanters have remained a mystery band as I've never seen this 45 on any compilation." A song by the Downtown Collection called "Washington Square" was included on Volume 42 of the same series; Milan was the producer on this record.
In a foray into yet another style of music, Milan wrote and arranged both sides of a single on Capitol
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
for a bubblegum pop
Bubblegum pop
Bubblegum pop is a genre of pop music with an upbeat sound contrived and marketed to appeal to pre-teens and teenagers, produced in an assembly-line process, driven by producers, often using unknown singers.Bubblegum's classic period ran from 1967 to 1972...
band called Ice Cream that was released in 1968.
Reissues and Other Sources of the Music
Pebbles, Volume 11 (LP)
Pebbles, Volume 11 is a compilation album among the LP's in the Pebbles series and has no relation to the Pebbles, Volume 11 CD that was released many years later. The cover was adapted and colorized for a later Pebbles double CD, Essential Pebbles, Volume 2.-Release data:This is the first album in...
of the LPs in the Pebbles series
Pebbles series
Pebbles is an extensive series of compilation albums in both LP and CD formats that have been issued on several record labels, though mostly by AIP...
. This was actually the first album in the series to be officially released by Bomp!
Bomp! Records
Bomp! Records is an Los Angeles-based indie label formed in 1974 by fanzine publisher and music historian Greg Shaw.-History:The label has featured punk, pop, powerpop, garage rock, new wave, old school rock, neo-psychedelia among other genres, and its roster has included artists such as The Modern...
and was the initial LP on their AIP
AIP Records
AIP Records is a record label that was started by Greg Shaw's Bomp! Records, being launched in 1983 to continue the Pebbles series. The abbreviation AIP stands for "Archive International Productions". The first 10 volumes in the Pebbles series had been released by BFD Records of Kookaburra,...
label. This particular compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
starts off with both sides of a 1967 single by The Leather Boy, "I'm a Leather Boy" and "Shadows", while "You Gotta Have Soul" closes the album. The former cut is an exuberant garage rock
Garage rock
Garage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...
track that features actual sounds of motorcycle
Motorcycle
A motorcycle is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycles vary considerably depending on the task for which they are designed, such as long distance travel, navigating congested urban traffic, cruising, sport and racing, or off-road conditions.Motorcycles are one of the most...
s in the background that even Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf (band)
Steppenwolf are a Canadian-American rock group that was prominent in the late 1960s. The group was formed in 1967 in Los Angeles by vocalist John Kay, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Rushton Moreve, keyboardist Goldy McJohn and drummer Jerry Edmonton after the dissolution of Toronto group The...
eschewed, while the latter is a passionate romp that has a similar gritty feel. "Shadows" – a thoughtful meditation on the remains of a failed romance – is a marvelous psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...
masterwork that appears on the Pebbles box sets called Pebbles Box
Pebbles Box
The Pebbles Box is a 5-LP box set of mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock recordings, primarily by American bands. Several years later, a similar 5-CD box set was released that was called the Trash Box...
and Trash Box
Trash Box
The Trash Box is a 5-CD box set of mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock recordings, primarily by American bands. This box set is similar to the earlier Pebbles Box and includes almost all of the same recordings in that box set , along with numerous bonus tracks at the end of each disc...
but is not otherwise available in the Pebbles series
Pebbles series
Pebbles is an extensive series of compilation albums in both LP and CD formats that have been issued on several record labels, though mostly by AIP...
on CD. However, "On the Go" appears on the Pebbles, Volume 10
Pebbles, Volume 10 (CD)
-Release data:This album was released on AIP Records in 1996 as #AIP-CD-5027. Despite the similar catalogue number, there is no relation between the tracks on this CD and the tracks on the corresponding LP...
CD (this song also reprises the motorcycle sounds from "I'm a Leather Boy").
Greg Shaw
Greg Shaw
Greg Shaw was a Los Angeles-based fanzine publisher, music historian and record label owner. He grew up near San Francisco, California.It was as a young teenager that he started writing about rock and roll music...
expressed hope that an album could be collected of his work some day — which finally occurred in 2009 when Hell Bent for Leather
Hell Bent for Leather (Milan album)
Hell Bent for Leather is a vinyl-only compilation album by Milan the Leather Boy that also features a second side of songs that he wrote and/or produced for others throughout the 1960s.-Release data:...
was released — adding that "what he did with Donovan
Donovan
Donovan Donovan Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch (born 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Emerging from the British folk scene, he developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music...
songs has to be heard to be believed!". The latter is a reference to the Leather Boy cover of Donovan's song "Jersey Thursday" on one of the rarest of Milan's singles. However, in addition to those in the Pebbles series
Pebbles series
Pebbles is an extensive series of compilation albums in both LP and CD formats that have been issued on several record labels, though mostly by AIP...
, Milan's recordings have been collected on several other garage-rock and psychedelic-rock collections.
While not reaching the stratospheric level of artists like the Human Expression
The Human Expression
The Human Expression is a psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles that released three well-regarded singles and made additional demo recordings between 1966 and 1967.-History:...
and the Outcasts
The Outcasts (garage rock band)
The Outcasts are a garage rock and psychedelic rock band from San Antonio, Texas that released a total of five singles between 1965 and 1967. They are justly famous for two classic songs, "I'm in Pittsburgh " and "1523 Blair", although their recordings have been reissued on literally dozens of...
, the original Milan 45s sell on a regular basis for elevated prices. For instance, between 2004 and 2006, the "I'm a Leather Boy" single sold at auction on eBay
EBay
eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...
for $68, £15 and £27.
Bands, Aliases and Other Projects
- Milan with His Orchestra
- Milan
- The World of Milan
- Milan (The Leather Boy)
- The Leather Boy
- The Unclaimed
- Lou ChristieLou ChristieLuigi Alfredo Giovanni Sacco , known professionally as Lou Christie, is an American singer-songwriter best known for three separate strings of pop hits in the 1960s , including his 1966 smash, "Lightnin' Strikes" and his incredible 3 octave vocal range.-Biography:Sacco was born in Glenwillard,...
- The Head ShopThe Head ShopThe Head Shop is a psychedelic rock band from New York that released one eponymous album on Epic in 1969. The album cover features a swirling group of multi-colored boxes that surround a black-and-white image of a shrunken head...
- The Chanters
- The Aladdins
As a Recording Artist
As Milan with His Orchestra:- "Santa's Doin' the Twist" b/w "Swing a Little Longer"; Migon (#1962-A/B) – 1962
As Milan:
- "Innocence" b/w "Winter Time"; EndEnd RecordsEnd Records was a record label founded in 1957 by George Goldner. In 1962 the label was acquired by Morris Levy and incorporated into Roulette Records. Among its more successful recording acts were The Flamingos, The Chantels, and Little Anthony and the Imperials...
(#1123) – 1963 - "I Am What I Am" b/w "Over and Over Again"; 20th Century Fox (#487) – 1964
- "Runnin' Wild" b/w "Angel's Lullaby"; 20th Century Fox (#552) – 1964
As The World of Milan:
- "Cry, Lonely Boy" b/w "Luva-Luva"; ABC-Paramount (#10718) – 1965
- "Follow the Sun" b/w "I'm Cryin' in the Rain"; BrunswickBrunswick RecordsBrunswick Records is a United States based record label. The label is currently distributed by E1 Entertainment.-From 1916:Records under the "Brunswick" label were first produced by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company...
(#55292) – 1966 - "One Track Mind" b/w "Shades of Blue"; Brunswick (#55298) – 1966
As Milan (The Leather Boy):
- "You Gotta Have Soul" b/w "My Prayer"; Flower (#100) – 1967
As The Leather Boy:
- "I'm a Leather Boy" b/w "Shadows"; MGMMGM RecordsMGM 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...
(#K-13724) – April 1967 - "On the Go" b/w "Soulin'"; MGM (#K-13790) – August 1967
- "Jersey Thursday" b/w "Black Friday"; ParkwayCameo-Parkway RecordsCameo-Parkway Records was the parent company of Cameo Records and Parkway Records, which were major American Philadelphia-based record labels from 1956 and 1958 to 1967...
(#125) – 1967
As a Producer, Arranger and/or Songwriter
Lou Christie:- "How Many Teardrops" b/w "You and I (Have a Right to Cry)"; RouletteRoulette RecordsRoulette Records is an American record label, which was founded in late 1956, by George Goldner, Joe Kolsky, Morris Levy and Phil Khals, with creative control given to producers and songwriters Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore. Levy was appointed as director...
#R-4504 – 1963
The American Beetles:
- "Don't Be Unkind" b/w "You Did It To Me"; Roulette (#4550) – 1964
The Chanters:
- "Bongo Bongo" b/w "Free as a Bird"; MGM (#K13750) – 1967
The Unclaimed:
- "Memories of Green Eyes" b/w/ "Jingle Jangle"; PhilipsPhilips RecordsPhilips Records is a record label that was founded by Dutch electronics company Philips. It was started by "Philips Phonographische Industrie" in 1950. Recordings were made with popular artists of various nationalities and also with classical artists from Germany, France and Holland. Philips also...
(#30430) – 1967
The Licorice Schtik:
- "The Kissin' Game" b/w "Flowers Flowers"; DotDot RecordsDot Records was an American record label and company that was active between 1950 and 1977. It was founded by Randy Wood. In Gallatin, Tennessee, Wood had earlier started a mail order record shop, known for its radio ads on WLAC in Nashville and its R&B air personality Bill "Hoss" Allen...
(#17131) – 1968
As a Recording Artist
- I Am What I AmI Am What I Am (Milan album)I Am What I Am is a studio album that includes the first recordings by Milan . The front cover also includes "presenting a bright new star". The album was produced by Budd Granoff....
; 20th Century Fox (#TFM 3149/#TFS 4149) — 1964
As a Producer, Arranger and/or Songwriter
- The Head ShopThe Head ShopThe Head Shop is a psychedelic rock band from New York that released one eponymous album on Epic in 1969. The album cover features a swirling group of multi-colored boxes that surround a black-and-white image of a shrunken head...
; EpicEpic RecordsEpic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
(#BN 26476) – 1969
Retrospective Album
- Hell Bent for LeatherHell Bent for Leather (Milan album)Hell Bent for Leather is a vinyl-only compilation album by Milan the Leather Boy that also features a second side of songs that he wrote and/or produced for others throughout the 1960s.-Release data:...
; LS (#LS-001LP) – 2009 (vinyl only)
Compilation Albums
I'm a Leather Boy- Pebbles, Volume 11 (LP)
- Pebbles, Volume 10Pebbles, Volume 10 (CD)-Release data:This album was released on AIP Records in 1996 as #AIP-CD-5027. Despite the similar catalogue number, there is no relation between the tracks on this CD and the tracks on the corresponding LP...
(CD) - Pebbles, Volume 3Pebbles, Volume 3 (ESD Records)Pebbles, Volume 3 is a compilation album among the CDs in the Pebbles series and is a different album from the Pebbles, Volume 3 CD that was released by AIP Records in 1992.-Notes on the tracks:...
(CD – ESD Release) - Mayhem and Psychosis, Volume 1 (LP)
- Mayhem and Psychosis, Volume 1 (CD)
Shadows
- Pebbles, Volume 11Pebbles, Volume 11 (LP)Pebbles, Volume 11 is a compilation album among the LP's in the Pebbles series and has no relation to the Pebbles, Volume 11 CD that was released many years later. The cover was adapted and colorized for a later Pebbles double CD, Essential Pebbles, Volume 2.-Release data:This is the first album in...
(LP) - Pebbles BoxPebbles BoxThe Pebbles Box is a 5-LP box set of mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock recordings, primarily by American bands. Several years later, a similar 5-CD box set was released that was called the Trash Box...
(LP Box Set) - Trash BoxTrash BoxThe Trash Box is a 5-CD box set of mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock recordings, primarily by American bands. This box set is similar to the earlier Pebbles Box and includes almost all of the same recordings in that box set , along with numerous bonus tracks at the end of each disc...
(CD Box Set)
You Gotta Have Soul
- Pebbles, Volume 11Pebbles, Volume 11 (LP)Pebbles, Volume 11 is a compilation album among the LP's in the Pebbles series and has no relation to the Pebbles, Volume 11 CD that was released many years later. The cover was adapted and colorized for a later Pebbles double CD, Essential Pebbles, Volume 2.-Release data:This is the first album in...
(LP)
On the Go
- Pebbles, Volume 10Pebbles, Volume 10 (CD)-Release data:This album was released on AIP Records in 1996 as #AIP-CD-5027. Despite the similar catalogue number, there is no relation between the tracks on this CD and the tracks on the corresponding LP...
(CD) - A Journey to Tyme, Volume 5 (LP)
- Garagelands, Volume 1 (LP)
- Garagelands, Volume 1 (CD)
- Wavy Gravy series
Soulin'
- A Journey to Tyme, Volume 5 (LP)
- Garagelands, Volume 1 (LP)
- Garagelands, Volume 1 (CD)
One Track Mind
- Winning Sides, Volume 2 (LP)
- Quagmires, Volume 3 (CD)