The Litter
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The Litter was an American
psychedelic
and garage rock
band, formed in 1966 in Minneapolis. They are best remembered for their 1967 debut single
"Action Woman." The group recorded an album
in 1972 but would re-unite in 1990, 1992, and again in 1998, when they recorded a new studio album consisting of both old and new material.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
psychedelic
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...
and 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...
band, formed in 1966 in Minneapolis. They are best remembered for their 1967 debut single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
"Action Woman." The group recorded an album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
in 1972 but would re-unite in 1990, 1992, and again in 1998, when they recorded a new studio album consisting of both old and new material.
Personnel
- Jim Kane, bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
and moog synthesizerMoog synthesizerMoog synthesizer may refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Dr. Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for older-generation analog music synthesizers. The Moog company pioneered the commercial manufacture of modular voltage-controlled...
, 1966-1970 & 1990 - Tom Murray, drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, 1966-1972 & 1992 - Dan Rinaldi, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, 1966-1972 & 1992 - Bill Strandlof, lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, 1966-1967 - Denny Waite, organElectronic organAn electronic organ is an electronic keyboard instrument which was derived from the harmonium, pipe organ and theatre organ. Originally, it was designed to imitate the sound of pipe organs, theatre organs, band sounds, or orchestral sounds....
and vocals, 1966-1968 & 1990-1992 - Tom 'Zippy' Caplan, lead guitar, 1967-1968 & 1990-1992
- Lonnie Knight, lead guitar and vocals, 1968
- Mark Gallagher, vocals, 1968-1970 & 1992 (Mark Patrick Gallagher; March 17, 1948 – February 24, 2009)
- Ray Melina, lead guitar, 1968-1970
- Sean Jones, lead guitar, 1970
- Jon Sutphen, bass, 1970
- Casey McPhearson, vocals, 1971-1972
- John King, lead guitar, 1971-1972
- Woody Woodrich, bass, 1970
- Mick Stanhope, vocals, 1992
- Bob Hood, 1992
- Rick Ottum, 1992
- Joe Scanlan, drums, 1998-2005
- Doug Hassman, rhythm and lead guitar, 2005-2007
Singles
- "Action Woman" / "A Legal Matter" (Scotty 803G-6710) January 1967
- "Somebody Help Me" / "I'm a ManI'm A Man (Bo Diddley song)"I'm a Man" is a song written and recorded by Bo Diddley in 1955. A moderately slow blues with a stop-time figure, it was inspired by an earlier blues song and became a #1 R&B chart hit. "I'm a Man" has been acknowledged by Rolling Stone magazine and has been recorded by a variety of artists,...
" (Warick 9445-6711) 1967 - "Action Woman" / "Whatcha Gonna Do About ItWhatcha Gonna Do About It"Whatcha Gonna Do About It" is the debut single released by the English R&B, mod group Small Faces, released in the UK on 6 August 1965. The song peaked at number 14 in the UK Singles Chart, and stayed on chart for a total of 14 weeks.-Song profile:...
" (Warick 6712) 1967 - "Silly People" / "Feeling" (Probe 461) 1968
- "Blue Ice" / "On Our Minds" (Probe 467) 1969
Albums
- Distortions (Warick WM-671-A) 1967
- $100 Fine (Hexagon 681-S) 1968
- Emerge (Probe 4504-S) 1969
- Re-Emerge (Arf! Arf! AA-080) 1998
Compilation albums
- Rare Tracks (Eva 12013) 1983
- "Action Woman":
- Pebbles, Volume 1Pebbles, Volume 1Pebbles is a compilation of US underground and garage single record releases from the mid- to late-1960s. It had a limited original release in 1978 and a more general release in 1979 ; this album was followed by several subsequent Pebbles compilations and albums...
(LP-1979; CD-1992) - Songs We Taught the Fuzztones (1993)
- Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era is a compilation album of American garage rock singles released in the mid- to late 1960s. It was assembled by Jac Holzman, founder of Elektra Records, and Lenny Kaye, later lead guitarist for the Patti Smith Group...
— Box Set (1998) - Garage Rock Classics (2004)
- Trash Box (5-CD box set)
- Pebbles, Volume 1
- "I'm A Man":
- Pebbles, Volume 2Pebbles, Volume 2Pebbles, Volume 2 is a compilation album in the Pebbles series that has been issued in both LP and CD formats. Another Pebbles, Volume 2 was issued on CD a few years earlier by ESD Records and has almost completely different tracks.-Release data:...
(LP) - 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 Records)
- Pebbles, Volume 2
- "Hey Joe":
- The Scotty Story (CD)
- "7 Up7 Up7 Up is a brand of a lemon-lime flavored non-caffeinated soft drink. The rights to the brand are held by Dr Pepper Snapple Group in the United States, and PepsiCo in the rest of the world, including Puerto Rico, where the concentrate is manufactured at the Pepsi facility in Cidra...
Commercial":- The Scotty Story (CD)