Little Girl is the debut album by the American garage rock band Syndicate of Sound. It was released in July1966 by Bell Records. It blended both garage and psychedelic rock influences. The album was preceded by the single, "Little Girl".
Background After their single "Little Girl" rose up the charts to the number 8 position in summer of 1966, the Syndicate of Sound entered the studio to record an album. By the time of the album recording, Larry Ray had been replaced on lead guitar by Jim Sawyers. Half of the songs were penned by the group themselves, the remaining were covers from artists as diverse as The Hollies, The Sonics, Chuck Berry and Roy Orbison. John Sharkey has stated that each of the band members picked a song to cover and then they added "Big Boss Man", which was a regular part of their set-list. The album session also produced their follow-up single "Rumors", which peaked at number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts on October 1, 1966.
Track listing
Side one "Big Boss Man" (Luther Dixon, Al Smith) – 2:55 "Almost Grown" (Chuck Berry) – 2:13 "So Alone" (John Sharkey) – 3:05 "Dream Baby" (Cindy Walker) – 2:34 "Rumors" (Sharkey) – 2:06 "Little Girl" (Don Baskin, Bob Gonzalez) – 2:25
Side two "That Kind of Man" (Baskin) – 2:18 "I'm Alive" (Clint Ballard, Jr.) – 2:21 "You" (Sharkey) – 2:42 "Lookin' for the Good Times (The Robot)" (Sharkey) – 2:26 "The Witch" (Gerald Roslie) – 2:33 "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" (Bill Austin, Louis Jordan) – 2:29
Bonus tracks on 1997 release Source: "The Upper Hand" (Baskin, Gonzalez) – 2:14 "Mary" (Baskin) – 2:32 "Keep It Up" (Baskin) – 2:44 "Good Time Music" (Baskin) – 2:12
Personnel Musicians Don Baskin – vocals, guitar Jim Sawyers – lead guitar (tracks 1–5, 7–8, 10–12) Bob Gonzalez – bass guitar John Sharkey – keyboards John Duckworth – drums Larry Ray – lead guitar (tracks 6,9)
Technical Garrie Thompson – producer Leo De Gar Kulka – engineer Chuck Patti – liner notes
Charts Album – Billboard (United States) YearChartPosition1966Billboard 200148
Singles YearSingleBillboard Hot 1001966"Little Girl"81966"Rumors"55
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External links http://www.waybackattack.com/syndicateofsound.html Syndicate of Sound website