ROCKY & HIS FRIENDS

Homebase: Seattle, WA
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SEE ALSO:
1.) IMPERIALS, THE
2.) ROCKY  & THE RIDDLERS
3.) CITY LIMITS, THE
Misc Notes:
This band had formed in 1962 as The Imperials. It issued one 45 rpm record under that name ("The Bootie Green" / "Crossfiring" Audio Recording, Inc. #104 1964).

By mid 1965 group name had been changed to ROCKY & HIS FRIENDS, a moniker "borrowed" from the popular Hanna - Barbera television cartoon series (a.k.a The Bullwiinkle Show) of the time.

Following the release of this one record, legal "cease and desist" rumblings from the Hanna - Barbera company lead to adoption of the less controversial name of ROCKY and  THE RIDDLERS. In turn that name was replaced by THE CITY LIMITS.

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The original working title for "Riot City" was "Surfer Plus."

Guitarist Alan Park: "The downfall of the ("Riot City") tune was the fact that it got released at the same exact moment that the Watts riots (August 10 - 16, 1965) took place in Los Angeles. CA.   As a result it was in the wrong place at the wrong time."

"Riot City" Album Reissues:
1.)1985. Side One, Track #1 on compilation lp Riot City (Satan Records (SR 1003)

2.)1987. Side One, Track #4 on compilation lp Highs In The Mid Sixties Vol. 16 The Northwest - Part 3 (Archive International Productions AIP - 10024)

3. 2002. Side Two, Track #1 on compilation lp I'm Walkin' Babe" The Northwest Battle Of The Bands Volume Three (Beat Rocket BR 135)

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SIZE:7"
SPEED:45 rpm
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A-SIDE COMPOSER:J. Beals - D. Denton
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B-SIDE COMPOSER:Park - LaBrache - Gaspard - Denton - Beals
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LOCATION: Seattle, WA
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RECORDING STUDIO: Audio Recording, Inc.
RECORDING ENGINEER: Kearney Barton

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SIZE: 12"
SPEED: 33 1/3 rpm
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Side One Track #1 compilation lp Work It On OUT!

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Cataloged  as Jerden #761, but never pressed or released on Jerden.

See Instead:
1.) Tower #178

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SIZE: 7"
SPEED: 45 rpm
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