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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DATE

"You're Not Wrong" / "Riot City (Instrumental)"

Tower [CA]

#178

1965

MISC NOTES:

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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FORMAT:disc
SIZE:7"
SPEED:45 rpm
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A-SIDE MATRIX:
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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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"You Weren't Using Your Head"

Norton Records [NY]

#908

2001

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