NEAL FORD & THE
FANATICSNEAL FORD & THE
FANATICS
Booklet from Caped Crusader #74:
| Released | Title | Writers | Vinyl Label | Cat# | CD Label |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | "Neal
Ford & the Fanatics" Track
List: Side
1 Side
2 |
Hickory | 141 |
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| 1 |
Gonna Be My Girl
MONO
STEREO |
Jon
Pereles
|
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| 2 |
Nothing
Left To
Do
MONO
STEREO |
Jon Pereles |
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| 3 |
Bitter Bells
MONO
STEREO
|
Ford, Stringfellow & Johnson |
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| 4 |
That
Girl
Of
Mine
MONO
STEREO
|
Jon Pereles |
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| 5 |
Get
Together With Me
MONO
STEREO
|
Jon Pereles |
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| 6 |
Get In
The
Rhythm
MONO
STEREO
|
Lanier Greig |
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| 7 |
One
Times One Ain't Two
MONO
STEREO |
Mickey Newbury |
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| 8 |
Contrary
Mary
MONO
STEREO |
Jon Pereles |
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| 9 |
(I've
Got A) Brand New
Girl MONO
STEREO
|
Ford, Pereles & Greig |
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| 10 |
Wait For
Me
MONO
STEREO |
Pereles & Greig |
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| 11 |
I
Have Thoughts Of You
MONO
STEREO
|
Jon Pereles |
| Released | Title | Writers | Vinyl Label | Cat# | CD
Label |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Teenage
Dream [The Ramadas] (comments by Neal Ford on these early releases: ""The Ramadas" had two single releases in 1963. The first was "Teenage Dream" written by Kim Espy, Ronda Espy and Neal Ford and the second release was "Summer Steady" written by Neal Ford. Both were on Philips Records, the same as Paul and Paula and produced by their producer Major Bill Smith of Ft. Worth, Texas. That was our first experience in the recording studio. It was recorded in Ft. Worth. I remember that Ronnie Dawson played drums on our session and Bruce Channel of "Hey Baby" fame and Delbert McClinton were there also." |
Kim Espy,
Ronda Horn (link with info on Kim & Ronda Espy) |
Philips |
40097 |
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| My Angel Eyes
[The Ramadas] |
Marvin
Montgomery |
Philips |
40097 |
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| 1963 | Summer Steady [The Ramadas] |
Neal Ford |
Philips |
40117 |
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| Lonely Tears [The
Ramadas] |
Kim Espy,
Ronda Horn |
Philips |
40117 |
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| 1963 |
Baby Just You (The
VIP's) |
Neal Ford |
Mindi |
1700 |
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|
1964
|
The
Very First Time [Neal Ford solo] |
Ford &
Espy
|
Pablo |
7013 7013 |
iTunes Collectables |
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| That Time of Year (Sweet Valentine) [Neal Ford solo] |
Ford
&
Espy
|
Pablo | 7013 |
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| I'm
Going To Be Blue [as
The Ramadas] |
Ford, Espy & Hogan |
New World |
2000 2000 |
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| Walking
Down
The
Hall [as
The Ramadas] |
Neal Ford |
New World |
2000 2000 |
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| Cindy
[as The
Ramadas] |
traditional |
New World |
2007 |
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| Sweet
Valentine [as The
Ramadas] |
Ford & Espy |
New World |
2007 |
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| Life Is So Tough [as The Ramadas] | Ford & Espy |
New World | 2008 |
iTunes
Collectables |
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| The Very First Time [as The Ramadas] | Ford & Espy |
New World | 2008 | ||||
| 1965 | I Will Not Be Lonely [as The Fanatics] Comments by Neal Ford: The title on the record is actually wrong. It should
be "I Would Not Be Lonely". The record was actually put out prior
to me approving it. One of those '60's maverick things.
Here are the lyrics.
There are only two verses, the second verse being repeated after the guitar solo. "I Would Not Be Lonely"
When I'm with my baby
why she tells me maybe
Oh she must be cheatin'
I just stay here pleadin'
Oh, Oh, Oh
If she really loved me
she would care more for me
she would want me only
I would not be lonely
so lonely, so lonely
Oh, oh, oh-
Gutiar solo
repeat 2nd verse
|
Ford & Greig |
Gina | 1118 |
Spalax |
14606 |
|
| Be Mine [as The Fanatics] | Neal Ford |
Gina |
1118 |
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| 1966 | Good
Men [as The Fanatics] Picture
Sleeve Record
Label |
Lanier Greig |
Caped
Crusader |
CC74 CC74 |
Sundazed |
SC11186 |
|
| For
You [as The
Fanatics] Picture
Sleeve Record
Label |
Ford & Greig |
Caped
Crusader |
CC74 CC74 |
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| 1966 | Woman
[as The Fanatics] Picture Sleeve
Record
Label |
Rod Argent |
Caped
Crusader |
CC75 |
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| I
Can't Go On
[as The Fanatics] Picture
Sleeve (no sticker) Record
Label |
Ford & Greig |
Caped
Crusader |
CC75 |
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| 1966 | Bitter Bells (45 mix) Acetate of "Bitter Bells" | Ford & Stringfellow |
Tantara | T1101 T1101 |
|
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| Don't
Tie
Me
Down |
Ford, Stringfellow & Johnson |
Tantara |
T1101 |
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| 1966 | All
I
Have
to
Do
is
Dream |
B. Bryant |
Tantara |
T1104 T1104 |
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| Searchin' |
Lieber & Stoller |
Tantara |
T1104 | ||||
| 1966 | I Will If You Want To | Ford & Greig |
Tantara | T1107 |
Spalax |
14606 |
|
| Woman Who
Turns Away |
Ford & Johnson |
Tantara |
T1107 |
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| 1966 | She Is All There Is | Ford & Greig |
GearFab Spalax |
GF-197
14606
|
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| I Can't
Believe (aka "Woman" - see Caped Crusader CC75) |
Rod Argent |
Spalax | 14606 | ||||
| 1967 | Shame on You comments by Neal Ford: "Here's the real story on "Shame On
You". I wrote the song around 1965 (I think). We recorded it at
Jones Sound Recording in the Heights. The owner Doyle Jones and Mickey
Gilley were the engineers. I took the tape to Nashville and got an
offer from Hickory Records owned by Acuff/Rose Publishing. At the time
they were being very successful with acts like The Newbeats-"Bread and
Butter", Sue Thompson and other pop acts. The main song that they were
interested in was "Shame On You". If you look on the single you
will see that it was released as the "A" side and was being promoted as
the single until Joe Ford at KNUZ flipped it one day and played "Gonna
Be My Girl" which was written by Jon Pereles. The phones lit up
and KILT jumped on the flip side also and it leaped to # 1 staying on
top of the charts for weeks. This changed the whole direction of our
album and future recording efforts. Prior to that we were doing a
harder rock oriented music like "Woman", "I Will Not Be Lonely", "Pain"
etc. "Gonna Be My Girl" took us to doing more of Jon's
compositions which was a much lighter pop/rock sound. I called it Hard
Bubblegum. In retrospect, I wish we had stayed more in the
original style. "I Will Not Be Lonely" was my original direction
for us and the real me at the time. I never intended to sing
"Shame On You" as you hear it on the record. It just developed to that
in the studio. I'm totally shocked to see it on so many internet sites
and on so many compilation CD's. It and "I Will Not Be Lonely" are
getting more play and recognition now than back when we did them."
|
Ford, Stringfellow & Johnson |
Hickory | P1433 P1433 |
Archive |
Essential Pebbles Vol.2
|
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| |
Sundazed |
SC11139 | |||||
| Gonna
Be My Girl (scan of KILT 610 Top 40 Survey - January 18-25, 1967: #1 position) |
Jon Pereles |
Hickory |
P1433 |
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| 1967 | Wait for Me | Pereles & Greig |
Hickory | P1450 P1450 P1450 |
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| (I've Got A) Brand New Girl | Ford, Pereles & Greig |
Hickory |
P1450 P1450 P1450 |
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| 1967 | Pain |
Ford & Cravey |
Hickory |
P1468 | |||
| Get
Together
With
Me |
Jon Pereles |
Hickory |
P1468 P1468 |
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| 1967 | I
Have Thoughts Of You
Promo
ad
for
the
single |
Jon Pereles |
Hickory |
P1490 |
SPX12 | ||
| That
Girl Of Mine |
Jon Pereles |
Hickory |
P1490 P1490 |
SPX12 | |||
| 1968 | Little
World
Girl
|
John D. Loudermilk |
Hickory |
P1500 |
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| Movin'
Along |
Jon Pereles |
Hickory |
P1500 P1500 |
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| 1968 | Mary
Wanna
Marry
Me Promo
ad
for
the
single Neal Ford & The Fanatics' recording of "Mary Wanna Marry Me" was used in the soundtrack for the 2001 film "Last Orders" starring Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. The scene appears at about the 42:28 mark. In a flashback, Ray (Bob Hoskins) is standing in the doorway of his daughter's room as the record is playing on her phonograph. As they begin a conversation, she picks the needle up off the record. The scene lasts about 20 seconds. Click here to read the IMDB entry for the soundtrack music Click here to see the video clip (NOTE: you will need to download the free FLV player to see the clip) Click here to see a screen shot of the ending credit showing information on the recording |
M. Newbury & Don Gant |
Hickory |
P1506 |
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| The Jones |
John D. Loudermilk |
Hickory |
P1506 P1506 |
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| 1968 | I'll Put My Boots on Backwards | Dewayne Blackwell |
Hickory | P1516 |
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| Buttercup |
Mickey Newbury |
Hickory |
P1516 |
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| 1969 | You
Made
Me
a
Man [as Neal Ford
Factory] |
Jeff Barry & Andy Kim |
ABC | 11184 11184 |
|
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| I've
Got
To
Find
Me
A
Woman [as Neal Ford Factory] |
Jeff Barry & Andy Kim |
ABC |
11184 |
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Misc
|
Vox
Commercial |
Caped
Crusader |
CC75 |
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| Misc |
Garner State
Park Concert Radio Spot (June 16, 1965) |
