Partridge Family (Official Thread)

[Sunny]

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Whoa! I hadn't heard of the Partridge family until reading this thread.

Me neither. Maybe the show never made it to Australia?

 

[METALPRIEST]

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I have all the episodes of the Banana Splits and I know what you guys mean...that's still one rockin' kid show to this day...fast paced, loud, rock and roll...it's great.

Sunny and Shaz...you can get Partridge Family on DVD...4 seasons it ran. It's a great show actually.

 

[Craig in Indy]

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It's a great show actually.

I've always maintained that "Danny Partridge" was one of the great comic characters in television history.

 

[METALPRIEST]

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I've always maintained that "Danny Partridge" was one of the great comic characters in television history.

...and he and Keith together? That was great comedy!!

 

[runtfan]

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I have all the episodes of the Banana Splits and I know what you guys mean...that's still one rockin' kid show to this day...fast paced, loud, rock and roll...it's great.

Whoa Cool ! I loved the Banana Splits when I was a kid. One of the all time great theme songs.

 

[METALPRIEST]

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It wasn't all that kid friendly or calming for that matter...when shows like the Banana Splits were on...my Dad would come into the room and be all, "What the HELL are you watching!!"

THIS!!!!

 

[METALPRIEST]

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Brown Eyes

 

[runningshoes]

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I think during this time in TV and Music, a trend was surfacing. Several TV shows also had a band forming from the cast members. The Partridge Family, The Monkees, Sony and Cher, Elvis, the Rat Pack, Rick Springfield,(these are what come to mind).....and even to this day, actors try to cash in on their "fame" in the music business.

The music was recorded by a group of musicians known as The Wrecking Crew.

Notable artists employing the Wrecking Crew's talents included Nancy Sinatra, Bobby Vee, The Partridge Family, The Mamas & the Papas, The Carpenters, The 5th Dimension, John Denver, The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, and Nat King Cole.

The figures most often associated with the Wrecking Crew are producer Phil Spector (who used the Crew to create his trademark "Wall of Sound"), and Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson, who used the Crew's talents on many of his mid-1960s productions including the songs "Good Vibrations", "California Girls", the acclaimed album Pet Sounds, and the original recordings for Smile.

Members of the Wrecking Crew played on the first Byrds single recording, "Mr. Tambourine Man", because Columbia Records did not trust the skills of Byrd musicians except for Roger McGuinn. Further recordings of the Byrds were conditional on the success of the single. All of the Byrds played on their subsequent recordings.

Spector used the Wrecking Crew on Leonard Cohen's fifth album, Death of a Ladies' Man.

 

[METALPRIEST]

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Oh yeah the wrecking crew played on everything!!! I still love the first Partridge Family album more than anything else that was recorded under this name. It had great music from front to back and was musically sophisticated.

 

[Mr. Bob Dobolina]

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I agree with you Metalpriest. Although he was kind of drab the first season, for the rest of the show's run David Cassidy was funny as hell. And when he teamed up with Danny B. or Dave Madden it was a riot.