The Grasshoppers - Let It Be That Way



The Grasshoppers - Let It Be That Way

Label:

BeatRocket

Genre:

Pop/Rock

Product No.:
ABERK 177
UPC: 090771017710
Availability:
In Stock
Category:

Vinyl Record



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First-ever Grasshoppers LP!

Featuring their Twin City toppin' 45 paired with a lucky 13 more glorious nuggets!

Cut from the Kay Bank Master Tapes by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio!

Pressed on "Caelifera" green vinyl and stuffed with some great Jim Allen liner notes!

1960's Minny-beat nuggs of bouncy bliss! Along with their Twin City topping cover of "Sugar & Spice," their Kay Bank studio master tapes featured The Grasshoppers' stellar takes on Beau Brummels, Hollies, Pickett, & Yardbirds tunes, yet the best cuts are the swarm of Grasshoppers originals!

"Nobody wanted to do it, and they all looked at me. I said, ‘Hey guys, I just came to this country from Holland. And you want me to write songs?'" That's Grasshoppers guitarist Ben Hamar's backstory for the Minnesota band's original repertoire.

In the mid-to-late ‘60s, The Grasshoppers were kings of the Twin Cities music scene. They had it all — sweat-stained rock ‘n' roll bona fides, radio-ready pop songcraft, and harmonies tighter than a monk's entertainment budget. They took their act all over the Midwest, from Iowa to Wisconsin to North Dakota, sometimes generating a Beatlemania-like female frenzy along the way.

But for all their regional renown, The Grasshoppers only released one single during their five-year run, and not a note of their original material. More than five decades after their breakup, Let It Be That Way rights that wrong, containing not only their lone 45 but 13 unheard tracks, including those original tunes Hamar churned out after pulling the short straw.

 

 



Sugar And Spice
Still In Love With You Baby
Riding In My Car
With This Kiss
Words Of Love
Paper Cup Beggar
The Muffin Man
Our Love
Mustang Sally
Look Through Any WIndow
Watch People
Let It Be That Way
Mister You're a Better Man
Lonely Me
Very Last Day

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