Game — Game 1969 (USA, Psychedelic-Hard Rock)
The debut album by the Florida band.Singers/guitarists Eddie Keating and Chuck Kirkpatrick, drummer Scott Kirkpatrick, keyboard player Les Luhring and singer/bassist George Terry had all been members of the Southern Florida based Proctor Amusement Company. The band had become quite popular throughout the region, even recording a couple of singles and an unreleased LP for the New York based Faithful Virtue label before calling it quits. While Proctor Amusement Company had come to an end, by 1969 the five were playing Southern Florida clubs as Game.
Released by Faithful-Virtue, 1969's "Game" is an interesting debut. Co-produced by manager/mentor Steve Goldberg and Chuck Kirkpatrick, musically the set's all over the place, including stabs at conventional pop, progressive ('Entrance'), rock ('Fat Mama') and even showing off some jazzy interludes (check out side two's 'Disturbance/We Turn To You'). Normally such a diverse album wouldn't make all that much of an impression with me, but this is one of those exceptions. While most bands have a hard time finding one good singer, Game wasn't hurt by having three in the form of Keating, Chuck Kirkpatrick and Terry. The fact that Keating and Luhring wrote some nifty melodies and were capable of turning in ear candy harmony vocals didn't hurt the end results either (check out Luhring's 'Discovering You'). To be honest, material such as 'Make Some Music' and 'Stop, Look & Listen' sounds a couple of years ahead of it's time.
In 1970 the band relocated to Southern California. Original drummer Scott Kirkpatrick dropped out before the move, replaced by Dave Robinson. 01. Entrance - 0:00
02. What's Goin' Through My Head - 0:50
03. Discovering You - 4:11
04. Fat Mama - 8:23
05. Make Some Music - 11:08
06. Stop, Look And Listen - 18:58
07. Disturbance / We Turn To You - 22:29
08. Sermon - 28:50
09. Girl Next Door - 30:59
10. Exit - 34:22
Personnel:
Chuck Kirkpatrick (Hugh Houston Kirkpatrick III) – vocals, 12-string guitar, acoustic & electric guitar, bass, producer
Eddie Keating – lead vocals, 12-string guitar, acoustic & electric guitar, bass
George Terry – vocals, 12-string guitar, acoustic & electric guitar, bass
Les Luhring - piano, organ, clavinet
Scott Kirkpatrick (Scott Crane Kirkpatrick) - drums, vocals
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Steve Goldberg - producer
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