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Although they have not yet released a record, when The Lovin' Spoonful play at The Night Owl coffee house in Greenwich Village, New York City, USA, the crowd includes Bob Dylan, The Byrds and Phil Spector.Full article:
Jac Holzman (owner, Elektra Records) : Paul Rothchild (producer) had very close relationships with a number of different people including John Sebastian. The Lovin' Spoonful were a band John put together and when I heard Do You Believe In Magic? I really wanted to sign the band badly. It was, however, unlike anything we had ever done. But then again, music at that time was different from anything we had ever done. Our first involvement with electric music had been the Paul Butterfield Band. I thought The Lovin' Spoonful were the natural evolution from that band.
They were involved with some "gentlemen" associated with the Stallion label, and Stallion had a relationship with Kama Sutra which had a distribution deal with MGM. They had much more proven ability dealing with singles, and singles were the name of the game in those days because a single was a calling card for an album. We put a good offer on the table and John wanted to be with us. Something happened behind the scenes that I don't know about, but John was put in a position where he could not be with us. We didn't get The Spoonful. They did four tracks for us for another album later on. I really missed having The Spoonful because John turned out to be an absolutely great songwriter. That was a big disappointment.
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They were involved with some "gentlemen" associated with the Stallion label, and Stallion had a relationship with Kama Sutra which had a distribution deal with MGM. They had much more proven ability dealing with singles, and singles were the name of the game in those days because a single was a calling card for an album. We put a good offer on the table and John wanted to be with us. Something happened behind the scenes that I don't know about, but John was put in a position where he could not be with us. We didn't get The Spoonful. They did four tracks for us for another album later on. I really missed having The Spoonful because John turned out to be an absolutely great songwriter. That was a big disappointment.
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