The Groop Played "Midnight Cowboy" Music

I’m told that "The Groop" was probably originally some studio voices who did commercial/jingle work. I've found on the 'net someone who claims to have been a member of the ensemble - it's here if you're interested. I've read also that an album by The Groop called '...Sing Songs From Midnight Cowboy' subsequently appeared and that this includes covers of various songs from the original soundtrack, not just the two they did originally. However, I've also seen a similarly-titled LP credited to another act called Elephants Memory, with The Groop just providing vocals. I know for a fact that a Groop LP exists, however, as I saw it in a second hand shop in Antwerp last year (very expensive, so didn't buy).

BTW the writer of the songs, Jeffrey Comanor, recorded his own - very good - version of "A Famous Myth" on a solo album he made for A&M in 1969 called Sure Hope You Like It. He's also written songs for The Fifth Dimension and other soft rock acts of the era, and wrote the music for Brian De Palma's "Phantom of the Paradise" movie.

In case you missed it (I did, until I ran across a copy in a shop in Paris on Thursday) The Groop's one and only album was issued on CD by Sundazed a couple of months ago - with 'Tears and Joys' plus a previously unreleased demo added as bonus tracks.

:D basically

just saw this at Aquarius the other day and was reluctant about not buying it, but I seriously shouldn't be buying random records right now

i just bought this and it is exactly what i needed right now. i want to live on whatever planet these people are from.

Me again. Today I sang "I Try To Think of You When I Can" at full volume while I was in the shower and it was extremely fun.

i just found a nice, cheap copy of this and le lechera is right - the doctor has ordered, and this is what it is, it is known to all. also:

also Jean Jacques Perrey 'Kaleidoscopic Vibrations' LP (which they lazily sample about 4 times on 'Transient Noise Bursts...') says 'Stereolab' in big letters on the label.

wha? i want to see this but i could not manage to find an image.

there are tons of old records with STEREOLAB on the cover/label

i don't have much else of value to add so i'll just post this awesome 1993 stereolab pic

http://heavently.narod.ru/2569183400_967dd277ac_b.jpg

I have this one for ex.
http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m9q5mFRqOiTC2eZOMgSAF8w.jpg

xp

lol what is that tiny guitar laetitia is playing

there are tons of old records with STEREOLAB on the cover/label

well yeah, that's what i mean. so it seemed weird to single out a single album as the inspiration (Jean Jacques Perrey 'Kaleidoscopic Vibrations' LP), even if they did sample from it. but anyway, my analytical skills are not so hot right now due to my current enjoyment of their "Space Age Batchelor Pad Music"

or, i think the pic above is from 1993. i don't know. it could be from any year i guess

i cannot be trusted!

it's from 2008. all years basically look the same though

one of my favorite parts is when one of the male singers full on belts it in "haunted places" -- he sounds so convinced that his places are haunted!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF6CJsjTe0k

i mean can we all just take 6 minutes and just enjoy this together

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I30I3jTbtfI

the part i was referring to is at 3:18 -- he really sounds like he means it --
it's a simple business!

Yeah, I was gonna say! That pic of Stereolab at The Windmill - no way that's from 1993! Wrong line-up for a start, and I was at that show, it was within the past 5 years or more recent.