Illustration titled "That's a Silly Tune" by James Montgomery Flagg from Ralph Barbour's An Orchard Princess, 1905
Why are the Turtles' records out of print? Their early records may not be that interesting - too many Bob Dylan and P.F. Sloan covers - but I'd really like to have their last two records, the all-over-the-map The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands and the Ray-Davies-produced Turtle Soup. I just noticed that they are available from Amazon MP3 in "high-quality" MP3 format - maybe I should just get them that way. I don't know if they'll ever be released on CD again.
Of the early Turtles singles, "Outside Chance" is easily my favorite. Not included on any of the Turtles' albums, the song was written by friend Warren Zevon several years before he started releasing his own albums (at the time, he was singing in a duo under the name Lyme & Cybelle). The song is bog-standard "We Love the Beatles" mid-60s pop until the end of the second chorus (the 55 second mark in the song), when a really cool, burbling electric piano solo comes in. That moment is enough to make the song a great one, and I often find myself throwing disc two of Nuggets on, just so I can enjoy that moment when the electric piano solo starts.
"Outside Chance" by the Turtles
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