Cover illustration of Matt Morgan's The American War: Cartoons, 1874
Doesn't it seem sometimes like the best bands are the ones that never really existed? Dukes of the Stratosphear, the Ohio Express, Jem and the Holograms ... the list goes on and on. The New Breed was a band that didn't exist during the 1960s, in spite of releasing a couple decent 45s in '67 and '68. At the time, songwriter Ron Price was writing for a lot of the garage bands in the Dallas area - some of his best songs ended up getting recorded by a group of session musicians and released under the name the New Breed. To hook the record-buying kids, the record label spread the rumor that the New Breed were actually the popular Dallas band the Mystics. But the fact was that there was no New Breed.
"High Society Girl" is a pretty great song, though. The key element of the song is easily the sawing organ part that you hear in the intro - it sounds almost like a cello. After an appropriately menacing, snarling verse, the band kicks into a nice, anthemic chorus punctuated by some cool little guitar licks. They even pull off some nice harmonies - how is it that the session musicians often managed to sound better vocally than the real bands?
"High Society Girl" by the New Breed
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Any possibility of making the
B side of this single available?
Sorry, but I don't have any other New Breed songs in my collection. I'm guessing the song you're talking about is "I'd Like to See Her Again" - I'd have no idea where to begin tracking that down.
According to what I've researched it was the flip side of the "New Breed's" 45 single "High Society Girl". I heard that B-side back in the late 60's on KLIF 1190 AM. Haven't heard it since then. Saw the single on eBay for about $75, but that's a little steep for a memory!
Thanks for a quick response. Maybe someone will post it on YouTube.
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