The Millennium (band)
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The Millennium | |
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1967–1968 |
| Labels | Columbia |
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The Millennium were an American sunshine pop band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1967.[3][4]
History
Boettcher had originally worked with drummer Ron Edgar for a brief time in the folk group
Talk Talk" before disbanding. Boettcher had also formed a group called The Ballroom, which featured Sandy Salisbury as a vocalist. Lee Mallory had worked as a songwriter and solo performer, and Boettcher had produced some of his recordings, including a cover of Phil Ochs' "That's The Way It's Gonna Be". The group also featured support from session musicians such as Jerry Scheff
.
The Millennium recorded one
There's An Innocent Face), as did Salisbury and Joey Stec. Michael Fennelly would end up in the early 1970s group Crabby Appleton, who signed with Elektra Records
and released two albums, scoring a Top 40 hit with the single "Go Back".
Stec founded the record label Sonic Past Music in the late 1990s, and this label has subsequently released previously unavailable albums from The Millennium, Boettcher, Salisbury, Mallory, and Stec.
Members
- Curt Boettcher – vocals, guitar, production
- Lee Mallory – vocals, guitar
- Sandy Salisbury – vocals, guitar
- Joey Stec – vocals, guitar
- Michael Fennelly – vocals, guitar
- Doug Rhodes – bass, harpsichord, piano
- Ron Edgar – drums, percussion
Discography
Studio albums
- Begin (1968, Columbia Records)[3]
Compilation albums
- The Second Millennium (2000, Dreamsville)
- The Millennium Continues (2000, Trattoria)
- Magic Time (2001, Sundazed Records)
- Voices of the Millennium (Sonic Past Music)[5]
- Pieces (Sonic Past Music)
Box sets
- The Millennium at Last (2012, Sony Music Japan)
References
- OCLC 1008049845.
- ISBN 978-1-135-87921-1.
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ "Millennium".
- ^ "Welcome sonicpastmusic.com - BlueHost.com". Sonicpastmusic.com. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
External links
- Sonic Past Music - record label who has reissued music by The Millennium
- Radio show paying tribute to Curt Boettcher
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