2023 and I just stumbled upon "Love Songs in the Night." Wow!!! At 75, I never knew most of The Left Banke songs, but I can hear them now. I'll check out "Two by Two," the flip and proceed to get into their discography. Definitely owe it to myself. Finally, if I were a DJ, I would play "Love Song in the Night" back to back to back with "Night of the Long Grass" by The Troggs and "Virginia (Wind in the Night,") by The Head and the Heart.
The rapid key change -- reprise to chorus -- is quite unique. This one "grows on one". I like the "wrong notes" that the bass and the piano do on occasion, and even the perfect singer going off key towards the end.
Session Notes: Recorded (1971) Eventide Studios. , Engineer Rick Factor Lead Vocal: Steve Martin Caro Backing Vocals: Tom Finn & George Cameron Backing Vocals: arranged by Tom Finn Bass, Ac.Gtr., El. Gtr. Fills: Tom Finn Piano: Michael Brown Drums: George Cameron El. Lead Gtr.: Hugh McCracken Vocal overdubs & Master Mix: The Hit Factory (1971-1972)
What’s the story on this track? Wiki says this came out in 1971 but I don’t see any albums from the band during that era. Did these cats release a lot of singles?
I think it was released just under Steve's name, and if the date is right, that would put it after the '69 cut off for the "Complete Recordings" but it did appear on the original LP version of THERE'S GONNA BE A STORM. The newer version, the "Complete" is maybe rare but you can get it on iTunes.
The Left Banke were and (still are) one of the most amazing phenomenons of our time in so far as they cross boarders between pop, rock, folk and classical music. There is a "je ne se qua" quality about the blend of the lead singer and the background voices that touches the strings of the soul and makes the feeling one comes away with hard to explain. They are starting up again and I will produce them. Be on the look out. You will be amazed. The Left Bank Sound cannot be matched.
Who wrote this one? Sounds kind of different for them, although their back catalogue is quite varied in itself. For me, 'Desiree' is the culmination of all their best qualities.
He used the name Steve Martin and, then, began using his surname Caro to not confuse with the comedian Steve Martin. Same with Davey Jones who changed his name to David Bowie to not confuse with the Monkees Davey Jones
