Release 1987
Great mix from Beat, Pop & Soul produced from DAN PENN with ALEX CHILTON' s rough & soulful voice.
The Band broke up in 1969 - From 1967 to 1969 they released 4 LPs.
Letter & Cry like a Baby went into TOP 5.
Alex Chilton came back first with BIG STAR in beginning of the 70's , afterwards he went i
nto producing and released many Solo LP's.
In 2003 BOX TOPS made an Re-Union Tour. Chilton died in spring 2010.
Style: Blueeyed Soul-Beat
see: Big Star ; Alex Chilton ; Dan Penn ;
Musicians:
Alex Chilton - lead vocals, guitar; John Evans - organ;
Gary Talley - guitar; Danny Smythe - drums;
Bill Cunningham - bass, piano;
From Mid 1968:
Rick Allen - organ, drums (for Evans) & Tom Boggs - drums;
4/1969: Jerry Riley - guitar replaced Talley
Tracks :
The Letter (Wayne Carson Thompson) 1967
Neon Rainbow (Wayne Carson Thompson) 1967
Cry like a Baby (Penn-Oldham) 1968
Choo Choo Train (Fritts-E.Hinton) 1968
I met her in Church (Penn-Oldham) 1968
Sweet Cream Ladies (Weinstein-Stroll) 1969
Soul Deep (Wayne Carson Thompson) 1969
Turn on a Dream (Mark James) 1969
I shall be released (B.Dylan) 1969
People gonna talk (Penn-Oldham) 1968
She shot a Hole in my Soul (Gayden-Neese) 1968
Together (Alex Chilton) 1969
I must be the Devil (Alex Chilton) 1969
Whiter Shade of Pale (Brooker-Reid) 1967
Rock my Baby (King-Josea) 1968