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Los Angeles, United States (1965 – 1970, 2001 – present)

The Electric Prunes are a psychedelic rock band which formed in 1965 in Los Angeles and are best known for two US Top 40 hits from 1966 - “I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)” (#11) and “Get Me To The World On Time” (#27) - and the song “Kyrie Eleison” from their 1968 album “Mass in F Minor” which also appears in the 1969 “Easy Rider”. The band broke up 1970 but would reunite in 2001. The band’s best known lineup consists of Jim Lowe (vocals), Mark Tulin (bass), James Spagnola (guitar), Ken Williams (guitar) and Preston Ritter (drums).

The Electric Prunes are a rock band who first achieved international attention as an experimental psychedelic group in the late 1960s, and contributed one track to the soundtrack of Easy Rider. After a period in which they had little control over their music, they disappeared for a period of 30 years, reforming as a recording and touring band in 2001.

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The group started in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, though during the group’s long disbandment, rumors circulated that they were from Seattle, probably because their records were very popular in that city. The first members, Ken Williams (guitar), James Lowe (lead vocal), Michael Weakley (drums) and Mark Tulin (bass) called themselves The Sanctions, and later, Jim and the Lords. Soon, Dick Hargrave joined on organ, but shortly thereafter left to pursue graphic arts. Their lineup changed many times, including one lineup with Kenny Loggins.

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1	I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)	435
2	Get Me To The World On Time	311
3	Sold To The Highest Bidder	124
4	Try Me On For Size	119
5	About A Quarter To Nine	97
6	I Happen To Love You	91
7	Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoy It Less)	81
7	Luvin	81
9	The King Is In The Counting House	78
10	Holy Are You	73
11	I had too much to dream	65
12	Ain't It Hard	64
13	The Toonerville Trolley	62
14	Hideaway	57
15	Bangles	56

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ripplemusic wrote:
last month

If you dig rock like this, come check out the From The Garage Group, celebrating all the great music from the worlds garages. We're new and growing. Come join us. http://www.last.fm/group/From+The+Garage

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funkylowlife wrote:
December 2009

i saw these guys perform in king tuts 2 years ago.They were brilliant! and the crowd went mad for them! i hope they come back again.

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covo-s-greskom wrote:
December 2009

can anyone please help me.i heard a song in the cinema and i know it is a band similar to this one, and the name of the song is consisted of 3 words: i can't (i'm pretty sure the third word is touch, but i cant find it anywhere) so if anyone knows please tell me,thanks

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Rissacakes wrote:
November 2009

Psychedelic perfection. Also: fuck facebook [2].

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DeucesAreWild wrote:
November 2009

stockholm 67 is freaking fantastic

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Dezza1 wrote:
October 2009

I Had Wayyyy Too Much To Dream Last Night

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Lord_Krichian wrote:
September 2009

california is a pretty nice album

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kreetik wrote:
September 2009

If you like The Electric Prunes you should check out the interview I did with them: http://www.kreetik.com/1/post/2009/09/interview-with-the-electric-prunes.html

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polymorphous71 wrote:
August 2009

fuck facebook.

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hunterjohnson wrote:
August 2009

on facebook? join the official fangroup!! http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=107601504403&ref=ts ^^^^^^^^^^^^^GOGOGOGOGO!!!!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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LeftCoastRyda wrote:
July 2009

Smashing tunes. I Had Too Much to Dream is a great record.

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weirdscenes wrote:
July 2009

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ripplemusic wrote:
June 2009

If you dig music like these guys, come check us out at the From the Garage Group, a new group dedicated to rocking music from the world's garages. We're new and growing. http://www.last.fm/group/From+The+Garage

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javier0889 wrote:
June 2009

just two or three records, but nothing special... the mass in f minor album is quite interesting tho

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pollepet wrote:
May 2009

look at these faces and these eyes and you know what psychodelic means, yeah

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stinkey diver wrote:
May 2009

Mass in F Minor is one brilliant album.

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euph0 wrote:
May 2009

great music!

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Lucifer-Sam wrote:
May 2009

http://www.last.fm/group/1967

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crownanchor wrote:
April 2009

Dream on :):)

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Graasvoll1 wrote:
April 2009

Magisk musik och för en 15 : åring. Första mötet med Frisco, i Mullsjö / Småland 67.Den grupp som kom mig att börja undersöka vad som fanns bakom mainstream Beatles / Stones i både musiklyssnande och livsval.

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