The Deep Six, (five men and one woman!) are really kind of the missing link between the "slightly hipper Seekers" style of such California folk-pop groups as The Goldebriars, The We Five and The Back Porch Majority, and the next wave of softpop and rock influenced artists like Curt Boettcher's The Ballroom, The Mamas and The Papas, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy and even the early Jefferson AirplaneThis, their only album is quite bizarre, applying the new musics to what was obviously their earlier variety show influenced performance style....show tunes, pop covers and self penned folk-rock tunes all given a superb and subtle fuzz-tinged softpop treatment that showed that the times they really were a' changing....and pretty darn fast. A top collectable for many years, this first-ever CD issue also includes all their scarily rare non-LP singles, a treasure trove of never before seen photographs of the group at the height of the Sunset Strip scene, as folk became rock, and detailed liner notes with contributions from the artists.....a timely release for a key group in the evolution of folk rock and Softpop.... This is the first time ever on CD for these tracks and included is the rare World Pacific album, and all their even rarer singles plus a lavishly illustrated booklet with detailed sleevenotes.
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