Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Phi & Don, Goffin & King-1967



Totally forgot about this little foray into psychedelia for The Everly Brothers. This track had remained unreleased until the Rhino's "Heartaches And Harmonies" boxed set from 1994 and I was reminded of it while searching for the "Milk Train/Lord Of The Manor" single.

"You're Just What I Was Looking For" isn't the greatest EB track, but like so many of their lesser known songs, it is really solid and one more reason why I always say, The Everly Brothers should be loved by more people. I'm sure Phil and Don get the respect, but I have a feeling not enough people have gone deeper than the obvious 25 songs.

7 comments:

Ken J Xenozar said...

Wow, never heard that one. And it is great!

Anonymous said...

Thanks to your post, I wandered into my Everly stash and am currently listening to 'Too Good To Be True', a 2005 collection of unreleased demos. Basically just acoustic guitars and vocals. Sublime.

Randy

FD13NYC said...

Good song/post! I've had the Rhino box for a long time, among other collections, and it's great to delve into for non recognizable tunes. Don and Phil were just terrific!

Anonymous said...

A lovely song. Thanks for posting!

Marc

buzzbabyjesus said...

You are so right about the Everlys. I'd like to hear those later albums like "Pass The Chicken And Listen".

Hey-its Mike said...

Thanks for this. The used record/CD shop in town, for some reason, sold the individual four disks of the "Heartaches and Harmonies" collection as separate albums. Within a year of the box coming out, I was thrilled to find them for sale there. But the odd thing was that they had disks 1, 2, and 4, but not 3. Disks 1 and 2 had all of the original 50s - early 60s hits (disk 2 ends with the boys singing the Coca-cola jingle). Disk 4 included the McCartney-penned "On the Wings of a Nightingale," which had gotten relatively recent radio play and the boys working out on country ("Mama Tried"; T for Texas") and singer-songwriter songs ("Carolina in My Mind"; "Poems, Prayers and Promises"). I bought all three, but also combed the shelves for disk 3. It wasn't there and although I returned to look for it every couple of days, it never turned up. I always wondered who would have wanted ONLY Disk 3 from that great collection. Amazon tells me the first track on Disk 3 is my all-time fave, "Gone, Gone, Gone," and the last track is the one you've shared here, which I've never heard before. Dammit, I still want Disk 3.

buzzbabyjesus said...

I want Disc 3 too!