Thursday, January 17, 2019

I'm Gonna Buy Me a Dog



I'm Gonna Buy Me a Dog
The Astronauts, RCA unissued, 1965




Recorded at the RCA Studio B in Hollywood on June 7, 1965.

The Astronauts were the first Boulder, Colorado band to make the national charts with "Baja" in 1963 and remained successful for several years, especially in Japan. They have been described as being, along the Trashmen, the premier landlocked Midwestern surf group of the '60s.   For most of their career, the band members were Rich Fifield, Jon "Storm" Patterson, Bob Demmon, Dennis Lindsey, and Jim Gallagher.

Boyce & Hart's "I'm Gonna Buy Me A Dog" was first recorded by The Gamma Goochee for Colpix Records. The backing track to the Gamma Goochee's version is the same track as the Astronauts version on RCA.  Both feature Bobby Hart on percussion and Tommy Boyce on piano with The Astronauts as the core of the band.  Shortly thereafter Boyce and Hart redid "Gonna Buy Me A Dog" with The Monkees (perhaps using the same track?).

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