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Steve Bergstein's avatar

Duke of Prunes - stone cold classic Frank. Absolutely Free is his greatest album.

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Dan Epstein's avatar

Zappa is someone I generally respect more than actually enjoy - but that’s a really enjoyable album.

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Michael K. Fell's avatar

I knew the Electric Prunes would have to show up in here. My favorite tracks by the EPs are "Get Me To The World On Time" and "I Happen To Love You."  The latter was written by Carole King and originally offered to The Monkees, but they didn't want it. 

And, ignore everything you think you know about prunes and give them a try. Like raisins, they are always a good sweet fix but are perfect when chopped up on oatmeal (w/some blueberries and walnuts) or in a fruit smoothie.

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Dan Epstein's avatar

Oh yeah - “I Happen to Love You” is so great!

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Steve Bergstein's avatar

Get me to the world on time is one of the great hidden gems of the garage-psych era.

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Bill Weigel's avatar

Never knew The Edge had an older brother who was a guitarist. His Wiki bio states he was also in U2 at the very beginning (mid-70’s).

So I watched that “painful” Virgin Prunes vid. hoping to see a shot of him, and he finally gets a close-up after 2 minutes. He’s got that same “stoic” look as his brother. And now I’ll hopefully never hear the Virgin Prunes again!

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Dan Epstein's avatar

I must admit that I’m not regretting the fact that I never got around to exploring their records…

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Mark Mardell's avatar

The song Baby Turns Blue by the Virgin Prunes should be checked out.

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JOHN ROYAL's avatar

The depths of your musical knowledge never fail to amaze me. I never knew there were so many songs about prunes.

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Dan Epstein's avatar

There are probably more out there, too - but this was as many as I could stomach!

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Richard Elliott's avatar

A prunetastic post.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Crumit was a really unique performer. "Abdul The Bubul Ameer" is a song I smile just recalling.

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Dan Epstein's avatar

I’ll have to check him out — I’d never heard of him before finding that sheet music!

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Daniel Moran's avatar

This is why we love Substack. I just subscribed because of this..

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Dan Epstein's avatar

Thank you, Daniel! Welcome aboard!

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Irwin Epstein's avatar

In less than a decade, you’ll be begging for prunes. 🥹🤷🏼

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