Velvet Illusions - Acid Head b/w She Was The Only Girl (1966 US) | Northwest Garage | Full 45 Rip

The two writers credited on both sides of this record are the singer and the band's manager. The manager did not write either song. Tell Records T-700, out of Yakima, Washington, 1966. These were the first two songs the band ever recorded. The Velvet Illusions started in the Radford family upholstery shop in Yakima, where Randy Bowles, Chuck Funk and George Radford used to jam. George's father heard them, offered to manage them and offered to dress them in velvet, and that is where the name came from. Randy sang and played lead guitar, and when Steve Weed came in he joined Randy as a second lead singer. Live, Randy sang most of them. On the records, Steve sang most of them. The Merritt on the label is Jerry Merritt, lead guitarist for Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps, who signed on as the band's music adviser. In 1959 Merritt had toured Japan with Vincent, and when Vincent got homesick partway through and went home, Merritt finished the tour on stage as Gene Vincent. Acid Head is a warning song about a girl who falls into addiction, and stations refused it while Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit was all over the radio. In June 1967 seven of them moved into a house in Hollywood with their manager, took an office and mailed their own records out by hand. Their last two singles came out that November credited to Georgy and the Velvet Illusions, Georgy being the manager's son, which the band had not agreed to. They broke up that December. A later lineup included Roland Bautista, who went on to Earth, Wind and Fire. About that writing credit. Randy Bowles: "The G. Radford listed as the songwriter on both sides was not our sax player. Georgy did not help write either song. Our manager, his daddy, Mr. Radford meant it as his name. He dishonestly listed himself, an old man, as the co-writer of both songs. Steve Weed should have been solely credited for writing She Was The Only Girl." Randy says the manager told them it was common for managers to do that, and adds, "We should have walked away at that point." 0:00 Acid Head 3:13 The flip 3:34 She Was The Only Girl 🎧 Rare 45rpm Vinyl Rips - promo singles and obscure 7-inches: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pZAodT9-v-Lehtz7BPAlxi 🎧 Full Vinyl Rips - rare psych and rock LPs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pEOi1yCUyAZikNmWVdz8Hn 🔴 Live Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6:30am PT, one record from my collection: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9qEwJJg-w9RXM0MsbSk5H3F 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinyl_piper/ Almost everything here comes from Randy "Jimmie James" Bowles, who sang and played lead guitar in the Velvet Illusions and has written the band's history down himself: https://randybowlestories.wordpress.com/ #VelvetIllusions #NorthwestGarage #RareVinyl #45RPM #VinylCollector