THE HELLO PEOPLE - (AS, I WENT DOWN TO) JERUSALEM / IT'S A MONDAY KIND OF TUESDAY, APRIL 1968

These two exceptional cuts appear on the debut Hello People album as seen on my previous post.  'Jerusalem' features some wild raucous guitar action and a punky vocal delivery.  It was written by band member W.S. "Sonny" Tongue Jr. who was the primary songwriter of the groups early compositions.  

'It's A Monday Kind Of Tuesday' is a mellow groover with ample flute.  A personal favorite of mine for sure.  It was written by Nancy Reiner who is known for doing cover illustrations of Jimi Hendrix and Eric Burdon among others.  This was the third 45 released by the Hello People.

THE HELLO PEOPLE, 1968

The Hello People were a New York group formed in late 1967 by record producer Lew Futterman.  They had stage names and wore mime makeup during their performances, but if look past the gimmick you will find a talented group of musicians with respectable tunes.  They managed to release numerous LP's and singles during the late 60's and early 70's, but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of folks writing about them.  I am only familiar with this, their debut LP on Philips which is pleasing throughout.  It's mostly comprised of lyte pop songs with pleasant melodies and plenty of flute to boot.  There are a few heavier moments on the album, one being my pick of the bunch, the LP track 'Sunrise Meadow'.  It's a five minute plus multi-part jam with 2 minutes of flute blasting in the middle, and I love every second of it.

Some nice info regarding the origins of the Hello People can be found here.