The Litter — $100 Fine 1968 (USA, GaragePsychedelic Rock)

The Litter — $100 Fine 1968 (USA, Garage/Psychedelic Rock)

"The Litter" as a group was the first band in the Mid-West to use fire and smoke as well as wrecking their equipment as part of their stage show. Contrary to popular belief it was "The Litter" not "The Electras" (later renamed "Twas Brillig" for the national release of Warren Kendrick's Dirty Old Man) who recorded Action Woman first in Nov. 1966. "The Electras" recorded their own version for Kendrick in the spring of 1967, but this 45 rpm was never released and is extremely rare. "The Litter" 45 rpm of Action Woman also commands big bucks on todays collectors market.

the second "Litter" album $100 Fine, had fewer copies pressed (1000), than its predecessor Distortions with 2000 copies. The album name $100 Fine was "Zippy" Caplan's idea after he saw a sign on the highway during a road trip to Chicago with the warning "No Littering - $100 Fine". Unable to come up with an idea for the $100 Fine album cover, "Zippy" Caplan suggested to Warren Kendrick that a color photo of Denny Waite's face be blown up to dot information proportions but Kenrick used a picture of one of Murrays' drums instead.

Blues One from the $100 Fine album was the first original song exclusively written by "Litter" members. In order to fill out time on Side 1 of the $100 Fine album, the last track was added by Warren Kendrick after the album was finished. Calling it Apologies to 2069 Warren put it together in the studio using parts of Action Woman slowed down and parts of Tallyman and Kaleidoscope played backwards. Mixed with electronic sound effects, he used to say it was his way of apologizing to the people of the future for the crude recording technologies of the 1960's. The song Kaleidoscope from the album $100 Fine was the first American made recording to use the then new phasing technology thanks to Warren Kendrick.

The version of "The Zombies" She's Not There used on the $100 Fine album was arranged by "Zippy" Caplan and guitarist friend Randy Resnick ("John Mayall Group") and presented to "The Litter" by Caplan.
Tracks:

01. Mindbreaker — 0:00
02. Tallyman — 3:14
03. Here I Go Again — 6:09
04. Morning Sun — 9:02
05. (Under The Screaming Double) Eagle — 11:29
06. Apologies To 2069 — 14:13
07. Kaleidoscope — 15:26
08. Blues One — 17:46
09. She’s Not There — 22:01

Bonus:
10. Angelica — 31:14

Personnel:

Denny Waite — lead vocals, organ
Tom «Zippy» Caplan — lead guitar, arranger
Dan Rinaldi — rhythm guitar, harmony vocals
James Worthington Kane III — bass, synthesizer
Tom Murray — drums
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Ray Ruff, Warren Kendrick — producers