DBarker%PCO@CISL-SERVICE-MULTICS.ARPA (Deryk Barker) (03/22/85)
I too have a copy of this LP - believe it or not it made it to the UK. Wasn't Jeff "skunk" Baxter later of Steely Dan their guitarist?
ll tell you later.)@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA> (03/24/85)
Of course there are folks out here who remember Ultimate Spinach. Why,
gosh, back in the Dark Ages of Rock'n'Roll, when I was but knee high to
a grasshopper and beginning to DJ on WXPN here in Philly, their first album
was just a-comin' out. I even still own a copy, though I'll admit to not
having played it very often these days.
The discographic specifics, thanks to "Rock Record", are as follows:
(A) Ultimate Spinach 1968 MGM US SE4518 (UK 8071)
(B) Behold & See 1968 MGM US SE4570 (UK 8094)
(C) Ultimate Spinach 1969 MGM US SE4600 (no UK release)
Personnel:
Barbara Hudson (all) Guitar, Vocals
Ian Bruce Douglas (AB) Vocals
Keith Lahteinen (AB) Drums, Vocals
Geoffrey Winthrop (AB) Guitar, Vocals
Richard Nese (AB) Bass
Ted Myers (A) Guitar, Vocals
Jeff Baxter (C) Guitar, Vocals
Tony Scheuren (C) Keyboards
Mike Levine (C) Bass
Russ Levine (C) Drums
Most of these people went back to the mundane world after the band
folded. However, two of them continued in the music biz:
Mike Levine vanished for almost a decade, but then resurfaced as a bass
player on the 1979 album "Better Than the Rest", with George Thorogood
& the Delaware Destroyers. Since then, he was with the band Triumph in
'79 and '80 -- they released three fairly forgettable albums -- and has
otherwise disappeared.
The best known alumnus of the band is Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, who's a major
session guitarist. He's probably remembered mostly for his work with Steely
Dan on "Can't Buy a Thrill", "Countdown to Ecstasy", and "Pretzel Logic,"
and for the numerous albums he was on while a member of the Doobie Bros.,
but he's also found on albums by the likes of Carly Simon, Hoyt Axton,
Gene Simmons, John Sebastian, Stanley Clarke, Burton Cummings, Ian
Matthews' Southern Comfort, and Joni Mitchell (he's the lead guitarist on
her first live album...).
Dave Axler (Axler%UPenn-1100@CSnet-Relay)