Mercury Records Collection: SR-61102: 98.6 / Ain't Gonna Lie

SR-61102: 98.6 / Ain't Gonna Lie / Keith

Label Type :	red Mercury type B1
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	2/61102 A 1 RR MR
	SIDE-B	2/61102 B 1 MR II

Comments

a cut-out hole on the upper-right of the jacket cover.

with original Mercury inner sleeve.

Inside The Groove

A great popper in the psychedelic era, produced by Jerry Ross.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

This great album contains many pure Pop tunes. It's a nice example of late-1960's Soft Rock in the U.S. I love this kind of sound too much.

And we must note the great producer Jerry Ross. Maybe he is one of the important key-person in the 1960s, in a sense he was a “bridge” or “missing link” between Pops (with some Soul) in the 1960s and Philadelphia Soul in the 1970s.

Without any doubts, the big hits like A-1 and A-2 is really awesome. Perfect tunes. And I must mention B-1, which is a pretty song by the Hollies, originally included in their great album “For Certain Because...”. Keith's version is also nice.

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

9 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	2-39073	98.6 (G. Fischoff - T. Powers)	2:45
A-2	2-38181	Ain't Gonna Lie (T. Powers - G. Fischoff)	2.56
A-3	2-39204	To Whom It Concerns (C. Andrews)	2:25
A-4	2-39072	Pretty Little Shy One (M. Barkan - J. Ross)	2:17
A-5	2-39207	You'll Come Running Back To Me (C. Baer - G. Fischoff)	2:11
A-6	2-39075	White Lightin' (M. Whiston)	2:25
SIDE-B
B-1	2-39203	Tell Me To My Face (A. Clarke - T. Hicks - G. Nash)	2:49
B-2	2-39208	Sweet Dreams (Do Come True) (G. Fischoff - T. Powers)	2:12
B-3	2-39206	Mind If I Hang Around (J. Renzetti - Goldberg)	2:25
B-4	2-36983	Our Love Started All Over Again (J. Ross - J. Renzetti - W. Fredrick - N. Brian)	2:34
B-5	2-39074	The Teeny Bopper Song (J. Ross - A. Wayne)	2:09
B-6	2-39205	I Can't Go Wrong (3:01)	2:25

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

Recent CD reissue (Cherry Red RPM-273) contains all tracks from MG-21102 / SR-61102, MG-21129 / SR-61129 plus a few more tracks previously available only on 45rpm.

Keith (vo).
Produced by Jerry Ross.
Arranged by Joe Renzetti.

B-4: Recorded in November 1965.
A-2: Recorded on June 14, 1966.
A-1, A-4, A-6, B-5: Recorded in October 1966.
A-3, A-5, B-1, B-2, B-3, B-6: Recorded maybe on December 14, 1966.