Battle Of The Bands

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 1967

Label: Onyx

Original 1967 release:
Cream colored cover with textured sleeve
Light green label with 2.75” pressing ring
“Pete Helffrich” etched on both sides
The year “1966” is not printed on the front cover

“Recorded Almost Alive”

Battle of the Bands competition on September 11, 1966 at the Frost Arena in Lawrence, MA. The night of the battle, the recording end did not go so well. So, engineer Pat Costa took all the bands into a studio the next day, recorded one song from each band in rapid succession, and pieced together a compilation of the tracks with dubbed in applause.

The Poets of Merit placed first