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Fantasy/Same 1969 & 4 Bonus Tracks	CD 25.-

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Bandstory:

Fantasy was formed in 1967 in Miami and was comprised of 5 teenagers, Billy Robbins (Lead Vocals), Bob Robbins (Bass), Jim DeMeo (Guitar), Mario Russo (Keyboards), and Greg Kimple (Drums). Fantasy started out playing at teen dances and graduated to performing at The Experience, a Miami underground hippie hangout. From 1967 through 1970 the band, led by its charismatic young singer Billy Robbins, was developing a following. In 1968 The Experience closed its doors and morphed into Thee Image, a large converted bowling alley which featured the biggest artists of the day. Fantasy was chosen as the house band and every weekend they found themselves on the bill with the likes of Cream, Grateful Dead, The Doors, Steppenwolf, Iron Butterfly, Frank Zappa and Led Zeppelin to name a few. The bands regional popularity was soaring when tragedy struck. In the Summer of 1970, Fantasy’s lead singer Billy Robbins disappeared. Dates were postponed and then thirty days later, their worst fears were realized when Billy Robbins was found dead. Several months later the band began its search for a new singer, settling on a 16 year old female vocalist Jamene Miller. Where Billy Robbins was all charisma, Jamene was all talent. She got on board and the Fantasy train kept a rollin’. It was only a matter of months before the band signed a manager and hooked up with the Liberty/United Artists record label This album/CD, is the first and only true Fantasy album. It is a pure and honest testimonial to its time.

Fantasy/Same 1970

(three weeks in the American Top 200 with a best position of No. 194.)

Tracks:

1.    Happy    5.24

2.    Come    6.22

3.    Wages of Sin    3.37

4.     Circus of invisible men    5.32

5.    Stoned cowboy    5.55

6.    Understand    4.42

7.    What's next    9.42

Bonus-Tracks:

8. Painted horse    4.35

9.  I got fever    2.07

- 45s 1969 (also issued in France with a picture sleeve 1968)

10.   Stoned cowboy    2.41

11.   Understand    3.20

- 45s 1970

BRR-CD-014

Terrascope Online Review:

http://www.terrascope.co.uk/Reviews/Reviews_October08.htm#Fantasy

Psychevanhetfolk Online Review

http://www.psychemusic.org/psych3.html#anchor_280

Radioshow “PVHF” on radio Centraal, Antwerp, 103.9 FM 

http://streaming.radiocentraal.be/

HARMONIE Magazine n° 62

FANTASY/ SAME 1970

Black Rills records – USA

Dans la rubrique « trésors de brocante », voici Fantasy. Black Rills records est en effet un label suisse qui semble vouloir ressusciter et réhabiliter les groupes des années 70. Fantasy est un groupe californien qui a fait paraître, en 1970, ce qui semble être son unique album. On y retrouve le son et l’esprit de toute cette époque, les guitares acides du Grateful Dead ou du Jefferson Airplane, les claviers des Doors, une forme d’insouciance musicale et une formidable énergie. Si les instrumentistes s’expriment sans complexes, avec toute la fougue et l’enthousiasme de leur jeunesse, ils sont entraînés par une formidable chanteuse,Lydia Janene Miller qui, à seize ans à peine, fait preuve d’une maturité et d’une assurance incroyable. Une réédition bien sympathique mais sur tout un témoignage sur l’esprit d’une époque.

Philippe Gnana