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The Buck Rogers Movement – Would You Believe

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Label:

21st Century Records  601

Format:

Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM

Country:

US

Released:

1967

Genre:

Rock, Funk / Soul

Style:

Garage Rock, Soul A Would You Believe 2:45 B Baby Come Home 2:20

• Lacquer Cut At – Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs

• Producer – H. J. R.
• Written-By – H. J. Rogers

Two label variations exist for Side B. The first variation has the song title as "Baby Come Home"; the second has it as "Baby Come On".
This is the first version, which also has a different time on the label for the B side.

• Matrix / Runout (A-side etched runout): F/W 601-1
• Matrix / Runout (B-side etched runout): F/W 601-2

The Buck Rogers Movement, April 1968, from left: Karl Larson (Carl Larson), Beverly Rogers, Buck 
The Buck Rogers Movement, April 1968, from left: Karl Larson (Carl Larson), Beverly Rogers, Buck Rogers, Rod Trembley, Cynthia Trembley, and Bill Wanat From Holyoke, Massachusetts, the Buck Rogers Movement cut three singles on their own 21st Century Records label in 1967 and 1968, then continued for a couple more years until tragedy struck.
The first mention of the band I can find comes from the Holyoke Transcript-Telegram on September 20, 1967, noting the group “formed only three months ago”.
The group is somewhat unusual in that it has two married couples within its membership: Roderick Trembley, lead guitarist, Mrs. Cynthia Trembley, rhythm guitar; Buck Rogers, sax; Mrs. Beverly Rogers, organ. Also members of the group are: Carl Larson, bass and William Wanat, drums.
Rod Trembley came out of a Chicopee band called the Del Vicounts, who competed in the Jaycees Western Massachusetts Regional band contest. Other members of the Del Vicounts included Tym McDowell, vocals; Pierre Provost, bass, George Barsalou, drums, and Michael Dubiel, rhythm guitar.

December 1967 shows at Mountain Park in Holyoke The Transcript-Telegram ran a photo of the Buck Rogers Movement on April 25, 1968, with some inconsistencies in spelling from the earlier article: Buck Roger, Beverley Roger, Cindy Trembley, Rod Trembley, Carl Larsons and Bill Wanat.
It claims “Buck holds an exclusive song writer’s contract with United Artists.”
“We like the clean sounds of the Buckingham[s] and The Young Rascals,” Buck says.
… they find time for bookings like the Showboat in New York City and a two-week tour in Labrador. The group has appeared at Mountain Park, the Catacombs, and at every Hullabaloo in New England.
The article notes Carl was a student at Chicopee Comprehensive High School and Rod Trembley attended Northampton Commercial College.
Buck Rogers Movement 21st Century 45 Baby Come Home Signed signed by Buck Rogers! Copyright registration lists Buck Rogers real name as Herman Joseph Rogers, sometimes rendered as “Bucky Rogers” or Herman J. Rogers.
Registration dates are interesting, as some are a year or two before the recordings:
June 25, 1965: “You’ve Got Me Hurting Again” Sept. 16, 1965: “Radio Station Commercial” Oct. 19, 1965: “Here I Go Again” Nov. 8, 1965: “Do Christmas Trees Really Grow?” Nov. 22, 1965: “Come on Home” Oct. 18, 1967: “Would You Believe?” Nov. 8, 1967: “Take It From Me Girl”
WHYN DJ Dick Booth informed me he produced “Do Christmas Trees Really Grow” at Audio Dynamics in 1967, but not their other records. At the time he was booking them in shows around Springfield, MA and Stafford, CT.
21st Century Records 601: “Would You Believe” / “Baby Come Home” 21st Century Records 602: “Do Christmas Trees Really Grow” / “Music to Watch Christmas Trees Grow” 21st Century Records 603: “Take It From Me Girl” / “LA”
Buck Rogers Movement 21st Century 45 Would You Believe Signed signed by Karl Larson (not Carl Larson as news clips indicate) H.J. Rogers wrote all six songs, publishing the first two with Trish Music, and Unart Pub. on the third.
“Baby Come Home” was issued twice, the second time with the title changed to “Baby Come On” which sounds closer to what is being sung. Note that the signature on “Would You Believe” is Karl Larson, not Carl.
There was some local radio chart action, for example, “Would You Believe” reached #8 on WHYN on November 11, 1967, and “Take It From Me” reached #9 on the WAIC top ten on April 13, 1968.
At some point, Karl Larson left and was replaced by Ray Mason, who had just graduated high school.