The GLADIATORS on DONNIE 1966 Garage Psych in MINT unplayed condition
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You are bidding on a MINT vintage 1966 copy of THE GLADIATORS..."Turning to Stone"/"I Need You." Donnie 701. Psychedelic garage from Ohio. "Turning to Stone" is mid-fast garage/psych with vocal harmony and a buzzing fuzz riff throughout.
This record is stone MINT. Never played. Vinyl is bright, clean, and shiny. The label like brand new.
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Mickey Ward – keyboards
Dan Walker – guitar
Glen Mikaland – bass and saxophone
George Neuhoff – drums
Lorain, Ohio band.
“Turning to Stone” has a sharp fuzz riff and gloomy vocals, with a shift to a bright chorus with tambourine. The flip, “I Need You” comes from a doo wop or vocal group era, it sounds like a different group entirely, though it is well done. “I Need You” is an original by Mickey Ward, “Turning to Stone” was a group original.
The Gladiators name was only used for this one single from September, 1966 on the Donnie label run by Donnie Barden. The group was actually known as Mickey & the Clean Cuts in live shows and on their first 45 from October, 1965, “Soapy” / “Static Electricity”, also on Donnie and picked up by Wand. I’m not sure why they changed their name for the release of “Turning to Stone”. They had a good sound on that song and I wish they cut more in that style.
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