Sunday Funnies - Sama LP 1971

Rare Earth RS526

USA

1971

levy Ex- tai parempi

kannet Ex- / Vg+ ulkokansissa hyllykulumaa, sawcut

psychedelic rock

https://michiganrockandrolllegends.com/hall-of-fame/artists/380-sunday-funnies

Despite having recorded their first single on Detroit’s legendary Hideout label and being among the first white rock acts signed to Motown’s Rare Earth label, the Sunday Funnies are rarely mentioned in the same breath as the MC5, the Stooges, the Amboy Dukes, the Bob Seger System, the Frost, SRC, or the Rationals when the discussion revolves around important Motor City bands of the late 60s and early 70s. Throw in the fact that Andrew Loog Oldham, manager and producer of the Rolling Stones, produced the Sunday Funnies’ two albums, and it begs the question of why so little has been written about this unique Detroit band.

They were all fans of the Rolling Stones, and Oldham shared lots of stories about his days with the famous band. Aitken remembered him as “an artsy dude who looked at the band ironically”. For the album cover, the band originally wanted to use a mural from the Dutch artist Peter Breugel called The Procession to Calvary. Oldham told them he could secure the rights but got Breugel’s Triumph of Death instead. The album art ended up being not exactly what the band had hoped for. Oldham envisioned a cover that looked like a comic strip in the Sunday funny papers but with images of death and mayhem that were the polar opposite of the usual lighthearted fare. It wasn’t the direction the band wanted to present, but it made for the most striking cover ever released on the Rare Earth label.