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Andrea “Bunky” Skinner and Allan “Jake” Jacobs met in 1962 at the institution of Visual Arts in NY and became area of the Greenwich Community folk scene from the period. In 1965 Jake became a member of the folk-rock music group the Magicians, with Garry Bonner, Alan Gordon, and John …

The Cyrkle didn’t look like much more when compared to a two-hit wonder in 1966 if they charted with “Crimson Silicone Ball” and “IGNORE Time.” Their pleasurable, upbeat folk/pop/rock and roll audio, coupled with the actual fact they surely got to record two comprehensive LPs, speaks amounts about how great …

In 1966, this NJ group came off like a Lovin’ Spoonful Jr., credit scoring a minor strike using a cover of John Sebastian’s “Younger Young lady” and chalking up their just Top 20 one with the Spoonful-esque first “Mr. Dieingly Sad.” The group’s gentle harmonies and pop folk-rock had been …