The Box Tops - Non-Stop (1968) (Bell Records)
Hello friends!
All aboard for Non-Stop, the third LP by Memphis's The Box Tops. There's no chart-topping hits on this one but its a pretty decent sampling of late 60's blue-eyed soul.
Young Alex Chilton sounds particularly gravel-voiced on this record; on "Yesterday Where's My Mind" it sound like he might be trying out for the Muppets!
Buried on side two is Chilton's first original Box Tops' composition, the bluesy "I Can Dig It". Other songs are written by producer Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, Eddie Hinton and Wayne Carson Thompson (who wrote the megahit, "The Letter" for the 'Tops a year earlier!)
Overall, not a bad album, just nothing spectacular. It's interesting for fans of Chilton to see where he was at this point in his career: post-"The Letter" fame and pre-Big Star obscurity.
RATING: 3.5 Choo Choo Trains out of 5
All aboard for Non-Stop, the third LP by Memphis's The Box Tops. There's no chart-topping hits on this one but its a pretty decent sampling of late 60's blue-eyed soul.
Young Alex Chilton sounds particularly gravel-voiced on this record; on "Yesterday Where's My Mind" it sound like he might be trying out for the Muppets!
Buried on side two is Chilton's first original Box Tops' composition, the bluesy "I Can Dig It". Other songs are written by producer Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, Eddie Hinton and Wayne Carson Thompson (who wrote the megahit, "The Letter" for the 'Tops a year earlier!)
Overall, not a bad album, just nothing spectacular. It's interesting for fans of Chilton to see where he was at this point in his career: post-"The Letter" fame and pre-Big Star obscurity.
RATING: 3.5 Choo Choo Trains out of 5
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