In 1967 the band shaved down to a trio and recorded Triangle, an album that dipped into a growing genre of concept albums, based on a dream cycle and featuring sweeping string arrangements and even Van Dyke Parks on harpsichord. Their early records were notable, but followed by a misstep that’s just a full album of covers that try to capitalize on others’ fame, a shame considering the songwriting talent that the Brummels possessed. Built on the guitar/vocal combo of Ron Elliott and Sal Valentino, the band stacked harmonies with the best of them, finding their early high watermarks with “Laugh, Laugh” and “You Tell Me Why” but the rest of their singles were a bit lost at sea with radio, due mostly to the fact that their label, Autumn, wasn’t nearly big enough to promote them as heavily as many larger outfits.Īn early push into the folk-rock market wasn’t the only area that found the band pursuing firsts, and this set is most notable for getting their later albums Triangle and Bradley’s Barn back in front of some younger ears. folk-rock (pre-dating The Byrds) they offered up a non-surf reaction to the prevalence of British bands weaving their way into U.S.
While they’re probably not the first group in the mouths of those looking to document U.S. While the ’60 nostalgia train never quite runs out of steam, this is one of the first times the band gets a real comprehensive treatment of their catalog and a massive collection of annotated liner notes that run down a lot of the highlights from the band. Despite blazing quite a few trails, the fact that The Beau Brummels only have a handful of hits often keeps them out of conversations on influential American Bands.
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