About The Affection Collection
Artist Biography
An obscure five-piece group that recorded with producer Norman Petty at the famous Petty Sound Studios in Clovis, New Mexico, the Affection Collection put out at least one album, a self-titled LP on the Evolution label. From the sound of the recording, it's obvious that it must date from the mid- to late '60s, though there's no clue as to the definite year on the sleeve or label. Their sound was very much generic American white pop/rock circa 1967-1968, rather like the albums Petty was doing with the Fireballs around the same time. Sometimes it sounds like pop/rock acts such as Tommy James; at others it's a little like the Five Americans; and at others, of course, it sounds a little like makeshift Buddy Holly, a sound Norman Petty never stopped trying to emulate, even past the mid-'60s. The Fireballs comparison is particularly begged since the Fireballs' guitarist, George Tomsco, helped write much of the material, and some of the tracks feature staccato Tex-Mex-rockabilly picking that sounds a hell of a lot like Tomsco himself. Not only that, several cuts also feature the eerie yet cheesy Mellotron-ish sound (which might be the Solovox, the primitive synthesizer) that Petty frequently employed with Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs. One could be tempted to speculate that the Affection Collection might be the Fireballs playing under a false name, although the back sleeve dispels this idea with a list of five musicians from Idaho Falls, Idaho (Mike Doggett, Hal Rowberry, Don Christensen, Ray Hassell, and Tim Comeau) in the Affection Collection. The LP is very derivative, both of Petty/the Fireballs and other '60s pop/rock trends; it's only a curiosity of interest to Norman Petty obsessives, if there are any out there. ~ Richie Unterberger
Hometown
Idaho Falls, ID, United States
Genre
Rock
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