Red Rubber Ball is the debut album by the Cyrkle and was released on June 30, 1966Red Rubber Ball (A Collection) (liner notes pg. 9). Wolff, Carlo. The Cyrkle. Columbia Records. 1991. CK 47717 through Columbia Records CS 9344 (stereo) and CL 2544 (Mono). It reached #47 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.The Cyrkle, Red Rubber Ball Retrieved January 10, 2016
The album featured two singles: "Red Rubber Ball", which reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100,The Cyrkle, "Red Rubber Ball" chart positions Retrieved January 10, 2016 and "Turn-Down Day", which reached #16.The Cyrkle, "Turn-Down Day" chart positions Retrieved January 10, 2016 The song "Money to Burn" was later featured as the B-side to their 1966 single "Please Don't Ever Leave Me".The Cyrkle, "Please Don't Ever Leave Me" single release Retrieved January 10, 2016
AllMusic gives the album a 3-star rating.
Track listing
Side 1 "Red Rubber Ball" (Paul Simon, Bruce Woodley) – 2:17 "Why Can't You Give Me What I Want" (Stephen Friedland, Tom Dawes) – 2:27 "Baby, You're Free" (Bob Crewe, Gary Weston) – 2:42 "Big Little Woman" (Don Dannemann, Dawes) – 2:28 "Cloudy" (Simon, Woodley) – 2:15 "Cry" (Dannemann, Dawes) – 2:38
Side 2 "Turn-Down Day" (Jerry Keller, David Blume) – 2:32 "There's a Fire in the Fireplace" (Friedland) – 2:24 "Bony Moronie" (Larry Williams) – 2:32 "How Can I Leave Her" (Dannemann, Dawes) – 2:35 "Money to Burn" (Dannemann, Dawes) – 3:05
A reissue on CD added bonus tracks including demo recordings.
Personnel Adapted from the album's liner notes.
The Cyrkle Don Dannemann – vocals (lead on tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11), beer-bottle guitar (track 6) Tom Dawes – guitar, sitar, harmonica, bass (track 8), castanets, vocals (lead on tracks 1, 2, 4, 7-11) Marty Fried – drums, vocals (lead on tracks 10 and 11), tongue clicking (track 5)
Additional personnel John Simon – calliope organ (track 1), acoustic piano (track 7), producer, arranger, conductor Earl Perkins - electric piano (track 7) Eddie Smith – engineer Gordy Clark – engineer Stanley Weiss – engineer The Cyrkle – arranger, conductor
Charts Chart (1966)PeakpositionBillboard Top LPs47Cashbox Top 100 Albums32 Singles YearSingleChartPosition1966"Red Rubber Ball"Billboard Hot 1002Cashbox3Canada1"Turn-Down Day"Billboard Hot 10016Cashbox18Canada16
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