The Matchmakers - Bubblegum A GoGo 1969-1971 (2014 RPM)

The wunderkind producer Mark Wirtz was a driving force behind this project from 1969-1971, along with co-writer and artist Kris Ife. Ife brought in the musicians to bring these studio creations to life, and he drew on his old band The Quiet Five’s Richard Barnes and Roger McKew, plus Roger Favell and Miki Anthony . Many of the songs were concocted by German songwriter and publisher Rudi Lindt for his own company Minerva Music.

With International production deals in place for  Vogue, Belter, Penny Farthing, CBS, Chapter One the team had their productions released as singles under an eclectic variety of names. Even as far away as Discos Fermata in Argentina !
One LP was released under The Matchmakers name collecting many of these singles together in 1970 in Germany, (even if the singles had been under another artist name), and with a slightly different tracklist in 1971 in other territories.(cherry red)

I'm a big fan of Mark Wirtz and his great albums. The project, which was first released under different names as singles, is summarized here under the name The Matchmakers. The album was brought to the (first German market, later international) market in 1970 for purely strategic reasons.

As far as I know this is the first and only CD reissue and the album was released as far as I know only in the early seventies. The album is definitely not freakbeat as advertised by rpm. In my opinion, this doesn't come close in any way to other albums that Wirtz was involved in.
Frank

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