Recent content by Duceditor

Thank you. The creators were (and are) a great bunch of guys. :)

Wow MTM, we really do have some amazing collections (and collectors!) in our midst. Okay, here is one I bet neither of you have.... (hee hee!) Mind you I have no idea if this has any collector's value. But rare, that it certainly is! There were to my knowledge only five of these ever made, and...

Wow! You have one rare record there bosshoss! I don't even think all the band members still have a copy. How did you ever find it? -Don

I just received the first copy of "Hey, Let's Go Now!" to reach these shores. (Break-A-Way Records, our producer, is in Erndtebrück, Germany.) And once again Break-A-Way lived up to their reputation. The mastering is superb as is the entire package. Putting the disc onto the stereo with the...

The Abstracts, like so many groups from the `60s, seemed destined to have their day in the sun with a single released 45rpm record, only to be lost and forgotten to time. That this was not the case is due to the good graces of three people. Rock and garageband visionary Greg Shaw, pop music...

In Nov 2011, after almost 45 years 'in the vault', the complete studio recordings of the mid-60s Long Island band The Abstracts became available for the first time in an up-scale, limited to 500 copies, vinyl pressing entitled "Hey, Let's Go Now!" As a member of the band I had the pleasure of...

Yes. Rockin' out at the very first performance of The Abstracts in Concert" November 6, 1964. I can still get down like that if there is someone around to help me get back up. ;) The First batch of "Hey, Let's Go Now!" CDs are on their way to dealers now. :) As always working with Break-A-Way...

Have to add a few words to this older thread. I have been working these last few days helping to finalize the details for Break-A-Way Records' release of The Abstracts' "Hey, Let's Go Now!" CD. Once again I have to sing Wolfgang Voelkel and all the Break-A-Way team's praises. These are truly...

I just want to add a comment about Wolfgang Voelkel and Break-A-Way Records... I recently had the privilege of working with Wolfgang on the very release that Axel mentions in his thread starting comment, The Abstracts "Hey, Let's Go Now!" Never in all my years in the music business have I had...