Album

RELEASE DATE>> March 23, 1999

DURATION>> 43:12

GENRE>> Pop/Rock

STYLES>>

Garage Rock

Psychedelic

Garage Punk

 

Turn On: The Very Best of The Music Machine

Track ListComposerTime
Talk TalkSean Bonniwell1:56
TroubleSean Bonniwell2:13
Cherry CherryNeil Diamond3:10
TaxmanGeorge Harrison2:33
Some Other DrumSean Bonniwell2:34
Masculine IntuitionSean Bonniwell2:08
The People In MeSean Bonniwell2:56
See See RiderMa Rainey2:32
WrongSean Bonniwell2:18
96 TearsRudy Martinez2:20
Come On InSean Bonniwell2:55
Hey JoeBilly Roberts/William Roberts4:13
Double Yellow LineSean Bonniwell2:12
Absolutely PositivelySean Bonniwell2:09
The Eagle Never Hunts The FlySean Bonniwell4:18
I’ve Loved YouSean Bonniwell2:39

PRODUCED BY>> Collectables

ENGINEER>> N/A

DESCRIPTION>>

– Sean Bonniwell: Composer

– Neil Diamond: Composer

– George Harrison: Composer

– Rudy Martinez: Composer

– The Music Machine: Primary Artist

– Ma Rainey: Composer

– Billy Roberts: Composer

– William Roberts: Composer

REVIEW>> by William Ruhlmann


This album contains all 12 tracks from the Music Machine’s 1966 debut album, (Turn On) The Music Machine (Original Sound 5015), including their two chart singles, “Talk Talk” and “The People in Me,” plus both sides of both of their third and fourth singles, “Double Yellow Line”/”Absolutely Positive” and “I’ve Loved You”/”The Eagle Never Hunts the Fly.” This is the group’s entire output for Original Sound Records; they switched to Warner Bros. in 1967 and changed their personnel and their name to Bonniwell’s Music Machine.

 

Singer/guitarist/songwriter Sean Bonniwell dominates the proceedings with his sonorous voice, whether the band is playing originals like the unforgettable garage rock classic “Talk Talk” or such covers as the Beatles’ “Taxman” and fellow garage dwellers ? & the Mysterians’ “96 Tears.” The playing is rudimentary, but more disciplined than that of many of the rock bands that came into existence in the mid-’60s, and Bonniwell’s songwriting is sufficiently varied that it is regrettable the group didn’t get much of a chance beyond its initial hit.