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SHE'D RATHER BE WITH ME 1
Written by: Garry Bonner & Alan Gordon
Performed by: The Turtles 2 2a -1967
Appears on: "She'd Rather Be with Me" (B-side: "The Walking Song." White Whale
45rpm #WW-249, US)-June 1967 & (London 45rpm #FLX-3188, Netherlands)-1967; Happy
Together (White Whale LP WW-7114)-1967, (Rhino LP #RNLP152)-1983, (Rhino CD & CS
#152)-1990 (Sundazed CD #SC6037)-1994 & (Repertoire CD Bonus Tracks #4320)-2000;
The Turtles Golden Hits (White Whale LP #WWS7115)-1969; The Turtles Greatest
Hits (Rhino LP #RNLP-160)-1982 & (Rhino CD #R2-05160)-1990; Oldies But Goodies:
Legendary Hits (Original Sound CDs #2500)-1996* 3 ; Most of the Turtles (DJ
Specialist CD #814159)-1999; Love Power (Disky CD #2004) VA (Turtles)-2004*;
The Turtles Biggest Hits (Shout! Facotry CD #96015)-2005; et al. (*Compilation
of various artists.)

1 A big, brassy pop song, "She'd Rather Be with Me," features both an entire
orchestra and an unusually (for 1967) prominent rhythm section including a
ubiquitous, clanking cowbell. It finished it run at the US charts in the #6
position.

2 At the time of this recording the band lineup was: Howard Kaylan, (lead
vocals), Mark Volman (backup vocals, guitar, saxophone), Al Nichol (lead
guitar), John Barbata (drums), Chip Douglas (bass guitar) and Jim Tucker (rhythm
guitar).

A couple of interesting side notes:
The group originally called themselves, The Cross Fires from the Planet Mars,
but when they signed with White Whale Records, they changed their name to the
Tyrtles as a homage to the Byrds. Unfortunately, it wasn't long before they
discovered that people were struggling with the pronunciation of the name and
changed it again -- to the correct spelling of the word.

With the break-up of the Turtles in 1970, Kaylan and Volman joined the Mothers
of Invention (Frank Zappa's band) as "The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie," since the
use of the Turtles name (and even their own names) was prohibited by their
contract with White Whale. Flo & Eddie, as they soon became known, recorded
albums with the Mothers and later released a series of records on their own.
Frank Zappa claimed that his association with Kaylan and Volman was inspired by
a DJ's comment that Kaylan & Volman could make the Mothers as big as the
Turtles. "If you want to be as big as the Turtles, have a few Turtles in your
band," Zappa reportedly claimed. The collaboration with Zappa lasted until a
jealous fan attacked and seriously injured Zappa when the Mothers were
performing at the Rainbow Theatre in London in December 1971.

2a Covered by: The Boys Next Door, The Jelly Bean Bandits & Gary Lewis & the
Playboys.

3 Transcribed from the track on this album.