{"title":"The Aerovons","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"world-of-you-the-complete-recordings","title":"World Of You: The Complete Recordings","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst-ever complete anthology of teenage American band who recorded an unreleased, heavily Beatles-influenced album at Abbey Road in 1969. Includes the full album, outtakes, demos, alternative versions, solo recordings and no less than eleven previously unissued tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a locally-recorded demo attracted the interest of Capitol Records, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Aerovons\u003c\/strong\u003e – Beatles-obsessed teenagers from St. Louis, Missouri - persuaded the company to let them approach EMI with a view to recording at Abbey Road.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree separate visits to England followed, with an impressed EMI overseeing an \u003cem\u003eAerovons\u003c\/em\u003e album, recorded March-June 1969 in between the group's trips to Carnaby Street and starstruck encounters with various Beatles and Hollies members.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo singles – including the stunning '\u003cem\u003eWorld Of You\u003c\/em\u003e' – were issued in the UK, but Parlophone cancelled the album's release at test pressing stage after the group suffered personnel issues that left them unable to promote it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLeader \u003cstrong\u003eTom Hartman\u003c\/strong\u003e went on to record as a solo act before returning to his studies, but \u003cem\u003eThe Aerovons\u003c\/em\u003e remained a dropped stitch in time until their lost-in-action album was finally disinterred and, as \u003cem\u003eResurrection\u003c\/em\u003e, given a long-overdue release by the rpm label in 2003.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGreeted by ecstatic reviews, ‘\u003cem\u003eResurrection\u003c\/em\u003e’ belatedly established \u003cem\u003eThe Aerovons\u003c\/em\u003e as one of the forerunners of the 70s power pop genre, their heavily Beatles-influenced sound residing in the same ballpark as the likes of fellow Anglophiles Nazz and The Raspberries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA 2CD digipack set, \u003cem\u003eWorld Of You\u003c\/em\u003e features that stillborn 1969 album, various demos and alternative versions from the same period as well as \u003cstrong\u003eTom Hartman\u003c\/strong\u003e's 1971 solo single and a clutch of subsequent home studio recordings that follow the trail of musical breadcrumbs left behind by his teenage band.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing eleven previously unreleased tracks, ‘\u003cem\u003eWorld Of You\u003c\/em\u003e’ is the final, definitive word on a group whose story reads more like a fan fiction fantasy than the real-life adventures of American teens suddenly transported to the heart of the late 60s British music industry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grapefruit","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50447200682315,"sku":"2212072","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Screenshot_2024-07-19_at_20.30.32_42108194_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1727073615"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/the-aerovons.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}