Teen Expo: The Cleopatra Label / Various Teen Expo: The Cleopatra Label / Various CD

From a basement in New Jersey, Tommy Falcone remade himself into a DIY Phil Spector. From 1962 to 1970, he founded and ran Cleopatra Records, discovered and mentored young Garden State talent, wrote songs and produced wild studio effects, and quit his day job to promote it all himself. Trained as an accordionist, Falcone had a whirlwind imagination and an omnivorous approach to genre, expressed through acts like the Centuries, the Tabbys, Johnny Silvio, the Inmates, Bernadette Carroll, the Hallmarks, Vickie & the Van Dykes, the Shandillons, Eugene Viscione, the Shoestring, and more. Cleopatra became a time-capsule of every 1960s pop style imaginable-garage rock, psychedelia, surf, girl groups, soul, novelties, exotica, even a crooner-a kaleidoscope of sound in search of the ever-elusive hit record.

1. Heavenly - By Bernadette Carroll 2. Hong Kong Baby - By the Tabbys 3. Gee But I'm Lonesome - By Dick Thunder 4. Outcast - By Vickie ; the Van Dykes 5. Paper Sky - By the Hallmarks 6. Beach Umbrella World - By the Centuries 7. So Very Hard - By the Inmates 8. Mister Wind - By Jimmy Davis 9. Julie Anne - By Johnny Silvio 10. Distant Rain - By the Hallmarks 11. When We're Older - By Bernadette Carroll 12. Outer Limits - By the Centuries 13. Baby We Can Make It Together - By the Hallmarks 14. Anniversary Hop - By the Centuries 15. Kiss Me Bye Bye - By the Ovations 16. Crystal Ball - By the Inmates 17. True Love - By Vickie ; the Van Dykes 18. For Your Love - By the Reminiscents 19. Miss Judith Finch - By the Hallmarks 20. Care a Little - By Bernadette Carroll 21. Shoop de Hoop Twine - By the Shandillons 22. 0You Tell Lies - By the Inmates 23. Soul Shakin' Psychedelic Sally - By the Hallmarks 24. Candy Andy - By the Shoestring 25. Conceited - By Tommy Manno 26. Parting Kiss - By Eugene Viscione