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Motown through psychedlia, girl groups through garage rock -
pop music in 1966 was at a junction of genres. While the record industry was
booming, Hanna Barbera was doing the same with television programs like The
Flintstones, The Huckleberry Hound Show and Jonny Quest. That these cartoon
characters frequently appeared on vinyl for the purpose of cross promotion was
no surprise. What was not foreseen was that Hanna Barbera would release some of
the wildest psychedelic rock, smoothest soul music and heaviest garage sounds
ever recorded.
Hanna Barbera Records was essentially responsible for Bread,
The Humans and Three Dog Night. They were connected to Harry Nilsson, David
Bowie and T-Rex. It was Hanna Barbera Records that introduced the world to Roky
Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators. Other famous names involved with HBR
included Kim Fowley, Danny Hutton and Phil Spector.
Hanna Barbera Records lasted only two years, but in that
brief time they gave major stars their start. They also angered one employee so
much that he spent the rest of his life touring the country with sermons about
“the evils of rock n’ roll.” Between 1965 and 1967 the cartoon assembly line
released some of pop music’s most interesting recordings. Behind the scenes it
was an onslaught of drugs, lawsuits, and suicides. Hanna Barbera’s A&R man
called it “a failed experiment.”
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