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The Tiffany Shade was an American psychedelic Rock Band formed in 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio. Broke up 1968. Recorded & released one self titled LP and two singles from the same album on the Mainstream label in 1968 prior to their demise.
The Tiffany Shade was formed by keyboardist Bob Leonard (born May 27, 1945), Folk Guitarist / vocalist Mike Barnes (b. May 21, 1948), 12 string guitarist / vocalist Barrow Davidian (deceased), bassist Rick Hohn (birth info unknown, later replaced by bassist Robb Clarke-Murphy (b. sept. 26, 1944) and drummer Tom Shuster (b. Feb. 1, 1949).
The group recorded one album and two singles for Jazz Producer BOB SHADS' MAINSTREAM label. (US LP Release info: Mainstream S/T 56015, Stereo S/6105. UK LP release info: Fontana TL 5469. Both the US and UK platters were released in 1968. The Mainstream label also issues two Singles: "Would You Take My Mind Out For a Walk" / "One Good Reason" released as Mainstream 677 in 1968 & "An Older Man"/ "Sam" released as Mainstream 680 also released in 1968).
Shads' Mainstream label was home to many psychedelic bands in the late '60's including The TIFFANY SHADE, BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY (Mainstream S/6099 released in 1967), THE TANGERINE ZOO (Mainstream S/6107), ELLIE POP (Mainstream S/6115), THE SUPERFINE DANDELION (Mainstream S/6102), THE GROWING CONCERN (Mainstream S/6108) and most notably the AMBOY DUKES who released a self titled LP in 1967 (S/6104 & 56014). The AMBOY DUKES featured a young Detroit guitarist named Ted Nugent and their second Mainstream release, 1968's "Journey to the Center of the mind" (56112 mono and stereo S/6112), contained the hit single "Journey to the Center of the Mind" (#74 on the Billboard charts & #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop charts 1968). MIGRATION by the AMBOY DUKES was Released in 1968 as Mainstream (S/6118). The Mainstream label also released "The Best of the Original Amboy Dukes. (Mainstream S/6125) just after the band left the label.
On March 2, 1968, The TIFFANY SHADE appeared at the GRANDE BALLROOM in Detroit on the same bill as JANIS JOPLINS' first band BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY, the MC5 and the PINK PEECH MOB. They also appeared at the Grand Ballroom again on April 5, 1968 along with THE TROGGS and the MC5. After the TIFFANY SHADE albums release the band made numerous appearances in their hometown of Cleveland, Ohio and at the Sugarbush ski resort in Warren, Vermont before disbanding in late 1968.
according to Mike Barnes, THE TIFFANY SHADE album, like most Bob Shad produced/Mainstream releases was not promoted very well and the band and the LP faded from the scene with very little fanfare. Today, the original LP can fetch as much as $150.00 to $300.00 at auction in mint condition.
The Mainstream catalog has since been handed down to Bob Shads' children and several titles from the Mainstream catalog have recently been reissued on 180 gram vinyl. The 10 songs from the TIFFANY SHADE LP are available on I-Tunes but to the best of this writers knowledge and according to many sources, most notably the songs authors themselves, the songs writers are not receiving any royalties for these re-issues or downloads. In fact Michael Barnes and Robert Leonard were not even cognizant of the fact that their material was being sold until it was mentioned to them. Most likely, like most young bands of the day, Barnes and Leonard signed away all rights to any royalties or monetary gains in exchange for Mainstream releasing the LP. As bassist Robb Clark Murphy recalls "we never saw any money for that LP. Basically right before we were about to begin recording in the studio, Shad laid out a contract in front of us and told us to sign. We didn't want to lose our opportunity to record so we signed away all of our rights."
After the bands break up keyboardist Bob Leonard went on to play with Mink DeVille appearing on the bands 1978 debut LP, Cabretta, and touring Europe to support the release. Leonards also appeard on Mink DeVille's 1979 album Return to Magenta.
TIFFANY SHADE Released 1968 United States: Mainstream Stereo S/6105, Mono 56015 United Kingdom: Fontana TL 5469
TRACK LISTING: Would You Take My Mind Out For a Walk (Michael Barnes) An Older Man (Robert Leonard-Michael Barnes) Sam (Robert Leonard) Jaguar City Blues (Rob Murphy-Robert Leonard) A Very Grand Love (Robert Leonard) Come Softly to me (Gretchen Christopher-Barbara Ellis-Gary Troxel) No Reality (Michael Barnes) One Good Reason (Michael Barnes-Robert Leonard) A Quiet Revolution (Michael Barnes) Not Worth the Pain (Michael Barnes
SINGLES Would You Take My Mind Out for a Walk / One Good Reason 1968 Mainstream 677
An Older Man / Sam 968 Mainstream 680
Sources: Colin Dussault interviewed Robert Leonard, Robb Clark Murphy, Michael Barnes, Tom Schuster, Duane Verh, Michael Stanley. Article on the Tiffany Shade written by Dussault appeared in the #26 Winter/Spring issue of Ugly Things Magazine. Additional sources included "The Art of Rock" by Paul D. Grushkin and ColinDussault (talk) 22:43, 11 February 2008 (UTC)"Cleveland-The Rock 'n Roll Connection" by Deanna Adams. More info on the Tiffany Shade can be found at: www.tiffanyshade.com. Information about the Amboy Dukes was obtained via Wikpedia.
