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THE BEST ARCHIES ALBUM EVER!
Recorded by America's Most Iconic Rock 'n' Roll Band:
T H E A R C H I E S
A MARVELOUS LIE Production
Art by STUFFED ANIMAL
Costumes by HENRIETTA la del BARRIO
Text by HAMPTON JACOBS
FRONT COVER OF A BOOKLET
INCLUDED IN THE PRESS KIT FOR
"SAY GOODBYE TO RIVERDALE"
The illustrations posted here are of photos not yet taken! They depict scenes from ten years in the future. However, these photos won't surface until a century from now! That's when the soundtrack of a very important (and very imaginary) movie will be released. The 2121 film Say Goodbye To Riverdale is the re-release of a 2034 documentary called Adiós Amigos. It documents The Archies' farewell concert tour. The belatedly-released soundtrack recordings, will be received with the same wild enthusiasm that greeted music from the 2000 film O Brother, Where Are Art Thou? The public will again be enthralled by rhythms, harmonies, melodies and lyrical content the likes of which won't have been heard for decades. In this way, the Great American Rock 'n' Roll Song Book will re-emerge in the 22nd century, and superior 20th century songcraft will prove its durability.
FAREWELL WORLD TOUR SET LIST INCLUDES
ABBA Medley/Archie Country Medley/Baby, Now That I Found You/Bang-Shang-A-Lang/Big Apple Medley/Candida/Come Dance With Me/Connaissez/Dance The Night Away/Do You Know What I Mean?/Don't Call It Love!/Eric Carmen Medley/Éxitos En Español Medley/God Bless Rock 'N' Roll/Goffin + King Medley/Golden Sugar Medley/I'm Your Vehicle/Jay + The Americans Medley/Jeff + Ellie Medley/Jet Airliner/Karate Monkey/Kentucky Woman/Lady Jane/Land Of Milk + Honey/Let's Get It On Today!/Looking At Tomorrow/Mann + Weil Medley/Mother + Child Reunion/Nothin' But A Heartache/Only In America/Papichulo Mambo/Precious And Few/Rascals Medley/Rock Divas Medley/Rolling Stones Medley/San Francisco/Say Goodbye To Riverdale/Soul + Inspiration Medley/Soul Deep Ska/Speedy González/Suspicious Minds/Time Is On My Side/Voodoo Doll/Whole World Shakin'
The soundtrack of Say Goodbye To Riverdale is just one Archies release that will scale 22nd century Pop charts. Their rich music catalog will produce a cornucopia of hidden treasures, yielding a string of previously-unreleased sides stretching across many decades! The greatest of these treasures will be an album containing over 40 songs, with all but one recorded in early 2029 during secret recording sessions in Hawaii. Further tracking will take place in Melbourne, Australia and Mumbai, India in the Summer of 2033.
45 RPM EDITION OF THE 2065ARCHIES ALBUM 20 ROCK
Hard to believe, but even though all of these songs hail from the catalog of a single artist, they will not originally be conceived as an album. Nor will they be recorded for any specific record label. Archie and Veronica Lodge-Andrews will consider them "archival" recordings, meant to be scattered piecemeal over future hits compilations. A handful of these sides will surface on a 2034 Australian collection called SOMEBODY'S GONNA CRY; but the rest are destined to make their début in the form of a box set containing four vinyl records. Released in the Spring of 2164, this belated Archies album will be titled 40 ROCK.
PICTURE POSTCARDS FROM THE
"SAY GOODBYE TO RIVERDALE" PRESS KIT:
KEVIN KELLER, TONI TOPAZ, ARCHIE ANDREWS
AND BETTY COOPER
ALBUM SESSIONS
"40 ROCK"
A SONSERI PRODUCTION
(VOCALS + INSTRUMENTALS)
JANUARY 2029
AUDIO SHANGRI-LA,
HILO, HAWAII
THE BIG HURT (Wayne Shanklin)*
THAT'S THE WAY LOVE IS (Del Shannon)
CONQUER (Del Shannon)
SHE (Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart)*
TIME OF DAY (Del Shannon)
FROM ME TO YOU (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)*
DO YOU WANNA DANCE? (Bobby Freeman)
SISTER ISABELLE (Brian Hyland, Del Shannon)
FOR A LITTLE WHILE (Del Shannon)
OH, HOW HAPPY! (Edwin Starr)*
THE ARCHIES featuring ARCHIE
*THE ARCHIES featuring ARCHIE + VERONICA
Drums: ARCHIE ANDREWS
Bass: D'ANGELO WONG
Lead Guitar: ROD MACK
Rhythm Guitar: VERONICA
Keyboards: SONSERI KENNEDY
Sax: KEVIN BOYLE
Arrangers: ARCHIE ANDREWS, *ROD MACK
Music Director: KEVIN BOYLE
Producers: ROD MACK, D'ANGELO WONG
Sound Engineer: FRIEDA BRUNSWICK
Executive Producers:
THE ARCHIES w/NICHOLAS FREUND
PICTURE POSTCARDS FROM THE
"SAY GOODBYE TO RIVERDALE" PRESS KIT:
REGGIE MANTLE, TREVOR SANTIAGO,
JUGGY JONES AND VERONICA LODGE-ANDREWS
ALBUM SESSIONS
"40 ROCK"
A SONSERI PRODUCTION
(VOCALS + INSTRUMENTALS)
JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2029
BABY GRAND RECORDING SERVICES,
HONOLULU, HAWAII
SHOW ME (Del Shannon)
I GO TO PIECES (Del Shannon)
JODY (Max Crook, Del Shannon)
THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING (Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard)
BABY, IT'S YOU (Burt Bacharach, Mack David, Luther Dixon)
- discarded*
HANDY MAN (Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones)*
LITTLE TOWN FLIRT (Rob McKenzie, Del Shannon)
NEVER THOUGHT I COULD (Del Shannon)
MARY JANE (Rob McKenzie, Del Shannon)*
BROKEN PROMISES (Del Shannon)
GEMINI (Del Shannon)*
AND THE MUSIC PLAYS ON
(Dan Burgoise, Del Shannon)
THE ARCHIES featuring BETTY
*THE ARCHIES featuring VERONICA
Drums: ARCHIE ANDREWS
Bass: D'ANGELO WONG
Guitar: VERONICA
Keyboards: SONSERI KENNEDY
Sax: BETTY COOPER
Arranger: SONSERI KENNEDY
Music Director: KEVIN BOYLE
Producer: D'ANGELO WONG
Sound Engineer: KRISTIN GORRIE
Executive Producers:
THE ARCHIES w/NICHOLAS FREUND
MUSIC CREDITS PAGE FROM THE
CONCERT FILM PRESS KIT BOOKLET
ALBUM SESSIONS
"40 ROCK"
A SONSERI PRODUCTION
(VOCALS + INSTRUMENTALS)
FEBRUARY 2029
BABY GRAND RECORDING SERVICES,
HONOLULU, HAWAII
KEEP SEARCHIN' (Del Shannon)
THINKIN' IT OVER (Beau James, Shannon)
YOU NEVER TALKED ABOUT ME (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman)
SO LONG, BABY! (Del Shannon)
BREAK UP (Del Shannon)
SHE WAS MINE (Roy Nievelt, Shannon)
HATS OFF TO LARRY (Del Shannon)
GINNY IN THE MIRROR (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman)
TELL HER NO! (Rod Argent)
STRANGER IN TOWN (Del Shannon)
THE ARCHIES featuring KEVIN KELLER
Guitar: KEVIN KELLER
Bass: D'ANGELO WONG
Keyboards: SONSERI KENNEDY
Drums, Percussion: CLAY WALKER
Sax: KEVIN BOYLE
Arranger: KEVIN KELLER
Music Director: KEVIN BOYLE
Producers: KEVIN KELLER, D'ANGELO WONG
Sound Engineer: KRISTIN GORRIE
Executive Producers:
THE ARCHIES w/NICHOLAS FREUND
FILM CREDITS PAGE FROM THE
CONCERT FILM PRESS KIT BOOKLET
ALBUM SESSIONS
"40 ROCK"
A SONSERI PRODUCTION
(VOCALS + INSTRUMENTALS)
MARCH 2029
BABY GRAND RECORDING SERVICES,
HONOLULU, HAWAII
CHEAP LOVE (Del Shannon)
I DON'T CARE ANYMORE (Del Shannon)*
GYPSY WOMAN (Curtis Mayfield)
HEY, LITTLE GIRL (Del Shannon)
WALK AWAY (Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Del Shannon)
KELLY (Rob McKenzie, Del Shannon)
MOVE IT ON OVER (Dennis Coffey, Del Shannon)
STAND UP (Del Shannon)*
WHAT'S A MATTER, BABY? (Joy Byers, Clyde Otis)
- discarded*
RUNAWAY (Max Crook, Del Shannon)*
THE ARCHIES featuring REGGIE
*OLGUITA + REGINALD w/THE ARCHIES
Keyboards: KEVIN KELLER
Bass: REGGIE "GINO" MANTLE
Rhythm Guitar: OLGUITA
Lead Guitar: DILTON DOILEY BRISEÑO
Drums, Percussion: CLAY WALKER
Sax: KEVIN BOYLE
Arrangers: REGGIE MANTLE, *GERALDINE GRUNDY
Music Director: KEVIN BOYLE
Producers: DILTON DOILEY BRISEÑO, D'ANGELO WONG
Sound Engineer: KRISTIN GORRIE
Executive Producers:
THE ARCHIES w/NICHOLAS FREUND
SPECIAL GUEST STAR PAGE FROM THE
CONCERT FILM PRESS KIT BOOKLET
OVERDUB SESSIONS
"40 ROCK"
A SONSERI PRODUCTION
(VOCALS + INSTRUMENTALS)
MARCH-APRIL 2029
PLANET MUSIC,
HONOLULU, HAWAII
CONQUER
GEMINI
AND THE MUSIC PLAYS ON
YOU NEVER TALKED ABOUT ME
GINNY IN THE MIRROR
I DON'T CARE ANYMORE
HEY, LITTLE GIRL
RUNAWAY
GENTRY PALAU'S ELECTRIC
STRING QUARTET
KONDA LEEZA GISMONDO - Violin
NORAH COEUR D'ALENE - Violin
GARY WAYNE MAKO - Viola
GENTRY PALAU - Cello
THE PYNE CONES:
STOMPIE, GEORGIE + LONNIE WINCHESTER
w/PYNE KITTRIDGE
- Backing Vocals
Arranger: SONSERI KENNEDY
Music Director: KEVIN BOYLE
Producers: SONSERI KENNEDY, D'ANGELO WONG
Sound Engineer: BELLA BEAZLEY
Executive Producers:
THE ARCHIES w/NICHOLAS FREUND
BACK COVER OF THE
CONCERT FILM PRESS KIT BOOKLET
OVERDUB SESSIONS
"40 ROCK"
A CHINA GROVE PRODUCTION
(VOCALS + INSTRUMENTALS)
MAY 2033
SPLENDID MEDIA,
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
SHE
OH, HOW HAPPY
HANDY MAN
LITTLE TOWN FLIRT
BROKEN PROMISES
TELL HER NO!
GYPSY WOMAN
RUNAWAY
THE ARCHIES featuring JUGHEAD
Drums: JUGHEAD
Percussion:
THE ARCHIES, KAL KINGSTON
Keyboards: KEVIN KELLER, ANDY YOSHIDA
Bass: TONI TOPAZ
Lead Guitar: VERONICA
Rhythm Guitar: ARCHIE ANDREWS
Sax: BETTY COOPER
Music Director: JUGHEAD
Producers: KAL KINGSTON, ANDY YOSHIDA
Sound Engineer: BRETT NAZARETH
Executive Producers:
ROD MACK + THE ARCHIES
w/HEATHER McGILLICUDDY
These selections will be remixed by Rod Mack for inclusion on the
2034 Australian compilation SOMEBODY'S GONNA CRY!
COSTUMES WORN FOR AN APPEARANCEON AN ITALIAN TV SPECIAL
SINGLES SESSIONS
AN ISLAND PACIFIC PRODUCTION
(VOCALS + INSTRUMENTALS)
JUNE 2023
EMPRESS AUDIO,
MUMBAI, INDIA
BABY, IT'S YOU
ARCHIE + VERONICA
w/BOLLYWOOD BEAT BOX
Drums, Bass, Keyboards: ARCHIE ANDREWS
Trumpet: RIVERS CHROME
Lead Guitar: VERONICA
Percussion:
JOBY DURANT, SONU BASHIR, VASU PATEL,
DUSHTU CHOPRA, VIJAY KUMAR,
CHANDU ZIMMERMAN
Arranger: RIVERS CHROME
Music Director: ARCHIE ANDREWS
Producer: BARCLAY SINGH
Sound Engineers:
ROY SPENTZOS, PARIS FLEMING
Executive Producer:
HEATHER McGILLICUDDY
Remixed + Mastered
@ SEDAKATRONIX,
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
by BROTHERS + SISTERS
in January - February 2164
Album released by Buena Vista Media in the year 2164.
CENTERFOLD SPREAD FROM THE
CONCERT FILM PRESS KIT BOOKLET
Projects that involve eight producers and arrangers, four studios, three continents and band members working separately from each other is not a recipe for a cohesive Rock record! All the same, The Archies and their associates will beat the odds: Twenty-second century music critics will rave over this album. They'll proclaim 40 ROCK an essential link to the early Rock 'n' Roll era, and it will precipitate the latest in several future revivals of that genre. Del Shannon, a long-forgotten singer/songwriter of the early 1960s, will be rediscovered and revered alongside such icons as Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Tina Turner. It's from his vintage music catalog that the contents of 40 ROCK are culled!
DESIGN FOR THE 40 ROCK BOX SET COVER WITH SLIPCASE AND INSERT BOOKLET. REGGIE "GINO" MANTLE IS THE BACK COVER AND SLIPCASE MODEL.
While the four-record box set will log decent sales figures, it won't be as successful as a two-record budget version that The Walt Disney Company will market in 2165. 20 ROCK will top the charts, win a triple-Platinum award and also bag a Grammy for Vintage Album of The Year! This is one of several Grammy awards that The Archies acquire posthumously. Hit songs from the LP will include "And The Music Plays On", "Break Up", "She", "Cheap Love", "Sister Isabelle", "Broken Promises", "The Big Hurt" and "Runaway".
This blogpost features Pop Art images of iconic cartoon characters controlled by Archie Comics. Other characters depicted were created especially for Pop Culture Cantina. The imaginary album 40 ROCK was compiled by a homeless Rock 'n' Roll fan between March and August of 2023. It is dedicated to the memory of DEL SHANNON (1934 - 1990).
Read the saga of The Archies' Farewell Concert Tour:
GOD BLESS ROCK 'N' ROLL!
Then go back to the future
and school yourself on
The Complete History of Archie Records.
Originally posted in December of 2020,
this feature was extensively revised
in August of 2023.
