ARCHIE'S SOUL SESSIONS

 THE ARCHIES
ATLANTIC RECORDING SESSIONS
2027 - 2028

RIDE RIDE BABY MAIN PROMO

From 2002 to 2013, The Archies scored hit after hit on Archie Records, an indie label that two of their members owned and operated. In 2014, those members sold the label to notorious corporate raider Jason Blossom. Their bandmates didn't want to record for Jason and tried to sign with another company, but he sued them!  Lawsuits and countersuits will proliferate over the next fifteen years, during which time the band is prohibited from recording.  Before his wife murders him in the year 2029*, Jason Blossom will triumph in every legal dispute with The Archies but one: They will win the right to cut masters elsewhere.  In late February 2027, Archie, Betty, Veronica and Jughead fly to New York City and sign a contract with Atlantic Records. With Chuck Clayton and Kevin Keller replacing departed members Trevor Smith and Reggie "Gino" Mantle, The Archies will make some of the most important music of their entire career. The story of that music is told in Pop Culture Cantina's graphic novelette Ride, Ride, Baby. This is the official log of their Pop/Soul-oriented Atlantic recording sessions.

THE ARCHIES IN SLOW MOTION


ATLANTIC RECORDS' ARCHIES CATALOG
WILL LAY DORMANT UNTIL THE YEAR
2074, WHEN A RARITIES COMPILATION
BAGS A SURPRISE GOLD RECORD FOR
THE LABEL.


February 15 - 17, 2027

CLAMPETT STUDIOS, NASHVILLE

SINGLES SESSIONS

A POP-ART-CHIE PRODUCTION


ROCKING HORSE MEDLEY:

A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP (BERT BERNS)/

MUSTANG SALLY (SIR MACK RICE)/

SUGAR, SUGAR (BARRY, KIM)*

SLOW MOTION (DAVIS, DESTRI)**

THE HARDEST PART (HARRY, STEIN)***

YOU CAN CRY ON MY SHOULDER (BERRY GORDY, JR)**


THE ARCHIES

With TONI TOPAZ, guest lead and backing vocals

With BREE SPELLMAN, keyboards and backing vocals

VOCAL ARRANGER: CHUCK CLAYTON

ARRANGERS:

*DILTON DOILEY BRISEÑO, **BREE SPELLMAN,

***GERALDINE GRUNDY

CONDUCTOR: ARCHIE ANDREWS

PRODUCERS: 

CHUCK CLAYTON, ALAN MAYBERRY

SOUND ENGINEERS:

ALAN MAYBERRY, PURVIS KNIGHT

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:

THE ARCHIES, NICHOLAS FREUND


“Slow Motion” will be offered to Atlantic Records when the group signs their contract.  Featuring Veronica's lead vocals, it’s the preview single for a proposed album of Blondie covers; The Archies will have been nursing this concept off and on since 2003.  However, when Atlantic declines the single, the idea is abandoned for good. "You Can Cry On My Shoulder" will surface on the flipside of a French dance medley in 2034; Betty sings lead. In the year 2050, "Slow Motion", "The Hardest Part" (with a guest lead vocal by Toni Topaz) and "You Can Cry On My Shoulder" will be included in a Mexican box set that collects all of The Archies' Atlantic sessions. Originally known as The Habanera Rock Medley, The Rocking Horse Medley is the studio version of a 2021 live recording that's been widely bootlegged. It will see belated release on an EP in the year 2075.


CAJA GRANDE BOOKLET CENTERFOLD


AN ARCHIES' LIVE-IN-CONCERT ALBUM

RECORDED IN APRIL 2027 AT THE FAMOUS

STONE PONY CLUB WON'T BE MADE

COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE UNTIL

THE YEAR 2050, AND ONLY IN A

MEXICAN BOX SET. HERE IS A

PROMO FOR THAT SET.


April 5, 2027

THE STONE PONY, ASBURY PARK NJ

LIVE-IN-CONCERT RECORDING

JEFF AND ELLIE LIVE!

A POP-ART-CHIE PRODUCTION


 INTRO by Bruce Springsteen


 RIVER-DEEP, MOUNTAIN-HIGH 

quartet vocals by BETTY COOPER and VERONICA

with BLUE-EYED SOUL

(JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH, PHIL SPECTOR)*


THEN HE KISSED ME/THEN I KISSED HER

duet vocals by BETTY COOPER and CHUCK CLAYTON

(JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH, PHIL SPECTOR)**


BE MY BABY

lead vocals by KEVIN KELLER

(JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH, PHIL SPECTOR)***


HIP SHAKER

duet vocals by VERONICA and BETTY COOPER

 (JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH, PHIL SPECTOR)


 ALL GROWN UP

lead vocals by BETTY COOPER

 (JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH, PHIL SPECTOR)*


I WANT YOU FOR MY SWEETHEART

lead vocals by CHUCK CLAYTON

(JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH, STEVE VENET)


DOO-WAH-DIDDY-DIDDY

duet vocals by VERONICA and BETTY COOPER

(JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH)


I CAN HEAR MUSIC

lead vocals by KEVIN KELLER

 (JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH, PHIL SPECTOR)***

  

HOLD ON, BABY!

lead vocals by BETTY COOPER

(JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH, PHIL SPECTOR)*


I'LL STILL LOVE YOU

lead vocals by ARCHIE

(JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH)**


I KNOW IT'S ALL RIGHT

duet vocals by ARCHIE and VERONICA

(JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH)*


I’LL TAKE YOU WHERE THE MUSIC’S PLAYING

lead vocals by CHUCK CLAYTON

(JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH)


HANKY PANKY

trio vocals by VERONICA, BETTY COOOPER and JUGHEAD

 (JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH) 


I'LL NEVER NEED MORE THAN THIS

lead vocals by VERONICA

(JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH, PHIL SPECTOR)*


WHAT'S A BOY SUPPOSED TO DO?

lead vocals by KEVIN KELLER

 (JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH)


HE AIN'T NO ANGEL

lead vocals by BETTY COOPER

 (JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH)


I WONDER

lead vocals by BETTY COOPER

(JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH, PHIL SPECTOR)**


NOBODY BUT YOU

lead vocals by KEVIN KELLER

(JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH)


I GOT A DREAM

duet vocals by BLUE-EYED SOUL

(JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH)


DON'T EVER LEAVE ME

lead vocals by BETTY COOPER

(JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH)*


THAT'S ALL I EVER WANT FROM YOU, BABY

lead vocals by JUGHEAD

(JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH)**


MEDLEY:

 GOOD NIGHT, BABY

 (JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH, STEVE VENET)/

BABY, I LOVE YOU

(JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH, PHIL SPECTOR)

duet vocals by KEVIN KELLER and VERONICA

 

ENCORE INTRO by Archie Andrews


LEADER OF THE PACK

quartet vocals by ARCHIE ANDREWS and CHUCK CLAYTON

with BLUE-EYED SOUL

(JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH, GEORGE MORTON)


CHAPEL OF LOVE

duet vocals by BLUE-EYED SOUL

(JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH, PHIL SPECTOR)**


DA DOO RON RON

lead vocals by BETTY COOPER

(JEFF BARRY, ELLIE GREENWICH, PHIL SPECTOR)


THE ARCHIES

With THE JERSEY BOUNCE FIVE, brass section 

With REY COCHINO, trumpet solos

With FISH BACALAO, backing vocals

ARRANGERS:

RALFI CHINGAS,

*GERALDINE GRUNDY,

**ARCHIE ANDREWS,

***REGGIE "GINO" MANTLE

MUSIC DIRECTOR: CHUCK CLAYTON

ENGINEERS: ALAN MAYBERRY, PARIS FLEMING

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:

THE ARCHIES, NICHOLAS FREUND


Bruce Springsteen will obtain a private pressing of this live recording when Atlantic Records decides against releasing it. In mid-2027, an unreleased live set from the Archie Fan Club Records catalog will be offered to Atlantic, but it will also be shelved. The master for The Archies' ÉXITOS EN VIVO album will subsequently be lost in the tape archives of Abbey Road Studios! Recovered in the late 2070, it will finally have an official release in the year 2083.


ONCE UPON A TUNE PROMO


EARLY ARCHIES HITS APPEARED ON THE

KIRSHNER LABEL. LATER, THE BAND

RECORDED FOR ARCHIE AND VERONICA'S

"ARCHIE" IMPRINT. FROM 2027 TO 2033,

THE ARCHIES LOGGED SESSIONS FOR

ATLANTIC RECORDS, REPUBLIC RECORDS

AND DISCOS FUENTES. NOT UNTIL THE

YEAR 2160 WILL A COMPILATION APPEAR

THAT INCLUDES HITS FROM ALL

OF THESE LABELS.


MAY 12 - 24, 2027

FALCON STUDIOS, EL PASO TX

INSTRUMENTAL SESSIONS

A POP-ART-CHIE PRODUCTION


 I SAY LOVE

CRY, BABY*

A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP*

HANG ON, SLOOPY**

FRIENDS AND LOVERS FOREVER*

 ARETHA

AM I GROOVIN’ YOU?

ARE YOU LONELY FOR ME, BABY?

 TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT  

 RIDE, RIDE, BABY***

 EASIER TO HURT HER*

 SOUL MOTION***

 PIECE OF MY HEART

 I GOT TO GO BACK**

I WANT CANDY

TELL HIM


THE ARCHIES

With DILTON DOILEY BRISEÑO, keyboards, guitars and percussion

With MARIACHI LOWRIDER, guitars, brass and percussion

ARRANGERS: 

HARVEY “FOOLKILLER” SCHWARTZ,

*DILTON DOILEY BRISEÑO,

**ARCHIE ANDREWS, ***BLUE-EYED SOUL

CONDUCTOR:

DILTON DOILEY BRISEÑO

PRODUCERS: 

CHUCK CLAYTON, ALAN MAYBERRY

SOUND ENGINEERS: 

ALAN MAYBERRY, PUNK E. GUTIÉRREZ

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:

THE ARCHIES, NICHOLAS FREUND


These are the backing tracks for RIDE, RIDE, BABY, intended to be 

the first of several Archies albums for Atlantic Records.


2005 ARCHIES SINGLE PROMO


IN 2005, ARCHIE SIGNED AN INTERNATIONAL

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT FOR HIS INDIE

LABEL WITH DISCOS FUENTES, BASED IN

MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA. FUENTES

DISTRIBUTION BEGAN WITH A SINGLE

CALLED "IF WE BOTH HOLD ON".

HERE IS A RARE PROMO FOR THAT

SINGLE.


SUN STUDIOS, MEMPHIS TN

VOCAL SESSIONS

RIDE, RIDE, BABY!

A POP-ART-CHIE PRODUCTION


May 25, 2027

 I WANT CANDY 

(BERT BERNS, THE STRANGELOVES)

TELL HIM (BERT BERNS)

 SOUL MOTION (JEFF BARRY, BERT BERNS)

 PIECE OF MY HEART (BERT BERNS, JERRY RAGOVOY)

All lead vocals by Betty except “I Want Candy”, 

a Betty and Veronica duet.


May 26, 2027

 TWIST ‘N’ SHOUT (BERT BERNS, PHIL MEDLEY)

 RIDE, RIDE, BABY (JEFF BARRY, BERT BERNS)

 A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP (BERT BERNS)

HANG ON, SLOOPY (BERT BERNS, WES FARRELL)

Blue-Eyed Soul duets on “Twist ‘n’ Shout”. Archie and Chuck duet 

on “Ride, Ride, Baby” and “Hang On, Sloopy”.  Archie and Blue-Eyed Soul sing trio on “A Little Bit Of Soap”.  The Archies first performed the latter song as part of a medley at their 2021 induction into the Latin Music Hall of Fame. A recording of that performance exists.


May 27, 2027

I SAY LOVE (BERT BERNS, PHIL MEDLEY)

 CRY, BABY (BERT BERNS, JERRY RAGOVOY)

FRIENDS AND LOVERS FOREVER (BERT BERNS, WES FARRELL)

AM I GROOVIN’ YOU? (JEFF BARRY, BERT BERNS)

Chuck Clayton solos on “I Say Love” and “Am I Groovin’ You?”  

Blue-Eyed Soul duets on “Cry, Baby”.  Veronica solos on 

“Friends And Lovers Forever”.


May 28, 2027

ARETHA (JEFF BARRY, BERT BERNS)

 I GOT TO GO BACK (JEFF BARRY, BERT BERNS)

 EASIER TO HURT HER 

(BERT BERNS, JERRY RAGOVOY)

ARE YOU LONELY FOR ME, BABY? 

(BERT BERNS)

Juggy solos on all sides except “Are You Lonely For Me, 

Baby?” which is sung by Kelly.


THE ARCHIES

VOCAL ARRANGER: CHUCK CLAYTON

PRODUCERS: 

CHUCK CLAYTON, ALAN MAYBERRY

SOUND ENGINEERS: 

ALAN MAYBERRY, CINDY ST. JOSEPHS

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:

THE ARCHIES, NICHOLAS FREUND


Backing vocals will be sung by The Vixens (Clydene Philpott-

Saunders, Pippa Tagliaferro, Kraygen Hinojosa) and 

Toni Topaz on May 29 and 30. Chuck Clayton will

supervise and Cade Murphy will engineer these sessions 

in Nashville at Clampett Studios.


PER SEMPRE MANN + WEIL AD


THIS IS AN MTV PROMO FOR A TELEVISED TRIBUTE

TO SONGWRITERS BARRY MANN AND CYNTHIA

WEIL. STARRING THE ARCHIES, IT WILL BE

PRODUCED IN MILAN, ITALY SHORTLY

AFTER NEW YEAR'S DAY 2028.


Unfortunately for The Archies, their RIDE, RIDE, BABY album will be released into a racially volatile and fraught atmosphere. Initially, this tribute to White Soul songwriter Bert Berns will be soundly denounced, and the group will be accused of so-called cultural appropriation.  Archies fans who stand on the Progressive side of the socio-political divide will shun the LP en masse! However, Atlantic Records will delay its release for a year, during which time Archie, Betty, Chuck, Jughead, Kevin and Veronica will make many high-profile public appearances. One of them will be an all-star 2028 TV special taped in Italy before a live audience.

September 24 - 25, 2027

CRESCENT MOON STUDIOS, MIAMI FL

EP SESSIONS

A POP-ART-CHIE PRODUCTION

in association with TONY BRISEÑO PRODUCTIONS


Arranged by BLUE-EYED SOUL:

RIDE, RIDE, BABY - CLUB VERSION

(JEFF BARRY, BERT BERNS)

Spanglish Rap written by EMILY ESTEFAN


Arranged by DILTON DOILEY BRISEÑO:

ÓYEME LLORONA/CRY, BABY

(BERT BERNS, JERRY RAGOVOY)

Spanish lyrics written by GLORIA ESTEFAN


Arranged by FLOR FINESTRE:

WISHFUL THINKING

(ARCHIE ANDREWS, GLORIA ESTEFAN, WYNN STEWART)***


Arranged by ARCHIE ANDREWS:

 STOCKINGS AND SHOES

(LYLE GASTON)**


Arranged by FOOLKILLER:

 TWENTY-FIVE MILES 

(BERT BERNS, JOHNNY BISTOL, HARVEY FUQUA, 

EDWIN STARR, JERRY WEXLER)


Arranged by ARCHIE ANDREWS:

WHAT'CHA GONNA DO ABOUT IT?

(GREGORY CARROLL, REX GARVIN, DORIS TROY)


Arranged by 

ARCHIE ANDREWS and BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN:

 RAMROD

(BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN)


Arranged by KEVIN KELLER:

GREEN ONIONS - INSTRUMENTAL

(BOOKER T + THE MGs)


THE ARCHIES

With GLORIA ESTEFAN, Spanglish Rap and backing vocals

With BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, guitar

With PATTI SPRINGSTEEN, backing vocals

With MIDLAND, guitars and backing vocals

With TONI TOPAZ, backing vocals

With FLOR FINESTRE + MAMBO TERESA, 

brass, percussion and backing vocals

VOCAL ARRANGER: CHUCK CLAYTON

CONDUCTOR: ARCHIE ANDREWS

PRODUCERS: 

CHUCK CLAYTON, ALAN MAYBERRY,

DILTON DOILEY BRISEÑO

SOUND ENGINEERS: 

ALAN MAYBERRY, PAULETTE VOGEL

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:

THE ARCHIES, NICHOLAS FREUND

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR ATLANTIC RECORDS:

DR. LESTER E. BLUE, JR


Blue-Eyed Soul is the Archies spin-off group comprised of Jughead 

and Kevin Keller. Veronica sings “Wishful Thinking”.  

Kelly fronts the band on “Stockings And Shoes”. Juggy is on mike for 

“Ramrod.” Chuckii sings lead on ”Twenty-Five Miles”. Betty does 

the honors on “What'cha Gonna Do About It” with prominent backing 

vocals by Toni Topaz. Chuck Clayton and Veronica duet on the Spanish 

version of “Cry, Baby”, which will languish in Atlantic's tape vault

for almost 50 years! All songs from these sessions will 

be intended as EP tracks, but all except the overdubbed

version of “Ride, Ride, Baby” will be withheld

from release in North America.


ARCHIE DOES ATLANTIC PROMO

ATLANTIC RECORDS EXECUTIVES ARE SO SQUEAMISH
ABOUT MARKETING THEIR ARCHIES CATALOG
IN THE UNITED STATES, THEY WON'T DO SO UNTIL 
THE YEAR 2057! IRONICALLY, ARCHIE DOES 
ATLANTIC: THE EP COLLECTION IS DRAWN 
FROM SPANISH EPs, SINCE ATLANTIC WON'T
ISSUE ANY ARCHIES EPs IN NORTH AMERICA.

January 5, 2028

TEATRO DAL VERME, MILAN IT

LIVE-IN-CONCERT RECORDING

PER SEMPRE MANN E WEIL

UNA PRODUZIONE TELEVISA RAI


SOUL AND INSPIRATION 

 GOOD, GOOD LOVIN’

NEW WORLD COMIN’

SHADES OF GRAY

(BARRY MANN, CYNTHIA WEIL)


THE ARCHIES

With ORQUESTRA SINFONICA DI MILANO

With CORO OLIMPICO 4 + 4

VOCAL ARRANGER: CHUCK CLAYTON

ARRANGER: D’ANGELO WONG

MUSIC DIRECTOR: GIACOMO FEINBERG DIAZ

PRODUCERS:

RAI TELEVISION STAFF

CHIEF ENGINEER:

JOSEFINA ISSACSON


Blue-Eyed Soul duets on “Soul And Inspiration”.  Betty and 

Chuck Clayton team up to sing “Good, Good Lovin”.  

Veronica solos on “New World Comin’” and “Shades Of 

Gray” features an ensemble vocal. These live recordings with 

orchestral accompaniment will be featured in a TV special 

celebrating the hit songs of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. 

They won't be released until the year 2050, in the 

aforementioned Mexican box set.


ARCHIE @ DISCOS FUENTES BOOKLET


ARCHIE RECORDS' PACT WITH DISCOS FUENTES

RESULTED IN A STRING OF INTERNATIONAL

HITS THAT CONTINUED UNTIL THE ARCHIE

LABEL WAS SOLD IN 2014. AFTER THEIR

ROCKY RELATIONSHIP WITH ATLANTIC

RECORDS ENDS, THE ARCHIES WILL

SIGN DIRECTLY TO FUENTES AS

RECORDING ARTISTS.


January 10, 2028

GRAND PRIX STUDIOS, MILAN IT

DEMO SESSIONS


SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE 

(ARETHA FRANKLIN, TED WHITE)

SUPERNATURAL THING

(PATRICK GRANT, GWEN GUTHRIE) 

MUSTANG SALLY

(SIR MACK RICE)

KNOCK ON WOOD 

(STEVE CROPPER, EDDIE FLOYD)

HARD TO HANDLE 

(AL BELL, ALLEN JONES, OTIS REDDING) 

SOME OTHER GUY 

(RITCHIE BARRETT, JERRY LEIBER, MIKE STOLLER)

 WE ARE FAMILY 

(BERNARD EDWARDS, NILE RODGERS) 


THE ARCHIES

With PERCOLATORI, percussion

CONDUCTOR: ARCHIE ANDREWS

PRODUCERS:

CHUCK CLAYTON, D'ANGELO WONG

SOUND ENGINEERS: 

D’ANGELO WONG, CHICO GRANDINETTI


These are demos for a proposed second Atlantic album, to be 

titled HARD TO HANDLE. Betty is lead vocalist on “Since You’ve 

Been Gone”. Juggy does the honors on “Mustang Sally”, “Hard To Handle” 

and “Some Other Guy”. Chuck Clayton sings “Knock On Wood” and duets with guest musician Rod Mack on a stunning version of "Supernatural Thing" (destined for release on the 2075 ROCKING HORSE EP). Veronica, Betty and special guest Toni Topaz sing trio on “We Are Family.” There exists a D'Angelo Wong-produced master tape of “Some Other Guy” that was recorded in 2012 for DESTINATION LOVE, an unreleased Archie + Veronica duet album. “Mustang Sally” is an expanded version of the song excerpted in The Archies' ROCKING HORSE medley. Also at these sessions, The Archies are captured on tape rehearsing various other songs of 1950s/60s vintage. That tape will later be enhanced by AI and orchestral overdubs and the contents will be marketed as two separate albums: BRILLiance (2055) and HITS OF THE FIFTIES (2127). The distribution of both LPs will be halted by threat of litigation.


ARCHIE LOVES LAURA PROMO


THE 2143 DISCOS FUENTES ALBUM

ARCHIE LOVES LAURA WILL HAVE ON ITS

COVER A PHOTO TAKEN DURING THE

ARCHIES' FEBRUARY 2028 RECORDING

SESSION FOR ATLANTIC RECORDS IN

NEW YORK CITY.


Scheduled sessions for the HARD TO HANDLE album will never 

take place!  Those sessions would have been as listed below:


Scheduled for Late 2028

GRAND PRIX STUDIOS, MILAN IT

INSTRUMENTAL SESSIONS

A POP-ART-CHIE PRODUCTION


Arranged by BREE SPELLMAN:

WHAT’D I SAY? (RAY CHARLES)

COMIN’ HOME BABY (BOB DOROUGH, BEN TUCKER)

SOME OTHER GUY

(RITCHIE BARRETT, JERRY LEIBER, MIKE STOLLER) 

THE BEAT GOES ON (SONNY BONO)

"What'd I Say" would have featured an ensemble vocal.

"Comin' Home, Baby" would've been sung by Kelly.

"Some Other Guy" would've been sung by Juggy

and "The Beat Goes On" would have been a

Blue-Eyed Soul duet.


Arranged by BLUE-EYED SOUL:

SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE (ARETHA FRANKLIN, TED WHITE)

ROCK STEADY (ARETHA FRANKLIN)

KNOCK ON WOOD (STEVE CROPPER, EDDIE FLOYD)

B-A-B-Y (ISSAC HAYES, DAVID PORTER)

Betty would have sung lead on both "Since You've Been Gone"

and "Rock Steady". Chuck Clayton would have sung lead

on "Knock On Wood".  "B-A-B-Y" would have featured

Veronica's lead.


Arranged by ROD MACK:

MUSTANG SALLY (SIR MACK RICE)

HARD TO HANDLE (AL BELL, ALLEN JONES, OTIS REDDING)

TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME 

(JACK DANIELS, BONNIE THOMPSON) 

COOL JERK - discarded

Both "Mustang Sally" and "Hard To Handle" would

have been showcases for Juggy. "Turn Back The Hands Of

Time" Time" would have featured a guest lead vocal

by Rod Mack.


Arranged by SONSERI KENNEDY:

I’LL BE AROUND (THOM BELL, PHIL HURTT)

DOCK OF THE BAY (STEVE CROPPER, OTIS REDDING)

JUST ONE LOOK (GREGORY CARROLL, DORIS TROY)

OH, ME, OH, MY (JIM DORIS)

"I'll Be Around" would have been an Archie/Chuck duet.  Betty

would have sung "Dock Of The Bay". "Just One Look" would

have been a Veronica/Betty duet. "Oh, Me, Oh, My"

would have been a solo for Veronica.


Arranged by ARCHIE ANDREWS:

SUPERNATURAL THING

 (PATRICK GRANT, GWEN GUTHRIE)

A NATURAL WOMAN 

(GERRY GOFFIN, CAROLE KING, JERRY WEXLER) 

WE ARE FAMILY (BERNARD EDWARDS, NILE RODGERS)

THE RUBBER BAND MAN - discarded

Chuck and Rod Mack would have sung a tag-team "Supernatural Thing".

Toni Topaz would have sung guest lead vocals on "A Natural Woman".

Toni, Veronica and Betty would have sung trio on

"We Are Family."


Arranged by ROSCOE SHIRLEY:

DAVID GATES MEDLEY: 

If/Baby, I'm A Want You/Everything I Own

(DAVID GATES)

COOL JERK (DONALD STORBALL)

THE RUBBER BAND MAN (THOM BELL, LINDA CREED)

MAKE ME YOUR BABY (ROGER ATKINS, HELEN MILLER)

The "David Gates Medley" would have been a duet for

Veronica and Archie. Veronica would have sung

lead on "Cool Jerk" and "Make Me Your Baby". 

"Rubber Band Man" would have been sung as

a Blue-Eyed Soul duet.


THE ARCHIES

VOCAL ARRANGER: CHUCK CLAYTON

CONDUCTOR: ARCHIE ANDREWS

PRODUCERS: 

CHUCK CLAYTON, ALAN MAYBERRY 

SOUND ENGINEERS: 

ALAN MAYBERRY, CHICO GRANDINETTI

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:

THE ARCHIES, NICHOLAS FREUND


Vocal playbacks would have been recorded at Crescent Moon Studios in Miami.

Backing vocals would have been handled by The Vixens and The Cochinada Brothers.

“Dock Of The Bay”, “Supernatural Thing”, “David Gates Medley” and “The Beat Goes On”

would been used as flipsides of limited-edition vinyl pressings. To standing ovations,

Toni Topaz will perform "A Natural Woman" during The Archies' final tour.


ARCHIES ANNIVERSARY SPECTACULAR PROMO

THE ALBUM RIDE, RIDE, BABY IS NOT CHUCK
CLAYTON'S FIRST RECORDING WITH THE
ARCHIES. IN THE YEAR 2063, A LONG-LOST
LIVE ALBUM CAPTURED @ NEW YORK'S
APOLLO THEATER WILL SURFACE.  IT
DOCUMENTS A TRIBUTE TO LEGENDARY
MOTOWN SONGWRITER SMOKEY ROBINSON.
AT THAT 1990 SHOW, CHUCKII SUBBED FOR
AN ABSENT REGGIE  MANTLE.
 

February 18, 2028

LIMELIGHT STUDIOS, NEW YORK CITY

EP SESSION

SEDAKA JUNCTION

A STEED-PINTO PRODUCTION


LOVE IS SPREADING OVER THE WORLD

TURN ON THE SUNSHINE

YOUR HEART’S NOT IN YOUR LOVE

SUNNY 

(HOWARD GREENFIELD, NEIL SEDAKA)


THE ARCHIES

With OLGUITA + REGINALD, guest duet vocals, guitars

With TREVOR SANTIAGO, guest lead vocals

With CRISTINA ANGEL-SANTIAGO, backing vocals

With JUSTIN STRICKLAND, keyboards

MUSIC SUPERVISION: DARA SEDAKA

ARRANGER/CONDUCTOR: 

JUSTIN STRICKLAND

PRODUCER: LAURA PINTO

SOUND ENGINEERS:

ALAN MAYBERRY, TAFFY MIDDLETON


SEDAKA JUNCTION is a promotional record for a film of the same title, 

based on a hit Broadway musical.  However, none of these Archies

tracks will be heard in the movie. Laura Pinto is contracted to produce 

the session with no co-producers; having joined the Archies with the 

proviso that he produce every track he records with them, Chuck

Clayton sits out the date. Veronica does the same; she and Laura 

have a long-standing acrimonious relationship! Tejano duo Olguita 

and Reginald stands in for them; this act features former Archies 

member Reggie "Gino" Mantle. Archie sings lead on “Love Is 

Spreading Over The World”. Blue-Eyed Soul performs duet vocals 

for “Turn On The Sunshine.” Olguita and Reginald perform a guest 

vocal duet on “Your Heart’s Not In Your Love”. Former Archies 

member Trevor Santiago (aka Trevor Smith) makes an unexpected 

visit to the session; at Archie's insistence, he contributes guest 

lead vocals on “Sunny”. On June 27, the Nigella Federman 

Horns will be overdubbed in London at Metropolis Studios. SEDAKA

JUNCTION will chart in the American Top Forty and be The Archies'

only hit for Atlantic Records. 


ROCKING HORSE ALTERNATE COVER

THIS ALTERNATE COVER FOR THE 2074 ROCKING
HORSE ALBUM WILL BE MARKETED IN NEW
ENGLAND, ALASKA AND CANADA.

The following Atlantic singles and EPs will be released in Spain, Portugal and Latin America and score chart hits there: The “Aretha” single; the “Ride, Ride, Baby” single (radio version); an ARETHA EP; an “Are You Lonely For Me, Baby?” single; a “Ride, Ride, Baby” single (club version); the RIDE, RIDE BABY LP; a “Soul Motion” single; a RIDE, RIDE, BABY EP; and singles of “Friends And Lovers Forever” and “Ramrod”. “Aretha” will top the charts in México and the radio version of “Ride, Ride, Baby” will do the same in Brazil.

THE SPANISH SINGLES

VINYL PRESSINGS OF SONGS THAT THE ARCHIES CUT FOR ATLANTIC RECORDS WILL ONLY BE SOLD IN SPAIN.  THESE SINGLES AND EPS, RELEASED ON THE SPANISH ATCO LABEL BETWEEN 2027 AND 2029 WILL BECOME COVETED COLLECTORS' ITEMS.

April 1, 2028

STAX STUDIOS, MEMPHIS

SINGLES SESSIONS

A NINE TIMES BLUE PRODUCTION


THE RIGHT TRACK (JOHNNY JONES)

GONE WITH THE WIND (LOU BARRETO)


BLUE-EYED SOUL

With LESTER E. BLUE, JR, keyboards

With LA VERNE BERKEL, drums

With KIM LANGREHR, bass guitar

With VINCENZA ROSE MARACH, guitar

With DENISE GULLEDGE, guitar

With ARNOLD ABELS, percussion

With THE DOWNTOWN SOUND, brass

With QUEENIE, backing vocals

With TONI TOPAZ, backing vocals

VOCAL ARRANGER: KEVIN KELLER

ARRANGERS: BLUE-EYED SOUL

CONDUCTOR: MARILYN HUTCHINSON

PRODUCER: DR. BLUE

SOUND ENGINEERS: 

LAUREN RICHERSON, MARY BELLE WRIGHT


This is a secret recording session booked by Atlantic Records 

CEO Dr. Lester Blue, Jr.  He produces a prospective single 

for Blue-Eyed Soul (Juggy and Kelly) against the wishes of 

Archie and Veronica.  When the duo gets cold feet about going 

behind their backs, two excellent, dance-oriented Soul 

numbers get shelved; however, both tracks will achieve

belated hit status in the year 2075.


A CAST WORTH REPEATING


CAST OF CHARACTERS FOR POP CULTURE

CANTINA'S 2021 GRAPHIC NOVELETTE

RIDE, RIDE, BABY: THE ARCHIES IN

SOUL MOTION


2048 CANADIAN REISSUE

Record One

TWIST AND SHOUT (BERT BERNS, PHIL MEDLEY)

I WANT CANDY (BERT BERNS, THE STRANGELOVES)

I SAY LOVE (BERT BERNS, PHIL MEDLEY)

ARETHA (JEFF BARRY, BERT BERNS)

TELL HIM (BERT BERNS)

CRY, BABY (BERT BERNS, JERRY RAGOVOY)*

RIDE, RIDE, BABY (JEFF BARRY, BERT BERNS)***

I GOT TO GO BACK (JEFF BARRY, BERT BERNS)**

ARE YOU LONELY FOR ME, BABY? (BERT BERNS)

SOUL MOTION (JEFF BARRY, BERT BERNS)***

FRIENDS AND LOVERS FOREVER (BERT BERNS, WES FARRELL)*

EASIER TO HURT HER (BERT BERNS, JERRY RAGOVOY)*

A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP (BERT BERNS)*

HANG ON, SLOOPY (BERT BERNS, WES FARRELL)**

AM I GROOVIN’ YOU? (JEFF BARRY, BERT BERNS)

PIECE OF MY HEART (BERT BERNS, JERRY RAGOVOY)

A POP-ART-CHIE PRODUCTION

Vocal Arrangements by CHUCK CLAYTON

Arranged by FOOLKILLER

*Arranged by DILTON DOILEY BRISEÑO

**Arranged by ARCHIE ANDREWS

***Arranged by BLUE-EYED SOUL

Conductor: DILTON DOILEY BRISEÑO

Produced by CHUCK CLAYTON and ALAN MAYBERRY


ARCHIE SINGS SOUL PROMO


VOX SOUND + IMAGE WILL RELEASE A SOUL-

ORIENTED ARCHIES COMPILATION IN THE

YEAR 2065. AN EARLY TRACK LINEUP

GETS SCRAPPED, BUT THAT DISCARDED

SONG LIST WILL SURFACE ON A PROMO.


Record Two

SUNNY

(HOWARD GREENFIELD, NEIL SEDAKA)

featuring TREVOR SANTIAGO

TWENTY-FIVE MILES

(BERT BERNS, JOHNNY BRISTOL, HARVEY FUQUA,

EDWIN STARR, JERRY WEXLER)*

SOME OTHER GUY (demo)

(RITCHIE BARRETT, JERRY LEIBER, MIKE STOLLER)**

WHAT'CHA GONNA DO ABOUT IT?

(GREGORY CARROLL, REX GARVIN, DORIS TROY)*

with TONI TOPAZ

KNOCK ON WOOD (demo)

(STEVE CROPPER, EDDIE FLOYD)**

TURN ON THE SUNSHINE

(HOWARD GREENFIELD, NEIL SEDAKA)

featuring BLUE-EYED SOUL

HARD TO HANDLE (demo)

(AL BELL, ALLEN JONES, OTIS REDDING)**

WISHFUL THINKING

(ARCHIE ANDREWS, GLORIA ESTEFAN, WYNN STEWART)*

with GLORIA ESTEFAN

RAMROD

(BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN)*

with BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

YOUR HEART'S NOT IN YOUR LOVE

(HOWARD GREENFIELD, NEIL SEDAKA)

featuring OLGUITA + REGINALD

STOCKINGS AND SHOES

(LYLE GASTON)*

with MIDLAND

MUSTANG SALLY (demo)

(SIR MACK RICE)**

LOVE IS SPREADING OVER THE WORLD

(HOWARD GREENFIELD, NEIL SEDAKA)

WE ARE FAMILY (demo)

 (BERNARD EDWARDS, NILE RODGERS)**

with TONI TOPAZ

SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE (demo)

(ARETHA FRANKLIN, TED WHITE)**

GREEN ONIONS

(BOOKER T + THE MGs)*

instrumental

SOUL MOTION:

THE ATLANTIC SESSIONS

THE ARCHIES

A STEED-PINTO PRODUCTION

Produced by LAURA PINTO

*Produced by CHUCK CLAYTON, ALAN MAYBERRY

and DILTON DOILEY BRISEÑO

**Produced by CHUCK CLAYTON and D'ANGELO WONG


This two-record vinyl repackaging of the RIDE, RIDE, BABY album 

features new backing tracks recorded by The New Archies; they 

will be the successor group to The Archies.  Lana Suzuki plays both 

lead and rhythm guitars; Donna Dante is on bass; Mal Hypster plays 

drums and percussion; Toby Maxx plays various brass instruments; 

and Rikki Ninja is the keyboard player. The tracking sessions will take

place at Boston's Witch Queen Recording Studios in April and May of 2048.

 

The re-recording happens because the album master is accidentally

erased in the year 2047 and only the Memphis-recorded vocal

tracks survive.  Miraculously, The New Archies (under the direction

of Bree Spellman) are able to duplicate them with near 100% accuracy. 

The substitution will not become public knowledge until decades

after the fact! Every track listed in this log will be issued in

the aforementioned eight-record vinyl box set. Called ALLÁ

EN LA CAJA GRANDE, this 2050 Atlantic Records release will

sell out its first pressing.


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PROMO FOR THE THE 2083 ATLANTIC

RECORDS ALBUM ÉXITOS EN VIVO,

A LONG-LOST LIVE VERSION OF THE

ARCHIES' BEST'-SELLING ÉXITOS

EN ESPAÑOL LP FROM 2008.

*The date of Jason Blossom's death changed from 2027 to 2029 in the aftermath of a time-travel incident chronicled in Pop Culture Cantina's 2019 feature "The Freaking Out of Geraldine Grundy." There will be one more Atlantic Records studio session credited to The Archies, in September of 2033. Produced by Bree Spellman, it results in a soundtrack recording for the indie film Philadelphia Freedom. Only released in Europe, it features Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper and Kevin Keller performing together after The Archies have officially disbanded! The group name is used for contractual reasons. Since this won't truly be an Archies recording session, it falls outside the scope of this particular sessionography.


For details, see Part Six of Pop Culture Cantina's

GREAT AMERICAN ROCK 'N' ROLL SONG BOOK.


ARETHA EP PROMO

ATLANTIC RECORDS WILL PROMOTE AN ARETHA/SOUL 
MOTION EP BUT THIS VINYL RECORD WILL NEVER BE 
RELEASED IN THE UNITED STATES.

The Archies will think of their time at Atlantic Records as one of commercial failure but the opposite is true: Every release on Atlantic except the first pressing of RIDE, RIDE, BABY and the 2057 compilation album ARCHIE DOES ATLANTIC scores a smash hit in some part of the world. Not only will Atlantic release everything that The Archies recorded for them over a span of 50 years, the label will market the only album featuring lead vocals by every Archies member except Dilton (who co-produces the album): 2074's ROCKING HORSE/THE ARCHIES IN SOUL MOTION. What's more, Rock critics will agree that all the best Archies records were cut for Atlantic!

INSIDE GATEFOLD ROCKING HORSE LP

A MARVELOUS LIE PRODUCTION
CONCEPT AND TEXT BY HAMPTON JACOBS
COSTUMES BY HENRIETTA la del BARRIO
inspired by the designs of Boyd Clopton
ART BY STUFFED ANIMAL
ART CONSULTANT: LAURA PINTO
MUSIC CONSULTANT: TARQUIN GARRISON