Bluewater - Dial "O" For Love / Wounded Knee. USA-Georgia

An interesting 45, Bluewater taps into that unique American pop sound of the late 60s and early 70s. If pressed, I'd say 1969 or 1970. The a) side has a cool funky rhythm, but is clearly slanted towards AM radio, borderline bubblegum. 'Wounded Knee' features a tribal funky wah wah backdrop, a somewhat exploitive sound of perceived Native American music. One pictures a bunch of white teenagers with headbands and war paint singing around the campfire. And drinking Coca-Cola. Which might not be far from the truth. There's no marking on this 45 anywhere, except for a one Harley Hatcher. Hatcher was a mover and shaker in the music industry, having run a couple of labels (i.e. Curb Records), and also being the primary composer for some screenplays and soundtracks. Most famously for The Wild Sounds Of Satan's Sadists, lionized later by Quentin Tarantino. This is where the Georgia reference comes from, though it's likely he was entrenched in Los Angeles by this point. Who Bluewater was is anyone's guess though. A true unknown.

Just noticed that there is a Bluewater band who performs on his 1971 soundtrack The Hard Ride. Discogs links it back to a band from 1977, but I think it's a different group. So my time frame looks pretty good here.

Ownership: SP: 19?? Double H (Harley Hatcher). Online acquisition (2020).

The labels shown here (from Discogs) look to be white, though mine is an light olive brown. Could just be the lighting, which is why I didn't add a separate entry. 

7/4/20 (first listen); 5/16/21 (review / new entry)