VA- Teen Expo: The Cleopatra Label

Label: Numero

Released 2018

From a basement in New Jersey, Tommy Falcone remade himself into a DIY Phil Spector. From 1962 to 1970, he founded and ran Cleopatra Records, discovered and mentored young Garden State talent, wrote songs and produced wild studio effects, and quit his day job to promote it all himself. Trained as an accordionist, Falcone had a whirlwind imagination and an omnivorous approach to genre, expressed through acts like the Centuries, the Tabbys, Johnny Silvio, the Inmates, Bernadette Carroll, the Hallmarks, Vickie & the Van Dykes, the Shandillons, Eugene Viscione, the Shoestring, and more. Cleopatra became a time-capsule of every 1960s pop style imaginable - garage rock, psychedelia, surf, girl groups, soul, novelties, exotica, even a crooner - a kaleidoscope of sound in search of the ever-elusive hit record.

Track listing:

1. Bernadette Carroll - Heavenly
2. The Tabbys - Hong Kong Baby
3. Dick Thunder - Gee But I'm Lonesome
4. Vickie & The Van Dykes - Outcast
5. The Hallmarks - Paper Sky
6. The Centuries - Beach Umbrella World
7. The Inmates - It's So Very Hard
8. Jimmy Davis - Mister Wind
9. Johnny Silvio - Julie Anne
10. The Hallmarks - Distant Rain
11. Bernadette Carroll - When We're Older
12. The Centuries - Outer Limits 
13. The Hallmarks - Baby We Can Make It Together
14. The Centuries - Anniversary Hop
15. The Ovations - Kiss Me Bye Bye
16. The Inmates - Crystal Ball
17. Vickie & The Van Dykes - True Love
18. The Reminiscents - For Your Love
19. The Hallmarks - Miss Judith Finch 
20. Bernadette Carroll - Care a Little
21. The Shandillons - Shoop De Hoop Twine
22. The Inmates - You Tell Lies
23. The Hallmarks - Soul Shakin' Psychedelic Sally
24. The Shoestring - Candy Andy
25. Tommy Manno - Conceited
26. Eugene Viscione - Parting Kiss
27. Tommy Falcone & Co. - Ballad of a Recording Company