Rich Allen & The Ebonistics "Echoes Of November"

The infamous baseball player Dick(Don't call me Ritchie) Allen did this song in 1968 on the Groovey Grooves label160 He was one hit wonder! It is really not a bad song

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[beefoneeto]

Greeni-I'm a Mets fan so I saw plenty of Allen,Callison,Deron J and Co.Plus playing Strat O Matic and APBA helped.BTW-We tried to help you guys out in '64 last weekend of the season but it wasn't to be.

[Greeni70]

The downfall came when Chico Ruiz stole home and that started the slide They were 61/2 up with 12 games to play! Total collapse! That is hard to do, blowing a lead like that with only 12 games left!

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[beefoneeto]

Allen had some problems but he was a heck of a hitter for the Phillies.

[Greeni70]

@beefoneeto Believe me I know He was my favorite player on the team. I lived and died with him back in 1964 and the years after. This man had all the tools.

[electronmusicjunkie]

What was the "B" side of this tune and is it as good as "EON". I have a copy of this that was on a Jerry Blavatt lp called "The Untouchables" on Old Gold from the mid 80s.

[Greeni70]

Hi, The flipside was "Fanarri" The recorrd was released in 1968 on Groovey Gooves label 160

[DickAllen4HOF]

Can you believe it! The Ballplayers song is a hit in Brazil! Time to induct Dick Allen into the Baseball and R&R HOFs. Hey, if they can put a questionable talent such as Bonnie Raite in the R&R HOF, they can induct a true talent like Dick Allen!

[mvfelizzi]

He did sing this at halftime of a Sixers game. Some clowns booed, too. Seen balls hit longer, but never harder than Richie did. The pride of Wampum, PA

[drjimiboy69]

He actually performed this at 76er game. Wore batting helmet in field to protect himself from unruly fans. Under better conditions would have easily clouted 500 HRs. Could hit for power, average, and run the bases as well as anyone. He had nothing around him in Philly other than John Callison. If he went to the Giants instead of Jim Ray Hart, imagine that 3-4-5: Mays, McCovey, Dick Allen. Best player not in HOF. From '67 on played with damaged right hand. One of greatest talents. Ever.

[brianwells456comcast]

Surely the only person in history to sing lead on a hit record and to hit a baseball(several) over 500ft.in the same year!

[misterten2]

First heard this song today. WCBS-FM dj does a weekly show on WLNG on Long Island and has an annual 'echoes of november' feature, today he told the story of this song it was great! And you are only the second person I met, beside me who played both Strat-O-Matic and APBA. Great board games, too bad they never made into video versions. Wonder if they're still around.

[electronmusicjunkie]

Never heard. Is it as good as the "A" side? For the passed 2 decades when I discovered "EON" on that J Blavatt Old GOLD lp, I never heard it played on the radio and didn't know he was a Phillies player. Also one of the players on the 64 team that was one of the best BB teams in the league but to blow it come Sept. then. WHYY TV 12 (PBS) aired a good documentary about "Connie Mack Stadium" in the summer of 2004 which used this tune at one point. My brother he recorded this tune.

[yvesami]

Dick Allen was BAD! What a hitter! What charisma, and he was probably one of the 3 or 4 least favorite hitters for most pitchers to see come up to bat in his era. A true legend. Plus one of the ballplayers who most spoke his mind in defense of what was right. "If a horse won't eat it..." was just his best-known phrase.