The Meantime - It's A Friday Kind Of Monday

With the tragic passing of Ellie Greenwich this week, I received this little treasure courtesy of my friend Sun, an Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry rarity from '67 on Atco, It's A Friday Kind Of Monday by The Meantime. Sun says, "I bet they called themselves the Meantime because this was something they were doing in the meantime while trying to figure out what was next for them...having segued nicely from having hits with the Shangri-La's to producing hits for Neil Diamond.

I hope you enjoy this little tribute to her genius for her well-known, and not so known great songs and remember her fondly. Ellie we'll really miss you, not just Friday or Monday, but every day of the week.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Ellie
• Greenwich
• Friday
• Kind
• Of
• Monday
• Jeff
• Barry

[cloudsforming]

Chris, Sorry, I don't actually own this record. A friend passed the MP3 along to me, and that's all I was able to share with you.

[ChrisOtheBigC]

This is great! Can you please post the b-side too? THANK YOU!!!

[robjune14]

She wrote Chapel Of Love, River Deep Mountain High, Leader Of The Pack, Do wah diddy, do ron ron, then he kissed me & I can hear music (Beach Boys), Tell Laura I love Her (Ray Peterson) Be My Baby & Baby I Love You ( Ronettes) He' Got The Power (Exciters) and others. Wow!

[robjune14]

Have a listen to Johnny Farnham's version.

[Sweeteesweet1]

@eowyn1964 That's one of my favorite books!

[eowyn1964]

Oh, clever name. I just read "Always Magic in the Air", so I'm looking up some Greenwich/Barry tunes. Thanks for the upload of this one....

[danieljosephleo]

Thanks for this from a big Ellie fan.

[rslitman]

Today is Friday, but it rained so ugly all day that it seemed like a Monday kind of Friday! But at least it was Friday.

[aanko1]

One of my favorites. All voices on the record belong to Ellie (as with The Raindrops), and she named this "group" "The Meantime" after herself. Greenwich = Mean Time (GMT).

[polkadotbox2]

Thanks for sharing this beautiful recording! Ellie will be missed.