The Lime - Love a Go Go
The Lime (sorry about the crooked scan)
Greetings all.
I hope everyone had an excellent weekend and is ready and raring to go with some new grooves for the new week.
Today’s selection is something I referenced a while back when I included its b-side (a cover of the Doors ‘Soul Kitchen’) in Volume 2 of the Iron Leg Digital Trip.
The tune I bring you today - with, finally the picture sleeve and label that I promised I’d scan – is ‘Love a Go Go’ by the Lime.
As I mentioned previously, it was probably more than 20 years ago when I dug not one but two copies out of a dusty bin at a supremely unlikely record store in Keyport, NJ. At that time I made the (incorrect) assumption that this was a local 45. It was only many years later, after the advent of the interwebs that I discovered that this was in fact an Ohio (the band was apparently from Canton) 45, and that ‘Love a Go Go’ had seen a second, national issue (with a different b-side ‘Hey Girl’) in 1968 on the Chess label!
Oddly enough – and you’d never know it from the pure garage pop sounds emitting from the grooves – ‘Love a Go Go’ is a soul cover - which probably got it issued on Chess . The tune was originally recorded by none other than Stevie Wonder on his 1966 ‘Uptight’ LP. If you get a chance to check out the original - it’s available on iTunes – you can see where the Lime pretty much sucked the Motown out of the song, replacing the ‘Dancing In the Street’-ish horns with a ringing organ line. This is not to say that I don’t dig their version – if I didn’t it wouldn’t be here – but that it’s a very different experience in its original form.
I’ve never been able to track down any other info on the Lime, so if anyone out there has some, please drop me a line.
Peace
Larry
PS For a LOT more info on the Lime go to Buckeye Beat and search the Bands section. Thanks to the reader that forwarded the link
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cool sound, nice organ. almost sounds harpsichord-ish….?
man, i’d love to one day check your collection out…
The Lime was from AKRON, Ohio, not CANTON. One of my neighbors was in it, last name Wagner., possibly Larry. I think there was also a guy last name, I believe Sanders.,first name possibly Russ. I think they all went to Buchtel High School., located on Copley Road in Akron, Ohiohis would have been around1969-1971.
I stand corrected. I saw a reference to the label being in Canton, and incorrectly assumed tha band was as well.
L
hey wasn’t this covered by Dennis Greaves and the UK mod band The Truth in the 80’s?
This band is from akron ohio. Larry,Steve,Russ Sanders all went to Firestone high school.
I am sorry I cant remember the actual names of the other 2 the drummer had the nickname jiddeus(sp) he went on to play with the beatles tribute band 1964. The 3 Sanders are my uncles and I have been searching for this pic for a long time. Is it possible to send me a copy and also do you have these songs in mp3 or any digital format? I see you said you have 2 of them are they the same?
Sorry I see that you do have them on mp3. Please contact me about possibly emailing me the pics thanks.
Sorry ignore my post about the drummer he didnt record with them. He had played with them I just checked with my mom. Steve Sanders went on to record with The Clique on Sugar on Sunday.