Amplifier, Issue 19, 2000
 

  Various Artists - Where Has The Music Gone? The Lost Recordings of Clem Comstock
(Mental Giant)

Speaking of That Thing You Do...this honey of a disc is patterned after the movie soundtrack, with faux-sixties acts performing faux-sixties tunes that are always enjoyably appropriate. 
Surf, girl-groups, white soul, folk-rock, garage, you name it... it's all here, and it's all good. 
The man behind the mask is clever pop dude Roger Klug, who deserves major kudos for pulling this off.  Liner notes are a blast, too. A-

John M. Borack

 

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