ORANGE ROOFTOPS: The Orange Album LP

Description

The wait is over. Sunnyboy66 Records is honored to bring a lost masterpiece out of the shadows and into the light. The time has finally
come for this album to be unleashed upon the world and receive the recognition it has always deserved.

In the early 2010s, the spirit of ’66 found a new home in Peoria, Illinois. Born from the digital trenches of the legendary garagepunk.com
forums and deep-rooted friendships dating back to the late 80s, Orange Rooftops were never just another revival band. They were a high-octane collision of seasoned veterans—T.J. O’Brien and the “two Jeffs” (Gregory and Phelps) from the 90s garage-punk outfit 13 Frightened Girls, joined by lead guitarist Jason Eaton.

Named as an homage to their past and the classic Liv’in End track, the band spent four years in a basement meticulously mining the gold of the 1960s while crafting their own moody, minor-key originals. Their sound caught the ear of the ultimate garage-rock taskmaster, Jeff Conolly. In a moment of manifesting destiny, the group was handpicked to become “The Orange Lyres,” backing Conolly for a legendary performance at the Firecracker 500 Festival in 2013.

This record captures the raw, unreleased energy of those sessions—a time when the band was opening for icons like The Oblivians, Paul Collins Beat, and GONN. From Iowa City to St. Louis, Orange Rooftops lived the garage dream, culminating in T.J. and Jeff Gregory touring as part of the Lyres family tree. After thirty years of silence, these tracks are finally out of the vault and on the turntable, where they belong. This is the authentic sound of four guys who lived for the fuzz and realized their greatest ambitions one power chord at a time.

This album was recorded in 2012 by drummer Jeff Gregory in the band’s rehearsal space (the “Batcave”), located deep in the bowels of the industrial warehouse district of Peoria. Consisting of original songs written by the band, as well as their own re-imagined versions of songs by the Dovers, Keggs, Rhythms, Savages, Groupies, Hysterics, and the Blonde Bomber.

Orange Rooftops (2010-2014) was:
Jason Eaton – Lead Guitar, Vocals
Jeff Gregory – Drums, Backup Vocals
Jeff Phelps – Bass, Backup Vocals
T.J. O’Brien – Rhythm Guitar, Vocals

Tracklist
Side A
1.Won’t Get Far 02:32
2.I Get So High On You 02:06
3.She Don’t Like Kissing Me No More 02:11
4.Everytime 02:42
5.Make My Love Feel True 02:04
6.The Wold Ain’t Round, It’s Square 02:50
7.Love’s Hope 04:09
Side B
8.The Third Eye 02:21
9.Down In The Bottom 02:35
10.Never Been So Down 02:31
11.I Don’t Have To Follow 02:47
12.I Am To Blame 01:39
13.To Find Out 02:18
14.Girl 02:26