Monday in May (A May Day of Hell)
1970 · Sundi SR-6815 · Tampa, Florida
- Artist
- Third Condition
- Title
- Monday in May (A May Day of Hell)
- Release
- Monday in May (A May Day of Hell)
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Sundi # SR-6815
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Tampa, Florida, USA
- Songwriter
- Chuck Robinette
- Genre
- Garage Rock · Garage Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Notes
original promo copy under the title Monday in May (A May Day of Hell) - title then changed to "Monday in May (The Kent State Tragedy)" Sundi Records SR-6815, "A Gil Cabot Enterprises, Inc. Release", P.O. Box 7229, Tampa, Florida 33603. The first promotional pressing (white label, "Promotion Copy Not for Sale", stamped "Rush Release") titles the song "Monday in May" (A May Day of Hell) (C. Robinette), Candius Music (BMI), vocal, 3:14, produced by Gil Cabot, engineer Phil Kempin. The later D.J. copy (white label with yellow flowers, "Not for Sale", SR-6815 A, 7856, "A Cabot Entertainment Companies Release", "Nationally distributed by Transglobal Distributing Corporation—USA") titles it "Monday in May (The Kent State Tragedy)" (C. Robinette), Candius Music BMI, 2:59, intro :12, with a handwritten date "9/10/70". [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
garage rock band from Daytona Beach, Florida, featuring Charles "Chuck" Robinette (lead singer), Ralph Citrullo (bass), Chris Drake (vocals, guitar), Allen Dresser (guitar), Max Easom (drums, vocals), and Neil Haney (vocals, organ).
Themes
In collections
Garage Rock Songs · Kent / Jackson State Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]