mark volman Archive
08 Mar 2023
Interview Roundup: The Turtles
Everybody knows the Turtles, and most of us love ‘em. Led by co-vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, they made some of the best pop music of the ‘60s: folk […]
08 Oct 2020
Guide for the Turtles Fan: An Album-by-album Discussion with Mark Volman (Part 3 of 3)
Continued from Part Two … Turtle Soup (originally released October 1969) For their fifth album, The Turtles made a highly unconventional choice in producer: they called on British musician Ray […]
07 Oct 2020
Guide for the Turtles Fan: An Album-by-album Discussion with Mark Volman (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One … Happy Together (originally released April 1967) Only four of the 11 songs on Happy Together would be written by group members, but once again, superb […]
06 Oct 2020
Guide for the Turtles Fan: An Album-by-album Discussion with Mark Volman (Part 1 of 3)
What we need in the world today is a Guide for the Turtles Fan lead a guided tour through their six LPs as only Mark Volman can … baa … […]
11 Mar 2019
They Showed Us: ‘The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands’ at 40
By the beginning of 1968, the concept album was very much in vogue; the form was in its ascendancy, with high-profile releases like the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds (released May […]
07 Oct 2014
A Chat With The Turtles’ Mark Volman, Part 2
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: I was ten when the film came out, and even though Dirty Duck was a cartoon, I wasn’t allowed to see that one. It […]
06 Oct 2014
A Chat with The Turtles’ Mark Volman, Part 1
The Turtles – Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan, aka Flo & Eddie – have worked tirelessly to regain the rights and control over their catalog; the latest fruit of their […]