Occasionally a record sold well in one part of the country but did nothing elsewhere. This was a solid hit pretty much only in L.A. for the Merry-Go-Round. That group featured Emitt Rhodes from Hawthorne, CA (hometown of the Beach Boys) who later became one of the first rockers to play all the instruments on an album by himself. Les Paul multitracked his hits in the early 50's, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney did it in the 70's, and these days everybody does it, but in the late 60's that was very rare.
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