Majic Ship

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Arising out of adolescent garage band the Primitives, which played primitive covers of British Invasion tunes, the New Primitives came together in New York City in 1966, originally composed of a group of high school friends: Ray Rifice (guitar), Tommy Nikosy (guitar), Rob Buckman (drums), and Mike Garrigan (vocals). Soon, the band increased to a group of six with the addition of bassist Gus Riossi. Jeff Bilotta was finally added as the organist and added the key ingredient to the soft rock sound that instantly popularized this band and created two hits. Nightthime Music and Hummin...;..see later.. They kept a busy performance schedule throughout the next few years when their high school commitments allowed it. In 1968, Rifice left the band to attend college, but at about the same time, former '50s crooner turned manager Johnny Mann saw the band live and promised to get them a recording contract. Philip Polimeni replaced Rifice on lead guitar, and the New Primitives became Majic Ship. Mann introduced the band to the Tokens, an immensely popular group made internationally famous with the single the Lion Sleeps tonight. The Tokens relied heavily on the souful organ solo of Jeff Bilotta and help this band produce their first single, "Night Time Music." It became a local hit, even gaining the band some national airplay, as did their second single, "Hummin." Lead by organist Jeff Bilotta, with strong vocal harmonies of Mike Garrigan and Tom Nickosiy, the band co

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Majic Ship

The Complete Recordings

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Macaframa

The Complete Authorized Recordings

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The Day After The Sabbath 66: Music's Gotta Stay

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Realistic Patterns/Wednesday Morning Dew - Realistic Patterns, Vol. 1 & 2

Complete Authorized Recordings

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Psychedelic Crown Jewels - Vol. 1

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Wednesday Morning Dew: Realistic Patterns 2 / Orchestrated Psychedelia From The Usa

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Macaframa OST

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Wednesday Morning Dew - Realistic Patterns 2

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Macaframa Soundtrack

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