THE STARFIRES (Los Angeles Band)
The Starfires was an American garage rock band from Los Angeles, that is best known for one of the most sought-after singles of the mid-1960s, “I Never Loved Her”, which can command prices of $1000 or more (although reproductions of the single are also available). This is not the same band as the Starfires of Cleveland, the predecessor band to the Outsiders. (More from Wikipedia)
I had ordered an retrospective album on a predecessor band to the Outsiders called the Starfires; as a matter of fact, the band still had that name when “Time Won’t Let Me” was first recorded. That became yet another Cleveland band that I wrote about: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starfires_(Cleveland_band) .
Actually, when I ordered the Starfires CD, I was hoping against hope that they would turn out to be the band called the Starfires who recorded one of my very favorite Pebbles tracks, “I Never Loved Her”. This 45 has brought up to $1,500 at auction. But of course that was a different band, so I put in Wikipedia what little information I could find on those Starfires in: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starfires .
(September 2013)
