So, on Jessel’s Facebook group ‘Guitarpop and NeoAco Collective’ a member called Steve Hill (who is actually the same Steve Hill from The Marmite Sisters) posted a superb song by a very obscure band called Hallelujah Trail. The song was called “Love Trip” and caught my attention immediately. And I needed to find more about it.

The track was part of a 7-song compilation LP titled “Something’s Happening” (FPL 001) that was released by Flower Power Records in 1990. I couldn’t find this release on Discogs, that’s not great.

We know that other bands included were The Happy Tree People, The Crowd Scene, The Proles. Mother Spiral, Western Colours and Curious Oyster. I don’t think I know these bands.

On the back cover of the record it says that the compilation was compiled by the W.W.V. Crew. Does that name ring a bell? The photography is credited to Lisa Comeau and the cover design to the Funky Dread.

And that’s all info there is on the record itself. Other than it says London on the sleeve. Can I find anything else online?

I do find that the Hallelujah Trail was a 1965 American Western mockumentary spoof directed by John Sturges, with top-billed stars Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton and Pamela Tiffin. It was based on the book of the same title (originally released as “The Hallelujah Train”) by Bill Gulick in 1963.

I didn’t know that, haven’t seen it.

That’s it really. I am hoping a miracle happens and we find out more about this obscure band.

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Listen
Hallelujah Trail – Love Trip