Who: Chris Ducey
What: Songs Of Protest And Anti Protest
Where: Los Angeles, California, USA
Why: Two albums titled “Songs Of Protest And Anti Protest”, released nearly 50 years apart, have caused quite a bit of controversy and confusion since being recorded in 1965.
Originally “Songs Of Protest And Anti Protest” was an album contracted by Surrey Records from 1960s folk singer Chris Ducey. Ducey’s version of the album contained ten songs but contractual issues arose when it was discovered he had prior legal commitments to ABC Records.
Unable to release Ducey’s recordings, producers Randy Wood and Betty Chiapetta sought out a new musician to re-write and re-record the album.
Eventually the producers settled on Bobby Jameson, a 19 year old L.A. based pop singer who had recorded Mick Jagger and Keith Richards’ “All I Want Is My Baby” with the Stones in London in early 1965.
Since the record sleeves for Ducey’s album were already printed, Wood and Chiapetta had Jameson write ten new songs with the same titles as Ducey’s recordings, with the existing sleeves overprinted with the word Ducey changed to Lucey.
Ultimately Ducey’s 10 recordings for the album would languish in storage for nearly 50 years until their eventual release in 2013 by Essential Media Group.
Ducey, an original member of the groups Prairie Madness and Penny Arkade, went on to release the album Duce Of Hearts a decade later in 1975 for Warner Brothers Records as well as the album I Am A Rock for the 1970s Las Vegas, Nevada tax scam label Krios Records.
At present, Ducey’s exact whereabouts are unknown. It is not known whether he is living or dead.
When: 1965 (recorded) 2013 (released)
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