[Hillsdale Guy]

This pro-Vietnam War record was the last to be released by The Shangri-Las

Well, do oyu suppose the music "industry" had anything to do with that? Probably the last one they were ALLOWED to release.

[Fiji Hill]

"Long Live Our Love," another pro-war record by the Shangri-Las on the Red Bird label, reached #33 on the Hot 100 in early 1966, and stayed on the chart for six weeks. However, Red Bird soon went out of business, so the group switched to the Mercury label, which issued "Take the Time" in 1967.

Mary Weiss, a group member, later told an interviewer that Mercury didn't give them much support. She also said that the Shangri-Las supported our servicemen, although she opposed the war and didn't want to record the song.

"Take the Time" is now a collector's item, but it should be available on CD.