However, the innocent, innovative ‘60s was a decade of broad possibilities. Oddly enough, it was Stewart who produced all the Beau Brummels singles and albums recorded for Autumn (odd because the Beau Brummels were anything but a funk band). Autumn Records was begun and started by San Francisco DJ Tom Donahue and featured the production talents of an up-and-comer named Sylvester Stewart (later to become Sly Stone of Sly & the Family Stone fame).
Starting in 1964, on the tiny Autumn Records label, the Beau Brummels had had two Top Ten radio charters, "Laugh, Laugh" and "Just A Little." It was an era when small labels could have big hits, though they usually had to cut distribution deals with bigger labels. When Triangle appeared in 1967, the Beau Brummels were on the down slope of their hit-making history. Unlike the Beatles, the Beau Brummels were only fairly successful. Page-boy haircuts and sharkskin suits snugly in place, they were "the American Beatles." Like the Beatles, their music was a combination of folk and rock and roll (though the Beatles had more R&B stock in their stew). The Beau Brummels was America's first salvo in response to the British invasion that invaded her shores in the latter part of 1963 and (especially) 1964. Before Triangle and Beyond By Steve Cooper
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