Monday, December 27, 2021

The Parade - The Parade 1968 (@320)

 


The Parade - The Parade 1968

 Excellent sunshine-pop!! If we could take "The Radio Song", a Beach Boys pastiche (more a Dolly Sheep of "I Hear Music"), it would be one of the loveliest albums of the genre. In fact, the rest of the songs have a personal and distinctive mark very difficult to carve on a period of intense musical creativity (1966-1969). The Parade were Murray MacLeod, Jerry Riopelle and Smokey Roberds, a trio of musicians/actors/producers based on L.A. and they got their 15 minutes of fame through the 1967 hit "Sunshine Girl", the sunniest of all sunnier sunny tracks of sunshine pop. Sometimes they recall The Mystic Astrological Crystal Band, other times the Peter Pan's bunch of The Ballroom/The Millenium/Sagittarius acts. Appart the song mentioned above, this album album kept the flavour intact like a vintage wine founded on grandpa's country house. Cherry Red (one of the best labels working on there for sure!!) released in 2008 the compilation "Sunshine Girl: The Complete recordings", including the full album plus bonus tracks. A must for all the period fans!!

 Tracklist:

 01.Sunshine Girl2:46

02.She Sleeps Alone2:07

03.The Radio Song2:44

04.Lovers2:34

05.Kinda Wasted Without You2:12

06.Frog Prince2:29

07.Welcome, You're in Love3:03

08.Hallelujah Rocket2:17

09.She's Got the Magic2:32

10.A.C./D.C.2:53

11.Lullaby2:40

12.This Old Melody2:02

13.Laughin' Lady2:30

14.I Can See Love2:31

2 comments:

  1. Kannst du vielleicht the complete recordings von der Band reinstellen? Ich habe mein cd Exemplar leider verloren. Danke !

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