The Tingling Mother's Circus - A Circus Of The Mind (@320)

 

The Tingling Mother's Circus - A Circus Of The Mind

The Tingling Mother's Circus' only album released in 1968 is an  psychedelic pop rock album which reminds of the 60's similarities such as Chameleon Church, Cherry People and The Yellow Payges. The Tingling Mother’s Circus Were A New York Group That Included Guitarist Elliott Randall Who Is Best Known For His Great Session Work, And For That Wonderful Guitar Solo On Steely Dan’s “Reelin’ In The Years”.

Group  released one single in 1967 Face In My MInd” b/w “Isn’t It Strange (Roulette catalog number 4758) and an album A Circus Of The Mind in 1968.

The album is an ambitious project conceived as a circus performance of two acts. Musically it consists mostly of pop/rock songs some of which were evidently intended to aspire for a wider radio airplay. It owes a lot to psychedelia with horns, fuzzy guitars, country, folk influences. The album didn't sell at the time of its release, but it is now a rare collectors' item. Despite its total commercial flop, it has a very strong and fresh feeling, the songs are catchy, but not kitchy, and there are some very nice and thoughtfully done arrangements. Among the covers on the album are Flowers On the Wall (of The Statler Brothers'), New York Mining Disaster 1941 (that of Bee Gees'), and a very decent version of Yellow Submarine, of The Fab Four's.

       Tracklist:

           

1.       90 Magic Wonders        

2.       Sky Diver           

3.       New York Mining Disaster 1941

4.       Positively Negative        

5.       Flowers On The Wall    

6.       I Found A New Love      

7.       Sunday Kind Of Feelin' 

8.       Happy Bubble  

9.       Yellow Submarine         

10.   Epilogue

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