The Mamas & The Papas Farewell to the First Golden Era (Vinyl, RCA Records, 1967) *****
Genre: Pop
Places I remember: Real Groovy Records
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)
Gear costume: I Saw Her Again
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)
Gear costume: I Saw Her Again
They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7
Active compensatory factors: Even though I have three compilations of this seminal sixties vocal group, I have only included this one because it was the first, released in 1967. Plus, the liner notes are written by Derek Taylor - reason enough to feature it on its own.
Active compensatory factors: Even though I have three compilations of this seminal sixties vocal group, I have only included this one because it was the first, released in 1967. Plus, the liner notes are written by Derek Taylor - reason enough to feature it on its own.
As a collection, it was intended to sum up the first golden era, but it worked out to be their only golden era. All the big hits are here: Dedicated to the One I Love; Go Where You Wanna Go; Words of Love; Monday Monday; Creeque Alley; Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon); I Saw Her Again; and California Dreaming.
Where do they all belong? Many other collections would come after it, but this is the best one to my mind. One album - all killer, no filler.

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