Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Look through my window (The Mamas & The Papas) (LP 4417)

The Mamas & The Papas  Farewell to the First Golden Era (Vinyl, RCA Records, 1967) *****  

GenrePop 

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 

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5Part 6Part 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.

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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