It is the equivalent to the sixties type version of `ABBA's" box set, "Thanks You For The Music" in its inclusiveness. Some of the studio clatter can be annoying, but the big fans won't mind it. You need no other CD by the "Mamas and the Papas" if you own this 4 CD set of 101 songs. Jaime Gillįind more music at the BBC This link will take you off Amazon in a new window Without them, that pop history bookreally would be boring. And omitting Mama Cass' un-nerving, prophetic 'Californian Earthquake' is a silly mistake.īut this is a collection that defies griping, a treasure chest of pop gold and gems and a truly pleasurable thing to own. Occasionally the Mamas' huge harmonic sound can cloy and while their cover of 'You've Got to Hide Your Love Away' effortlessly bests the original, the same cannot be said of their nauseous version of "Yesterday". 'Dream A Little Dream of Me' has been covered by hundreds of artists, but it has never been sung as smokily and dreamily as it is here, while the Mama Cass' solo 'Make Your Own Kind Of Music' is so simple, catchy and happy that it makes Abba sound like Radiohead.Īnd no, nobody needs all 101 of these songs. But, like all good anthologies, there are hidden treasures here. Understandably, the band's most famous song is 'California Dreaming', a homesick lament which somehow sounds like distilled joy. It's also proof that the Mamas were simply the finest group of vocalists to have ever found their way into a recording studio. Listening to the gorgeous, sumptuous harmonies that open 'Monday Monday' is like opening a door into a fresh, ecstatic world where pop was still young and giddy with its own possibilities. That's why this 4 disc collection, coming so hot on the heels of Wilson's great but over-rated Smile, is such a useful reminder of how heart stoppingly, life affirmingly wonderful the Mamas were at their very finest.
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Hence the deification of Lennon over McCartney, and the fact that the dysfunctional Brian Wilson is often considered the quintessential Californian songwriter when that crown rightfully belongs to the Mamas and the Papas' more boring John Phillips.
Again and again it's the drug addict, the suicidal or the tragic that become icons, while anyone vaguely stable is neglected as dull. If conventional history is written for the victor, then pop history is all too often written for the loser. The Anthology provides not only a must-have set for existing fans but a superb exploration of the bands music for those more recently drawn to their timeless blend of honeyed west-coast harmonies, fusing pop rock and folk matched by few in their wake.
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Compiled by US expert Jim Pierson and with detailed liner notes by journalist Paul Grein, this set features lavish 72 page full colour booklet with over 100 photos, previously unseen material, a full discography, track annotations and foreword from 'Mama' Michelle Phillips. Disc four is a disc of rarities & previously unissued ecordings, including live performances from US television, solo tracks from each of the band and tracks from the 'Barry McGuire with the Mamas & Papas' album, which features many early versions of tracks that would later be hits for the group in their own right. The anthology features all the Mamas and Papas complete studio albums - "If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears", " the Mamas and the Papas", "The Mamas and the Papas Deliver", "International Monterey Pop Festival" (live), "People Like Us", alongside the corresponding single releases, rare tracks and studio /rehearsal takes. The singles " California Dreamin' " and " Monday, Monday" have both been certified as gold records by the RIAA.For the first time - the definitive Mamas and Papas career anthology, presented in a 4 CD digibook set.
In 2012, Sundazed Records located a mono master of If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears in the UK and released it on 180-gram vinyl and a limited edition of 500 compact discs. This is why the sound quality of Mamas and Papas' reissues does not match the best from the 1960s. The original recordings of The Mamas and the Papas, and of labelmates such as Three Dog Night, are therefore lost, and it has been necessary to create digital versions from the stereo album masters, often second- or third-generation tapes. Around 1973, ABC-Dunhill discarded all multi-track session recordings and mono masters because they were deemed obsolete and too expensive to store. The Mamas and the Papas' recordings were released on Dunhill Records until 1967, when the company was sold and the label became ABC-Dunhill.
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