You newest post brought back a few memories for me.
My parents used to mix up martinis at yard parties and everybody would dance in a conga line to Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop. It was like a scene out of the cable television show Mad Men.
I had forgotten what a great song All Cried Out was. I have a remastered copy of A Girl Called Dusty where the mix sounds much better. Most of the dozens of Dusty anthologies were mastered in pre-digital age and have the sound quality of an 8 track tape player.
I've listened to the Mamas & Papas for years and somehow I never came across the across the song Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To the Canyon) until about five years ago. Like California Dreamin' autobiographical song about John Phillips' move from New York City to Laurel Canyon in sunny La-La Land. I think it's the most beautiful song John Phillips ever wrote. The lead vocal harmonies by Cass & Denny on the verses are so lovely I get a lump in my throat whenever I play the song.
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There are two types of music: the first type is the blues and the second type is all the other stuff.
Townes Van Zandt
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