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The Mamas & The Papas: A Gathering Of Flowers - The Anthology Of...

(2013/Universal/Real Gone) 20 tracks

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Genre Beat
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EAN: 0848064002154
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Mamas & The Papas, The - A Gathering Of Flowers - The Anthology Of... CD 1
01	Straight Shooter	The Mamas & The Papas
02	Monday, Monday	The Mamas & The Papas
03	Trip, Stumble And Fall	The Mamas & The Papas
04	Go Where You Wanna Go	The Mamas & The Papas
05	I Call Your Name	The Mamas & The Papas
06	I Can’T Wait	The Mamas & The Papas
07	Dedicated To The One I Love	The Mamas & The Papas
08	Free Advice	The Mamas & The Papas
09	Do You Wanna Dance	The Mamas & The Papas
10	Spanish Harlem	The Mamas & The Papas
11	Dancing On The Street	The Mamas & The Papas
12	Once Was A Time I Thought	The Mamas & The Papas
13	Creeque Alley	The Mamas & The Papas
14	Dancing Bear	The Mamas & The Papas
15	Got A Feeling	The Mamas & The Papas
16	No Salt On Her Tail	The Mamas & The Papas
17	Words Of Love	The Mamas & The Papas
18	I Saw Her Again Last Night	The Mamas & The Papas
19	Did You Ever Want To Cry	The Mamas & The Papas
20	California Dreamin’	The Mamas & The Papas

The Mamas and Papas produced music that, for some, was the epitome of high-class folk rock, a... more

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"The Mamas & The Papas"

The Mamas and Papas produced music that, for some, was the epitome of high-class folk rock, a perfect merging of California beat and Greenwich Village melody. But despite their beginnings in the New York folk club scene of the early Sixties and their close association with the Lovin' Spoonful, the Mamas and Papas' musical style owed little to the American folk and blues tradition and was more a contrived product of shrewd pop thinking on the part of producer-manager Lou Adler.

His policy , was to match their sweet vocal sound with a rock backing and to market them in terms of their hippy image, which, though fairly common among solo performers, was almost unheard-of in groups. Most of the Mamas and Papas' material was written by leader John Phillips (born in Parris Island, South Carolina, on Aug. 30, 1941) and his wife Michelle (née Gilliam, born in California in 1944), who harmonized neatly with Cass Elliott (Alexandria, Virginia, Sept. 19, 1943) and Denny Doherty (Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1941). Their first hit was `California Dreamin' ' (Dunhill, 1966) which rivalled Scott McKenzie's 'San Francisco' as a popularizer of the flower-power philosophy.

A dozen more hits followed in the next two years, including 'Monday Monday', 'I Saw Her Again', `Creeque Alley' and a revival of 'Dedicated To The One I Love'. But the group did not progress and after a while their records began to sound pedestrian, too much like the Ray Conniff cover versions of their songs. In 1968, they finally split. Cass Elliott and Denny Doherty went solo, with vary-ing degrees of success. John made the intriguing solo album, The Wolfking of LA, then with Michelle joined the rock jet-set.

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