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Album: Happy Lovin' Time: Sunshine Pop
# Song Title   Time
1)    Make Up Your Mind - Augie Moreno More Info...
2)    Dandelion Wine - The Whatt Four More Info...
3)    The Thinking Animal - The New Wing More Info...
4)    Christina, In My Dreams - Curt Boettcher More Info...
5)    Happy Lovin' Time - The Black Box More Info...
6)    Ostrich People - The Chocolate Tunnel More Info...
7)    She Loves Me - Dave Antrell More Info...
8)    How Many Times - Jim Gordon More Info...
9)    Games - The Bogart Cult More Info...
10)    Bad Sign - The Jay Bees More Info...
11)    Am I Wastin' My Time - Johnny Apollo More Info...
12)    Clean Up Your Own Backyard - The Bakersfield Poppy Pickers More Info...
13)    Nowhere To Go - The Four Freshmen More Info...
14)    Is It Love - Willie & The Walkers More Info...
15)    Savin' (Everything For You Girl) - The Lords More Info...
16)    Stay - Curt Boettcher More Info...
17)    You Take Things Lightly Babe - Dave Antrell More Info...
18)    The Highly Successful Young Rupert White - The Privilege More Info...
19)    Is It Better To Live Or To Die - Mary Saxton More Info...
20)    Don't Put Me Down - The Lords More Info...
21)    It's Written All Over My Face - The Bakersfield Poppy Pickers More Info...
22)    Who Do You Think You Are - The Jay Bees More Info...
23)    Dirt Beneath My Feet - Homogenized Dirt More Info...
24)    I Never Wanna Hurt You - Dave Antrell More Info...
 
Album: Happy Lovin' Time: Sunshine Pop
# Song Title   Time
1)    Make Up Your Mind - Augie Moreno More Info...
2)    Dandelion Wine - The Whatt Four More Info...
3)    The Thinking Animal - The New Wing More Info...
4)    Christina, In My Dreams - Curt Boettcher More Info...
5)    Happy Lovin' Time - The Black Box More Info...
6)    Ostrich People - The Chocolate Tunnel More Info...
7)    She Loves Me - Dave Antrell More Info...
8)    How Many Times - Jim Gordon More Info...
9)    Games - The Bogart Cult More Info...
10)    Bad Sign - The Jay Bees More Info...
11)    Am I Wastin' My Time - Johnny Apollo More Info...
12)    Clean Up Your Own Backyard - The Bakersfield Poppy Pickers More Info...
13)    Nowhere To Go - The Four Freshmen More Info...
14)    Is It Love - Willie & The Walkers More Info...
15)    Savin' (Everything For You Girl) - The Lords More Info...
16)    Stay - Curt Boettcher More Info...
17)    You Take Things Lightly Babe - Dave Antrell More Info...
18)    The Highly Successful Young Rupert White - The Privilege More Info...
19)    Is It Better To Live Or To Die - Mary Saxton More Info...
20)    Don't Put Me Down - The Lords More Info...
21)    It's Written All Over My Face - The Bakersfield Poppy Pickers More Info...
22)    Who Do You Think You Are - The Jay Bees More Info...
23)    Dirt Beneath My Feet - Homogenized Dirt More Info...
24)    I Never Wanna Hurt You - Dave Antrell More Info...
 
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  • Liner Note Author: Alec Palao.
  • One of the great eccentric pop producers of the '60s, Gary S. Paxton first scored with the early-'60s novelty singles "Alley Oop" and "Monster Mash," and a decade later he decamped for Nashville, where he got straight and found religion. In between those two extremes, he scored smash hits with the Association and Tommy Roe, and those singles are the touchstones for Happy Lovin' Time: Sunshine Pop from the Garpax Vaults, a spectacular collection of 24 Paxton-produced rarities from the late '70s. Most of these recordings -- a good chunk of which are unreleased; 13 of the 24, to be exact -- were made in 1966 and 1967, which is when Paxton headquartered his Garpax Studios in Hollywood, instructing the Four Freshmen on how to sing harmonies as he foraged a fruitful partnership with Curt Boettcher. "Nowhere to Go," that Four Freshmen 45, is here, as are the unreleased Boettcher numbers "Stay" and "Christina, In My Dreams," along with other collaborations with Curt. Boettcher was a good match for Paxton, ratcheting up his majestic instincts, but what's striking about Happy Lovin' Time is the extent of the producer's quirks, how he'd throw everything into the mix, balancing freaked-out fuzz guitars with blaring horns, undercutting a soul groove with harpsichords, and sliding harmonies into a bath of liquid echoes. All this studio flair is very trippy and very Southern Californian; the sides Paxton recorded in Bakersfield prior to leaving for Nashville aren't of a piece with this lush studio craft, there's not a bit of prescient country-rock. That ingenious use of the studio -- colorful and willful without being self-consciously strange -- is what makes Happy Lovin' Time such a delight. Sure, some of the songs are tightly written or boast hooks that carve their way into the cranium, but it's those sounds, softly swirling yet slyly insistent, that make this collection such a blast and such a valuable document of the swinging '60s L.A. underbelly. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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