Wednesday, December 13, 2006

The Peppermint Rainbow - Will You be Staying After Sunday - `69



hey all :

here is another great sunshine pop lp from the 60`s. Lemon Piper producer Paul Leka produced this one as well as even wrote a few trax. includes a great cover of green tamborine ..
lovely vocals & melodies on this one , a must for any sunshine pop / psych pop fan.

ALL TRAX FROM WAX - transferred by da` shaman -

REVIEW :

"What happens when you take elements from two of Spanky & Our Gang's hits -- "Sunday Morning" and "Sunday Will Never Be the Same" -- create a sequel, and let veteran producer Paul Leka oversee the concept? You get a brilliant Top 35 hit from April of 1969, "Will You Be Staying After Sunday," by this little-known group out of Baltimore, the Peppermint Rainbow. Sisters Pat Lamdin and Bonnie Lamdin, singing in unison, sound like Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane, and the song has the same soaring melodic style that made "Sunday Will Never Be the Same" so precious two years prior to this. Leka would hit again in November of 1969 with Steam's "Na Na, Hey Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye," and has an impressive résumé ranging from Gloria Gaynor to songwriter Tim Moore's Behind the Eyes, and he hits a 90 percent with this album, which has a number of potential hits, from "Walking in Different Circles" to "I Found out I Was a Woman." The Lamdin sisters have a wonderful style, dipping into a Mamas & the Papas mode for "And I'll Be There" (Spanky McFarlane, after all, replaced Mama Cass in a latter-day Mamas & the Papas). There are more references to "Sunday" here, as well as on "If We Can Make It to Monday," a sequel to "Will You Be Staying After Sunday," written by the same songwriters. Paul Leka composed "Green Tambourine" for the Lemon Pipers, and it appears here as well, though in not as refined a form as the 1967 hit, this version a bit more folky. "Run Like the Devil" is the one turkey on here, one of the guys in the band not being able to hold his own on vocals, but with material by Barry Manilow/American Breed songwriter Scott English and superb production by Leka, the Peppermint Rainbow deliver a truly smart and entertaining pop album." -- AMG

  • THE PEPPERMINT RAINBOW - WILL YOU BE STAYING AFTER SUNDAY - DECCA - `69 - MP3 @ 320 KBPS - 60MB
  • *includes high rez front/back cover scans


  • 1 - Will You Be Staying After Sunday
  • 2 - If We Can Make It to Monday
  • 3 - Pink Lemonade
  • 4 - And I'll Be There
  • 5 - Run Like the Devil
  • 6 - Jamais
  • 7 - Don't Wake Me Up in the Morning, Michael
  • 8 - Walking in Different Circles
  • 9 - Sierra (Chasin' My Dream)
  • 10 - Green Tambourine
  • 11 - Rosemary
  • 12 - I Found out I Was a Woman


download -- here --

24 comments:

Anonymous said...

Another great group!

Although they also sound like the group "Original Caste" besides "Spanky & our Gang".

Anonymous said...

Verrrrrrrry niiiiiice!

Any chance you have the Pleasure Fair album on UNI? I had TWO copies of this and offloaded them ages ago; of course I regret it now ... never seen it anywhere since ... lovely album w/Robb Royer pre-Bread ...

akashaman said...

thanks alot , glad u guys are diggin` on this !
i don`t have the "pleasure fair" LP , havent even heard of it till now , but will keep my eyes peeled for it tho ! it sounds great , will try & locate a copy `

aka`

Anonymous said...

Hey aka - The Pleasure Fair album really is a lost "classic" of soft pop. There's no psych element (none that I can remember), but it's a lovely-sounding album with great harmonies, and a cover of "Barefoot In The Park". I'm sure you'd love it. I'm glad this kind of music is being appreciated after so long. I always felt guilty about liking Spanky And Our Gang more than the Thirteenth Floor Elevators, but I can't help it - I do!

akashaman said...

ha , dont feel guilty , me too !
much more into the sunnier side of psych. the more blues based , fuzz stuff is great & all , but i really dig the more embellished , dare i say "overproduced" pop than anything : spin on & i`ll keep em coming !

aka`

Anonymous said...

WOW!!!! Another long lost jewel of the crow at last posted for our pleasure!!! I didn´t heard before this combo,only had some info,but their (sole?) album is a good example of sunny pop!! I´m listening to it while Í write my comment and I think this is an excellent one!!!
Once again,a million thanks for making our lives musically happier!!
Ah!! If you don´t know these bands and you cand find their (unique) albums,I recommend to search for them,for a good listening,there are two little masterpieces:
-THE PEPPERMINT TROLLEY: Same (Kapp records,1967??)USA
- JUPITER SUNSET: Same (Emi Pathe,1970) France
Best wishes
HAMMERHEAD

Anonymous said...

Yeah, I have The Peppermint Trolley Co. album on vinyl. Fabulous, and very underrrated. It's far better than The Troll's album, for example, and kind of similar.

akashaman said...

ya , i have wanted that pep. trolley LP for a long time now , never have seen one save ebay , i`ll keep my eyes peeled : thanks so much for the feedback guys

happy holy daze :

aka`

Anonymous said...

The trolls album???

You mean trolls - animated music???

Oh wait...you mean short for trolley right?

Anonymous said...

"Animated Music" - yep, that's the one. Had that, dumped it, never regretted it. Horrible song about a shoe-maker or something. PTC album similar vein, less saccharine, more consistent.

akashaman said...

You mean trolls - animated music???
Oh wait...you mean short for trolley right?


haha , ya i meant short for trolley !

:)

aka`

Anonymous said...

very nice album

Bluegreen Anemone said...

Along the same lines... the Kit-Kats. I have a CD reissue of their discography if interested... I love it.

spottedeagleray@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

Thanks so much for this one. And I'm glad to see there are other closet PR fans out there. I grew up listening to the Animals, Beatles, Stones, Lee Michaels, Airplane, Grand Funk, Seatrain, Blue Cheer and many others. Always felt I had to hide the fact that I liked this one...

Anonymous said...

Superb stuff! You are a dude, this blog is marvellous!

Anonymous said...

Hi,
Is this a bubble gum? So what?I do like bubble gums,and more often than not I like to chew in the small hidden drop of surprise that lingers innocently in the center.

So many "serious" reviewers say that bubble gum and the sugar in it damages health.

Why don't you give us an endless break,you wizards,of the ultimate musical knowledge,and let us have some fun, "Kites are fun , and "stay after Sunday",even "run like devils" and catch our own him or her?

Clean teeth, smiling,make them, laughing faces,and harmonious voices are a lot better than snow and winter winds.

Let the sunshine in.

Anonymous said...

Please can you re-upload this one?! The server could not find the file!
Best and keep delivering this amazing music!!
Best
Tiago

Fairfield Parlour said...

Please re-up this one ;)

Mark H said...

Anonymous,

Thanks for redoing the link!

Anonymous said...

sadly the link is kaput again :(
Bilby Rules

akashaman said...

oh , i will fix that shit real quick !

aka`

Anonymous said...

ty for fixing link!!

JJ said...

haha i dont need 'viagra' ^ to enjoy this gem!

thanks man! ur spreading love!

Anonymous said...

thank you for the music
for giving it to me