Strawberries Mean Love

Artist: Strawberry Alarm Clock
Label: Big Beat UK
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 029667405621
EAN: 0029667405621
ASIN: B0000004E3

Release Date: 2004-12-23

Strawberries Mean Love

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Tracks:

Incense And Peppermints
Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow
Sit With The Guru
Tomorrow
Black Butter - Present
Love Me Again
Pretty Song From 'Psych-Out'
The World's On Fire
Birds In My Tree
The Birdman Of Alkatrash
Small Package
They Saw The Fat One Comming
Strawberries Mean Love
Desiree
Barefoot In Baltimore
Paxton's Back Street Carnival
Hummin' Happy
Sea Shell
(You Put Me On) Stand By
I Climbed The Mountain
Three

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Product Description

1. Incense And Peppermints
2. Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow
3. Sit With The Guru
4. Tomorrow
5. Black Butter-Present
6. Love Me Again
7. Pretty Song From Psych-Out
8. World's On Fire, The
9. Birds In My Tree
10. Birdman Of Alkatrash, The
11. Small Package
12. They Saw The Fat One Coming
13. Strawberries Mean Love
14. Desiree
15. Barefoot In Baltimore - (bonus track)
16. Paxton's Back Street Carnival - (bonus track)
17. Hummin' Happy - (bonus track)
18. Sea Shell - (bonus track)
19. Stand By, (You Put Me On) - (bonus track)
20. I Climbed The Mountain - (bonus track)
21. Three

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Psychedelic Bubble Gum.......2007-05-16

Don't be turned off by the term bubble gum. This is first class bubble gum. The music is at times enchanting and hypnotic. The harmonies are beautifully intertwined into a sweet brew of sound. Many people including myself don't know a lot about the Strawberry Alarm Clock, except for "Incense and Peppermints". This is the best collection out there of theirs' and the first rate liner notes will fill you in on this groups' history. Check out their web site too. Too bad most of their work is out of print. Maybe someone like Rhino will put some of these things back in print. These guys deserve credit for making some fine music.

Great collection- great music- ??? singing!!.......2007-05-03

This SAC cd is the way to go- a great collection spanning their career with most of the highlights from their prime moments. Really interesting arrangments- perhaps some of the most accessible pyschedelic stuff from the sixties. The only downfall of this band is they never had strong vocalists- they get by on the skin of their teeth and with better vocalist/vocalists the material would even be more memorable but all in all theres a charm in the imperfection. Known mostly for "incense" the SAC were more than one hit. These songs showcase a solid experimental band with a grasp of nabbing the best of the sixties and using it their songwriting. Plus they were the house band in the cult classic Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and wrote a song and performed in Jack Nicholsons "Pysche-Out". Sixties flowerpop at its best!

VERY GOOD!.......2007-02-04

It's quite some wonder why this band didn't hit super-stardom...they did, but they didn't, don't know band's history...SAC was able to hit big with "i&p" and "barefoot in baltimore", those songs having two very different sounds, band more versatile than i ever thought back then, actually never knew until this cd that "barefoot" was by them...one thing, and it turns out to be a good thing, you will find many of the songs on this cd are very reminiscent of the songs found in late 60's/early 70's B movies centering around teens and drugs, at least SAC-'esque ...unique sound, unique band...xtremely pleased with this purchase, may even explore them more...thank-you!

Turn on the lava lamp and enjoy rainy day mushroom pillows.......2002-09-25

Well, perhaps the Strawberry Alarm Clock could have been one of the greatest of the 60s vanguard bands, but for the lack of charismatic lead singer. That is why the band's big hit, "Incense and Peppermints" became the hit that it was, because someone other than the regular band members sang the lead. In fact, the singer was just a friend of the band's hanging out in the studio when the song was recorded. "Incense and Peppermints" was put on the B side of a garage punk single "Birdman of Alkatrash," soon to be discovered by a DJ with a good ear, and the rest is history. It is truly one of the grooviest of the groovy hits of the 60s. (But yay all these years later, you have to dig "Birdman" too!)

Still, many of these tunes are simply classic of the times, and showcase the excellent musicianship that was the hallmark of the Strawberry Alarm Clock. The Clock really does capture the hallucinogenic mushroom moments better than any band of the late 60s. Check out "Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow" for instance. One can laugh at the lyrics, but I think it was meant to be tongue in cheek all along (just like the magic mushroom that inspired it). "The World's On Fire" is a fantastic improvisational vehicle and is TOTALLY psychedelic, and when guitarist Ed King chimes in, you know you are listening to something special. "Tomorrow" has a classic 60s pop feel to it, yet like most of the Clock's songs, one can imagine the trippy and dark underpinnings of a drug-induced influence. The darkest song is "Black Butter," which has a subversive and paranoid feel to it, hard to know what exactly it's about, but heroin does come to mind.

The Strawberry Alarm Clock seems to me to be a cross between the psychedelic influences of San Francisco rock, and the breezy pop feel of the L.A. scene that spawned Love and the Beach Boys. No surprise then, that the Clock hailed from between the two factions in Santa Barbara. Surely the Beach Boys, Love and the Airplane must have perceived the Clock as musical peers, for truly, they did have a lot going for them. I can only imagine what heights this band could have risen to had they had a stand-out lead singer.

And like the era that inspired it, ...

DESERVES 5 STARS BUT FIRST (I&P) EFFORT BEST.......2002-02-24

This is great stuff! I fell in love with the original INCENSE AND PEPPERMINTS album that a friend of mine happily picked up in a music store in Amsterdam. I have great memories of listening to that record over and over during the 80s. The song that stood out was "The World is On Fire" which is included in this collection! Several other songs worth hearing from that album are in this collection as well and give the listener a good taste of what this group's first album (cd if you can find it) was all about and why it is worth hunting down. What is included in this gathering of tunes doesn't measure up except for a few such as "Barefoot in Baltimore," "Sit With The Guru" and (my favorite) "Pretty Song From Psych-Out" which I haven't heard since I rented the video back in the 80's. That is truly a beautiful song! Other nice surprises are "You Put Me On Standby"

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