Description

Reduced price due to bent mark and tab marks on front cover

Mission Magic was an early-70s cartoon that aired on Saturday mornings between 1973 and 1975 and featured time traveling kids and Rick Springfield (who had already had a chart hit in the U.S. with Speak To The Sky in 1972) starring as himself. At the end of each episode was a song, all written and performed by Rick Springfield. It was a forgettable piece of fluff that would be forgotten entirely except for Springfield’s future stardom. Speak To The Sky features material from that cartoon show. The material cant be compared to Ricks later rock tunes but features some pretty good bubblegummy goodness. Unlike the usual procedures for an album like this, Springfield wrote all the songs and he proves quite adept at cranking out hooky, fun, and simple tunes that won’t tax your brain but will leave you feeling good. In keeping with the target audience, many of the songs have positive kid-friendly messages, telling them You Can Do It (If You Really Try), that Love Is the Answer, and that everyone is special in their own way so You’d Better Think Twice before being mean. Other songs just aim to be good-time rockers like the roof raising We’re Gonna Have a Good Time or It’s Driving Me Crazy. Some sound like prequels to Working Class Dog (Free and Easy), some are just carefree and wonderful (Just Gotta Sing). On albums under his own name, Springfield can come off as too studied or mannered, here he’s not concerned with deep thoughts or real emotions, and it frees him to concentrate on making the kind of songs that pop like bubblewrap. You can make a case for this album to be a great lost treasure of ’70s pop, it’s that good and that much fun. Rick Springfield fans should find it interesting to hear what he did before Working Class Dog; bubblegum fans will appreciate it as good bubblegum. Mission Magic was released in Czech Republic as Speak To The Sky with one bonus track

Track list:
1. We’re Gonna Have A Good Time
2. It’s Driving Me Crazy
3. Free And Easy
4. You Can Do It (If You Try)
5. On The Other Side
6. You Can’t Judge A Book
7. Love Is The Key
8. You’d Better Think Twice
9. Welcome To The Rodeo
10. I Want You
11. Just Gotta Sing
12. If We Help One Another
13. Starlight, Starbright
14. Catch Me If You Can
15. I Know That It’s Magic
16. Theme From Mission Magic
17. Over The World (Cartoon Series)
18. Speak To The Sky