Description

Dunhill 1968 Usu pressing with gimmick gatefold cover. Small cut out

An often misunderstood album, this album (aside from the 1971 reunion album) was the final record by the Mamas And The Papas. It has held up incredibly well over time, and sounds better today than when it was released in mid-1968. The centerpiece of the album is Dream A Little Dream, which very well may be the finest cover version that the group ever recorded, and in the end, was a very nice way to end the group’s short but incredible career. The album also contains some excellent John Phillips material such as 12:30 (a minor hit), Rooms and Too Late. These three tracks form a mini-medley in the middle of the second side, and add a lot of dimension to the record. Cut at the Phillips home studio, the album has a simple sound, but when the vocal majesty cuts through on such tracks as Mansions (one of the band’s lost masterpieces), it’s faultless.

Track list:
1. The Right Somebody To Love
2. Safe In My Garden
3. Meditation Mama (Transcendental Women Travels)
4. For The Love Of Ivy
5. Dream A Little Dream Of Me
6. Mansions
7. Gemini Childe
8. Nothings Too Good For My Little Girl
9. Too Late
10. Twelve Thirty
11. Rooms
12. Midnight Voyage