STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK *

INCENSE & PEPPERMINTS

1967

U.S.

MUSICIENS :

Mark Weitz - organ, piano, harpsichord, vocals

Randy Seol - drums, bongos, vibraphone, vocals

Ed King - lead guitar, vocals

Lee Freeman - rhythm guitar, bass, harmonica, drums, vocals, woodwind

George Bunnell - bass, vocals

Gary Lovetro - bass, vocals

Steve Bartek - flute

Greg Munford - lead vocals on "Incense and Peppermints" (uncredited)

TITRES :

 From vinyl 1967:

1. The World's On Fire

2. Birds In My Tree

3. Lose To Live

4. Strawberries Mean Love

5. Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow

6. Paxton's Back Street Carnival

7. Hummin' Happy

8. Pass Time With Sac (Instrumental)

9. Incense And Peppermints

10. Unwind With The Clock

11. Birdman Of Alkatrash

From compilation 1990:

1. Incense And Peppermints –  (from Incense And Peppermints)
2. Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow –  (from Incense And Peppermints)
3. Birds In My Tree – (from Incense And Peppermints)
4. Sit With The Guru –  (from Wake Up… It’s Tomorrow)
5. Tomorrow –  (from Wake Up… It’s Tomorrow)
6. Barefoot In Baltimore – (from The World In A Sea Shell)
7. Good Morning Starshine –  (from Good Morning Starshine)
8. The Birdman Of Alkatrash – (from a 1967 single)
9. Strawberries Mean Love – (from Incense And Peppermints)
10.Starting Out The Day – (from a 1969 single)

En plein milieu du mouvement hippie, sort ce premier disque au titre révélateur des ambiances du moment : Incense And Peppermints (l'encens et les pastilles mentholées). La pochette est vraiment évocatrice de ce style de vie. Ce disque est une vitrine du son typique de San Francisco, de l'univers pop psychédélique ambiant et de l'influence lysergique sur l'esprit de ses auteurs (jean-claude)