It has a terrific garage band sound although I'm not crazy about the misogynistic lyrics which are worthy of the Rolling Stones. The Gilbert/Carter team also were credited with "Incense and Peppermints" by the Strawberry Alarm Clock" as well as most of the songs on this record almost all of which I think are better than "That Acapulco Gold." My favorite is the hard rocking "Absurd Bird" which has a smoking guitar solo from Mac Ferris. It is about a couple who go down to Mexico on their honeymoon to score some Acapulco Gold - "ain't nothin' it can't fix." The song was written by Tim Gilbert, the group's lead singer and rhythm guitar player and his college roommate John Carter, who later had a notable career as a record company executive and record producer. I use the term "rock" lightly because the song sounds more like an old-timey music hall type song akin to Harpers Bizarre or Sopwith Camel. It achieved notoriety for being one of the first rock songs that was explicitly pro-marijuana. The band is largely known for the title track, "That Acapulco Gold," which was released as a single. Sir John Alot of Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng & Ye.6 and Acid and Flowers (CD) and Fe Fi Fo Fum on Highs In The Mid Sixties, Vol. 7 (LP & CD) That Acapulco Gold on Psychedelic Visions (CD) In My Mind Lives A Forest on Psychedellc Archives, Vol. Recommended.Ĭompilation appearances have included: Absurd Bird on Kicks & Chicks (LP) Make Me Laugh on Of Hopes And Dreams & Tombstones (LP) and Psychedelic Unknowns, Vol. However, the album's finest moment was In My Mind Lives A Forest (the flip to their first 45) - an exquisite slice of pop-psychedelia. Aside from an almost four minute medley of Shake, Knock On Wood and Respect, other notable songs include a pretty good cover of Stephen Stills' For What Its Worth, a fuzzy Taxman-like song called Weatherman and an Eastern-style slice of psychedelia, Snow And Ice And Burning Sand. Their album includes the first 45 and Discount City, a sorta bluesy honky tonk, which was the 'A' side of their third 45. Carter) would appear on Hardwater (fellow Coloradans The Astronauts in disguise), Yankee Dollar, Horses and Strawberry Alarm Clock LPs. He would go into songwriting and his compositions (with J. Tim Gilbert, the main songwriter, also released a solo 45 Early October/If We Stick Together (UNI 55045) 1967 - folkie fare which has been compared to Tim Buckley. One of the best, a beautifully crafted piece of pop-psych was originally released as Fe Fi Fo Fum, but was almost immediately withdrawn and reissued with a different title Blood Of Oblivion, even securing a U.K. Although they never again equalled this commercial success they continued to make some excellent 45s. However, it was quickly leased to UNI and became the band's best known song making the No. Almost unbelievably they were unearthed by Phil Spector who signed them to a management contract and a giant publicity campaign was planned but never really materialised.Ī year or so later That Acapulco Gold appeared on the local IP label and Frank Slay, a local producer, bought the rights and released it on his Chicory label. They first formed in 1965 when they specialised in playing beat and R&B and they were a regular attraction at local frat parties. Only the first 45 appears on their album which is recommended. Only the first 45 app… Read Full Bio ↴ A great pop-punk-psychedelic outfit from Denver, Colorado. ![]() A great pop-punk-psychedelic outfit from Denver, Colorado.
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