THE MAMA'S AND THE PAPA'S If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears TOILET COVER
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Dec 5, 2011 Sold Date
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The Mama's and the Papa's
If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
TOILET COVER
Roots Records 1001 Stereo
The leading California-based vocal group of the '60s, the Mamas & the Papas epitomized the ethos of the mid- to late-'60s pop culture: live free, play free, and love free. Their music, built around radiant harmonies and a solid electric folk foundation, was gorgeous on its own terms, but a major part of its appeal lay in the easygoing southern California lifestyle it endorsed. The irony behind the Mamas & the Papas' story is that the same forces that made it possible for them to create extraordinary music together also made it impossible for them to stay together for more than a short time.

If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears is one of the first albums to have several different covers. The first cover (shown at the right) featured the group in a bathroom sitting in a bathtub with a toilet in the corner. The album with this cover was pulled from stores after the toilet was declared indecent. The remaining covers featuring the toilet have since become collector's items. A second album cover was then released with a scroll over the toilet listing the presence of "California Dreamin'" on the album. Two more songs were later added to the scroll/box over the toilet. Still later, a Gold Record Award blurb was added (in black) to the left of the group. Finally, a later album cover was released with a closely cropped shot of the band surrounded by a black border that removed any hint that the picture was taken in a bathroom.
Songs:
Side 1:
Monday, Monday
Straight Shooter
Got A Feelin'
I Call Your Name
Do You Wanna Dance
Go Where You Wanna Go
Side 2:
California Dreamin'
Spanish Harlem
Somebody Groovy
Hey Girl
You Baby
In Crowd
Condition:
Jacket is in VG- condition, artwork is clean and original, upper edge has 2.25" split, 3.75 inch split along bottom edge.



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