rare withdrawn Mama's & Papa's "Toilet" album If You Can Believe your Eyes &Ears
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The Mama's and the Papa's
If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Your Ears
Dunhill Records DS-5006 stereo
this is the first edition that was withdrawn....
because it showed.... gasp.... I am afraid to type this.... a toilet!
cover condition: VG (some separation along three edges...)
suitable for framing!
disc: VG (some light scuffing that doesn't affect playability)
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.
The Mamas & the Papas (credited as The Mama's and the Papa's on the debut album cover and sometimes shortened to Mamas & Papas) were an American/Canadian vocal group who came to prominence in the 1960s (Denny Doherty was from Canada). The group recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968 with a short reunion in 1971, releasing five albums and 11 Top 40 hit singles. They have sold nearly 40 million records worldwide.[1]
Their signature sound was based on four-part male/female vocal harmonies arranged by John Phillips, the band's songwriter, who managed to "leave the folk music behind"[2] and blend his writing with the new "beat" sound in an unprecedented mode.
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