Posts Tagged The Mamas and The Papas

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March 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Hal Blaine

Hal Blaine has died. The session drumming legend was 90. What a life. What a legacy. If he wasn’t the most prolific sessioneer skinsman he was certainly the most successful of the busy-schedule players. A part of one of the greatest groups of all time – The Wrecking Crew (not a band as such, a collective […]

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December 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 351

The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys Today! (1965) It’s about here – on their eighth album (already!) – that The Beach Boys start to grow up and away from the “Surf” songs; not that there’s anything wrong with the best of the surf songs. But here we get the start of the real sophistication – […]

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November 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: A Ham Sandwich Walks Into A Bar…

The old joke has it that if Karen Carpenter and Mama Cass had just shared the same ham sandwich they’d both be alive today. It’s hilarious – because one of them was rather thin, the other not so much. they both died due to conditions of the heart. (I’ve no idea where the ham sandwich […]

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April 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 907

The Mamas & The Papas, Farewell To The First Golden Era (1967) I used to have this on tape – same tracklisting, but just a generic “Greatest Hits” title. But it really is a top-notch comp; pretty chuffed to find this LP actually. I like The Mamas & The Papas, but you only really need […]