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. 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. He also produced two songs on Tina Turner's 1984 comeback smash Private Dancer before moving into artist management.Ī great pop-punk-psychedelic outfit from Denver, Colorado. Gilbert soon after retired from music, but Carter forged on, later writing for Sammy Hagar and the Motels. He and Carter next masterminded Horses, a country-rock quintet whose eponymous 1969 LP was a victim of White Whale's pending bankruptcy. No doubt the success of "Incense and Peppermints" contributed to splitting the Rainy Daze in early 1968, but Gilbert nevertheless signed to White Whale to record one final Daze single, "Make Me Laugh," backed by L.A. Gilbert and Carter added lyrics and a new melody, titling the finished song "Incense and Peppermints." Thee Sixpence cut the new tune, renamed themselves the Strawberry Alarm Clock immediately thereafter, and in late 1967 topped the Billboard pop charts.
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However, by this time Gilbert and Carter were earning notice as a crack songwriting duo, and via Slay earned a crack at revamping a demo track cut by an unknown psych-pop outfit known as Thee Sixpence. After an LP, That Acapulco Gold, and a Tim Gilbert solo single, "Early October," UNI dropped the group. release but still failing to crack pop radio. The follow-up, "Fe Fi Fo," was quickly deleted and reissued under the new and improved title "Blood of Oblivion," even securing a U.K. The Rainy Daze quickly resurfaced with "Discount City," which went nowhere. Once radio programmers finally intuited the song's pro-marijuana content, it was pulled from play lists coast to coast. When the single caught fire locally the fledgling UNI label snapped up national distribution rights, but with "That Acapulco Gold" at number 70 on the Billboard charts, the bottom fell out. A massive publicity campaign was in the planning stages when the spectacular failure of his magnum opus, Ike & Tina Turner's "River Deep, Mountain High," left Spector's career in shambles the Rainy Daze were among the collateral damage, and only in 1967 did their debut single, "That Acapulco Gold" - written by Tim Gilbert in collaboration with his college roommate John Carter - appear on Denver producer Frank Slay's Chicory label.
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Comprised of singer/guitarist Tim Gilbert, his brother Kip on drums, lead guitarist Mac Ferris, bassist Sam Fuller, and keyboardist Bob Heckendorf, the group started as little more than a covers act, nevertheless parlaying a string of frat party gigs into a local television appearance that reportedly caught the attention of famed producer Phil Spector, who extended a management contract. Psychedelic pop combo the Rainy Daze formed in Denver, CO, in 1965. Snow And Ice And Burning Sand 3:11 (Written By: J. In My Mind Lives A Forest 2:45 (Written By: J. Out Of A Calico Dream 2:26 (Written By: J.
Baby I Need Your Loving 3:31 (Written By: E. * Photography - Don Whiteley, Harvey Reeder,ĪLBUM: 1(A) That Acapulco Gold (UNI 73002) 1967.Ġ1. * Album Design - Frazier/Hauge & Associates, * Engineer - Dave Wiechman, Soren Bredsdorff,
The Rainy Daze - That Acapulco Gold (us 1967 UNI Lp)
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