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Acapulco gold rainy daze7/1/2023 Containing a nice mix of pop and psychedelic elements, the disc was quite good, and in hindsight is comparable to select moments of the Electric Prunes and the Stained Glass.Īlthough “That Acapulco Gold” died an unforgivable death, Tim Gilbert and John Carter continued to write songs and reaped riches in the fall of 1967 when their wiggy and wonderful, “Incense and Peppermints” – recorded by the Strawberry Alarm Clock – transpired into a No. Distorted guitars set the pace, compounded by clipped vocals, a bruising break, haunting vibes, and concluding to an explosion of rumbling feedback.īoth “That Acapulco Gold” and “In My Mind Lives a Forest” were included on the Rainy Daze’s only album, also titled That Acapulco Gold. Music by Leo Kottke, Carlos Santana, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Heads, Hands and Feet, The Rainy Daze, Tontos Expanding Headband and Billy Baker. Cast of trippy lyrics regarding listening to leaves caress the ground and clocks with no hands, “In My Mind Lives a Forest” proved to be a potent piece of acid-scented matter. Text Inside: Cause the weather gets better when we are high together Size: 5 X 7 Included: Envelope, Plastic Packaging, Custom matchbook -Kushkards Lets. The flip side of “That Acapulco Gold” was further composed by John Carter and Tim Gilbert. would be VG+ but has significant storage marks on side 1, that DNAP. 70 early in 1967, and the Rainy Daze sadly never again acquired much success. The Rainy Daze - That Acapulco Gold (LP, Album). Shortly after “That Acapulco Gold” started to gain traction, conservative radio programmers pulled the plug due to the fact the song was about heading south to score marijuana in the hopes of curing sniffles and sneezes. Receiving an impressive amount of regional airplay, the perky little vaudeville-flavored ditty was quickly picked up by the Uni label for national distribution. The band’s first single, “That Acapulco Gold,” was penned by their singer and guitarist Tim Gilbert, along with his college roommate John Carter.ĭirected by jolly tap-dancing rhythms and swarms of sunny choruses, “That Acapulco Gold” sounded like something straight out of the Lovin’ Spoonful songbook. A Denver, Colorado band, the Rainy Daze came together in 1965 and gleaned an admirable reputation locally, leading to signing a deal with Chicory Records late in 1966.
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