THE CAMBRIDGE CONCEPT OF TIMOTHY CLOVER/A HARVARD SQUARE AFFAIR ST 5114 (-68) US

A record I don't know much about. The music itself is orchestrated flower power pop with a few odd harmonies and tempo changes. There's ten good songs with elaborated melodies and nice vocals. All very well done - performance, production and mixing - giving a kind of British atmosphere, slightly reminding of Beatles "Penny Lane" or well arranged UK singer/songwriter efforts. But apparently it was a New York studio project, made by producers Bruce Patch and Lennie Petze who at the same time was involved with Boston beat group Teddy And The Pandas. I can't find any sign of what band participated on the album or who "Timothy Clover" was. Maybe a local New York combo was hired in uncredited or the whole thing was done by studio musicians as a company make-up by Capitol/Tower to cash in on the flower power movement. In any case it's pretty OK. Maybe not for close listening, but a nice background to peace, love and understanding. To my knowledge only released in US and not reissued. Also as mono (T 5114). (YZÄ*) (RÖKÖ*)