Having a hard time getting facts together for this album. At least some of it seems to have been part of a soundtrack to the 1970 US NBC TV-show "Looking Through Super Plastic Elastic Goggles At Color", of which I can't find any detailed info. "The Goggles" was obviously some kind of studio crew only together for this and that special occation. Vocalist Jessica Harper had earlier been in "Hair" and is also known actress in movies like "Suspiria" and "Phantom Of The Paradise". Bassist and vocalist Rod McBrien former recording engineer who'd worked with Jimi Hendrix and Hollies among others. And guitarist David Spinoza who since then have played with many of the great ones, including Paul McCartney, John Lennon and Ringo Starr and also rumoured to have dated Yoko Ono during Lennon's "lost weekend". Soundtrack or temporary studio combo or not, I'm choosing to see this as a one-off album by the band "The Goggles". And the more I hear while slowly falling in love the more I'm convinced - this is something of a lost gem. Very melodic and embracing sunshine pop and psych, conveyed by excellent production, arrangements and audio. Vocals are lovely and instrumentation on the spot. A fine exemple of American period pop - positive and very well done. All tracks work fine with me, but to mention a few - "Super Plastic Elastic Goggles" and "We All Live On A Rainbow" both make me happy and "Light Show Man" has enough twists to get in and get stuck. To my knowledge this was the only release. It came with label as shown here and a matt round sleeve that can be folded out to shape a pair of big goggles. (YZÄ*) (ZÖNT*) (FÄV*)
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