Los Angeles psych/acid rock band active 1967-71, 1974-75 and 1982-now. For the larger public maybe mostly recognized as a one-hit-wonder, due to the 45 "Incense And Peppermints" reaching Billboard #1 November 1967. They have a long and turbulent history, way too much to get into here. If you want carreer details the Wikipedia article is highly recommended - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Alarm_Clock .For the lover of garage psych flooded with fuzz guitars and organ who also appreciate good melodies, harmony singing and don't care about etiquette, this debute album must be near tophole. An odd yet fitting blend of hard core psych, summer of love and bubble-gum. The long "The World's On Fire" with its semi-prog (improvised?) mid-part including fuzz guitar, organ and flute. "Birds In My Tree", "Hummin' Happy" and "Incense And Peppermints" good songs, catchy in soft psych kind of way. "Strawberries Mean Love" supported by mildly howling guitars, "Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow" groovy resting on dreamy flute and organ and "Lose To Live" funky psych. So diverse styles but the whole thing well kept together by the spaced-out atmosphere. A fine exempel of music from a time when drugs flowed over the rock scene and musical patterns were dissolved and renewed. That kind of uninhibited substance enforced experimenting seems to have died along with some of its most prominent practitioners, but that's another story. It did bring lots of good music we still can enjoy today and with this I truly do. Premiere US on UNI (7/3014). UK mono on Pye International (NPL.28106). Originally also issued in Canada, South Africa, Downunder and a couple of European countries. Japan 1997 CD on Universal (MVCE-22007) came with flip side "Bridman Of Alcatrash" as bonus. First French had label as shown here and laminated flip/back cover. (MFÄX*) (ÖGÄ*)
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