Yesterday marked the beginning of August, and things started off rather splendid for me with an extremely fruitful trip to the record shop. I picked up a handful of gems for a nice price, among them was this 45 by the San Francisco Earthquake.
The San Francisco Earthquake released several 45's on Smash from late 1967 and into '69 that don't seem to get much attention. Apparently songwriter Kenny Young was the band, and it's assumed he was backed with some session musicians while crafting these pop-psych delights. Kenny Young is a man with a vast musical career and can be most easily recognized as co-writer of 'Under The Boardwalk' . Check out a brief interview with him here.
As for the record at hand, 'March Of The Jingle Jangle People' is one of those tunes where it only takes 5 seconds into the song to realize you've got a winner. The flute and sitar intro leads into an eastern flavored guitar line and lyrics describing a 'happy finger cymbal snappin' day'. Fan-fuckin'-tastic. The song is a 'two-thirty punchbowl' filled to the brim with what seems to be every damn thing they had laying around in the studio. It's the sound of all of the coolest pop song implements leftover from '67 that's for sure. I can't believe this tune isn't more well known.
The flip side, 'Bring Me Back A Little Water', is an acoustic guitar based song that is not quite as happening, but it's still a nice listen with some interesting percussion and a slight country vibe.
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