Harpers Bizarre / The Secret Life Of Harpers Bizarre (US, Warner Bros. , WS 1739) <September 1968>

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Harpers Bizarre / The Secret Life Of Harpers Bizarre (US, Warner Bros. , WS 1739) <September 1968>
(SIDE 1) DJ 39347 WS 1739 A-1A A2
(SIDE 2) DJ 39348 WS 1739 B-1A A2

Harpers Bizarreは1967-70年にかけて活動したUSのバンドです(もとはThe Tikisという名前だったそうです)。一定の成功を収めましたが、むしろ有名になったのは1990年代以降の「ソフト・ロック」ブームのなかで再評価されてから、でしょう。

ちなみに、The Tikis時代からHarpers Bizarreのドラマーだったのは、なんとあの名プロデューサーTed Templemanです。Ted Templemanのプロデュースした作品といえば、The Doobie Brothersのデビュー作から83年のライヴまでの全アルバムをはじめとして、Van Morrison (Tupelo Honey, Saint Dominic's Preview, It's Too Late to Stop Now), Captain Beefheart (Clear Spot), Little Feat (Sailin' Shoes), Michael McDonald (If That's What It Takes), Aerosmith (Done with Mirrors), and Eric Clapton (Behind the Sun)などなど。このバンドの音楽とあまり関連がないプロデュースのような気がしますね。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ5o30FlLFM

Green Apple Tree (Templeman/Scoppertone)

I'm under the shade of a green apple tree
Shakin' the sunshine off of me
And it's so fine
It's all mine
Just where I want to be

I look at the corn in the cool summer breeze
Waitin' for me to do as I please
And it's so fine
It's all mine

And (don't wanna think about it now)
When the day is through (I gotta pass time somehow)
I'll go, but I know I'll come back again

But now it's the end of a wonderful day
Gee but I wish I could stay
'Cause it's so fine
It's all mine
Ooh...

And (don't wanna think about it now)
When the day is through (I gotta pass time somehow)
I'll go, but I know I'll come back again

I'm under the shade of a green apple tree
Shakin' the sunshine off of me
And it's so fine
It's all mine
Just where I want to be

And it's so fine
It's all mine
Just where I want to be...


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