The Mamas & The Papas / The Mamas & The Papas (US, mono, Dunhill, D-50010) <August 30, 1966>

The Mamas & The Papas / The Mamas & The Papas (US, mono, Dunhill, D-50010) <August 30, 1966>
(SIDE A) DM-50010-A-Re2 　△9596
(SIDE B) DM-50010-B 　　 △9596-×

Michelle Phillipsの浮気が発覚しバンドが緊迫していた時期に発売されたセカンド・アルバム。ファースト同様、高く評価されました。

なお、ママス＆パパスのデビュー作から解散までの全4作のプロデュースは全てLou Adlerです。演奏にはメンバーのほか先日亡くなった名ドラマーHal Blaineや「明日に架ける橋」で有名なピアニストLarry Knechtel、同じく「明日に架ける橋」でのベースを始め多くのサイモン＆ガーファンクルの曲でベースを弾いたJoe Osborn、ドアーズのメンバーRay Manzarekなどが参加しています。

"The Mamas & the Papas" is the self-titled second studio album by The Mamas & the Papas, released in 1966.The album peaked at number 4 on the US Billboard 200 album chart and number 24 in the UK. The lead off single, "I Saw Her Again", reached number 5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 11 in the UK Singles Chart. "Words of Love" was released as the second single in the US peaking at number 5. In the UK, it was released as a double A-side with "Dancing in the Street" (a cover of the 1964 hit by Martha and the Vandellas) and charted at number 47 in the UK.

After it was discovered that group member Michelle Phillips was having an affair with Gene Clark of the Byrds, tension in the band erupted and Phillips was fired from the group on June 4, 1966.In June, a new singer was hired to replace her. Jill Gibson was producer Lou Adler's girlfriend at the time and was already a singer/songwriter who had performed on several Jan and Dean albums.

The photo already chosen for the album's cover featured Michelle Phillips prominently, so Dunhill had Gibson take a photo posed in exactly the same position as Michelle, and then superimposed the new photo over that of Phillips. However, the decision was then made to shoot an entirely new picture with the new line-up, and to also change the album's title to Crashon Screamon All Fall Down. Several thousand advance pressings of the album with this cover and title were sent out to radio stations and record distributors, but with the return of Michelle to the group just prior to the LP's general release, the original cover and eponymous title were quickly reinstated. Copies of the rare Crashon pressings are now highly sought after collectors items.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zBMK5OAGyE

"I Saw Her Again Last Night"

I saw her again last night,
And you know that I shouldn't
Just string her along; it's just not right
If I couldn't I wouldn't.
But what can I do; I'm lonely too.
And it makes me feel so good to know
She'll never leave me.

I'm in way over my head;
Now she thinks that I love her (yeah, yeah)
Because that's what I said
Though I never think of her.
(No, no, never think of her)

But what can I do? I'm lonely too.
And it makes me feel so good to know
(And it makes me feel so good to know...)
She'll never leave me.

Every time I see that girl,
You know I wanna lay down and die.
But I really need that girl
Though I'm living a lie;
(Though I'm living a lie...)
It makes me wanna cry

I saw her again last night,
And you know that I shouldn't
Just string her along; it's just not right.
If I couldn't then I wouldn't,
But what can I do, I'm lonely too.
And it makes me feel so good to know
She'll never leave me.
(to know...know)

But what can I do? I'm lonely too.
Yeah, and it makes me feel so good to know
She'll never leave me.

Every time I see that girl,
You know I wanna lay down and die.
But I really need that girl
Though I'm living a lie
(Though I'm living a lie...)
It makes me wanna cry.

I saw her...
I saw her again last night.
And you know that I shouldn't (no, no)
Just string her along; it's just not right.
If I couldn't, I wouldn't;
I'm in way over my head (you say...)
Now she thinks that I love her (yeah, yeah)
Because that's what I said...