Scott McKenzie - Stained Glass Reflections 1960-1970 '2001

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 If you already have Scott McKenzies 1967 album The Voice of Scott McKenzie,
thats likely everything youll need by this pleasant but bland folk-pop-rock
crossover singer. If not, though, this compilation rates as the best overview of
his work, if only by virtue of its length. It contains most of the songs from
The Voice of Scott McKenzie, the entirety of his 1970 album Stained Glass
Morning, his little-heard 1965 Capitol pop single Look in Your Eyes, plus three
tunes from his early-60s folkie days (one from the Smoothies, the other two from
the Journeymen). While the one-hit wonder tag belies the length of his career,
its undeniably true that San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)
(which is here of course) is by far his most memorable achievement. He wrote
little of the material on the LP The Voice of Scott McKenzie, which surrounded a
few John Phillips tunes with covers of songs by Tim Hardin, Donovan, and Zal
Yanovsky and John Sebastian of the Lovin Spoonful. These had acceptably clean
period pop-folk-rock arrangements, unsurprisingly in the Mamas and the Papas
mold, but exuded little individuality or vision. Stained Glass Morning, in
contrast, consisted entirely of McKenzie originals, but its country-rock was
laid-back to the point of torpor. The presence of Ry Cooder, Rusty Young, Bunk
Gardner, and Barry McGuire in the supporting cast might lead you to expect
something more interesting than what actually resulted in that 1970 LP, which
has an exhausted, almost funereal air at times. 
:: TRACKLIST ::

The Smoothies, 1960
1 –The Smoothies - Ride, Ride, Ride 2:06

The Journeymen, 1961-1963
2 –The Journeymen - Someone To Talk My Troubles To 2:46
3 –The Journeymen - River, She Come Down 2:45

Scott McKenzie,1965-1967
4 –Scott McKenzie - Look in Your Eyes 2:12
5 –Scott McKenzie - No, No, No, No, No 2:19
6 –Scott McKenzie - Holy Man 2:52
7 –Scott McKenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)
2:58
8 –Scott McKenzie - Like An Old Time Movie 3:17
9 –Scott McKenzie - Celeste 3:25
10 –Scott McKenzie - Its Not Time Now 2:45
11 –Scott McKenzie - Dont Make Promises 3:55
12 –Scott McKenzie - Reason To Believe 2:22
13 –Scott McKenzie - Whats The Difference - Chapter I 2:18

Stained Glass Morning, 1970
14 –Scott McKenzie - Look In The Mirror 3:37
15 –Scott McKenzie - Yves 4:35
16 –Scott McKenzie - Crazy Man 4:20
17 –Scott McKenzie - 1969 2:58
18 –Scott McKenzie - Dear Sister 5:15
19 –Scott McKenzie - Going Home Again 3:35
20 –Scott McKenzie - Stained Glass Morning 4:53
21 –Scott McKenzie - Illusion 4:45
22 –Scott McKenzie - Take A Moment 5:25

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