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Barry Mcguire
This Precious Time/The World's Last Private Citizen
Genres: Folk, Pop

Track Listings (21) - Disc #1
1. This Precious Time
2. Let Me Be
3. Do You Believe in Magic
4. Yesterday
5. Hang On Sloopy
6. Just Like Tom Thumb s Blues
7. Upon a Painted Ocean
8. Hide Your Love Away
9. I d Have to Be Outta My Mind
10. Child of Our Times
11. Don t You Wonder Where It s At?
12. Top O the Hill
13. Cloudy Summer Afternoon
14. Secret Saucer Man
15. There s Nothing Else on My Mind
16. Walkin My Cat Named Dog
17. Masters of War
18. Inner-Manipulations
19. The Grasshopper Song
20. Why Not Stop and Dig It While You Can
21. Eve of Destruction

CD Details

All Artists: Barry Mcguire
Title: This Precious Time/The World's Last Private Citizen
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Collector's Choice
Release Date: 9/22/2009
Genres: Folk, Pop
Style: Traditional Folk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 617742205329

Synopsis

Product Description

Having released Mama Cass solo albums, the Mugwumps and Denny Doherty s folk group the Halifax Three, our Collectors Choice Music label is something of a home for Mamas and Papas-related projects, and the first album on this twofer, This Precious Time , certainly qualifies! The story goes that superstar folkie Barry McGuire invited his old friends to audition for Lou Adler while doing sessions for the record, and the rest, as they say, is history. The group actually appears on seven tracks on This Precious Time , which we ve paired with Barry s next solo album, The World s Last Private Citizen , which came out in 1967 (we ve eliminated two duplicate tracks). Two superb folk/folk-rock records from one of the genre s leading lights! Includes This Precious Time ; California Dreamin (yep, the very same song with a very similar arrangement!); Let Me Be ; Do You Believe in Magic ; Yesterday ; Hang On Sloopy ; Just Like Tom Thumb s Blues ; Upon a Painted Ocean ; Hide Your Love Away ; I d Have to Be Outta My Mind ; Child of Our Times ; Don t You Wonder Where It s At? ; Top O the Hill ; Cloudy Summer Afternoon ; Secret Saucer Man ; There s Nothing Else on My Mind ; Walkin My Cat Named Dog ; Masters of War ; Inner-Manipulations ; The Grasshopper Song ; Why Not Stop and Dig It While You Can , and the huge hit, Eve of Destruction . Mamas and Papas expert Richard Campbell supplies the notes!

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CD Reviews

Barry McGuire with The Mamas & The Papas

gassy goon | 04/09/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"It took a long time but the 2 albums on 1 CD features the 1965 album THIS PRECIOUS TIME by Barry McGuire with the first recordings of The Mamas & The Papas backing him up on vocals. Out of the 12 songs on this album, 7 have the group supporting McGuire with backing. That in itself is reason enough to hear this music. The distinctive sound of the group was already fully formed, albeit in just a support role. But the group did more than this, supplying him with CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'. Here is the first version of it, with McGuire singing the lead. There is a harmonica solo instead of the flute solo that we all know, and another difference with background vocals on the first 2 lines of the second verse that are not on The Mamas & The Papas classic version. With McGuire's gruff voice, it doesn't have the magic of Denny Doherty's lead vocal that just sealed the deal on making the group's version a major hit, and creating history. It is a groove , as they would say at the time to hear the sound of The Mamas & The Papas on then-contemporary hits like DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC, YESTERDAY, and YOU'VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY . The version of HANG ON SLOOPY is like an extended jam party , good time music at it's best. To hear the blend of Cass and Michelle on it is a groovy gas. Their vocals are more prominent on the album , than Denny's. It's got the strong Cass Elliot sound. The title cut, THIS PRECIOUS TIME is a sublime P.F. Sloan song with anthem-like lyrics of personal freedom, and shimmering, gorgeous backgrounds by the group. These 7 cuts are certainly more than being odds and ends to the Mamas & Papas golden era. They bring back the magic sound of the group. The rest of the album is Barry's with protest songs,folk/rock and feel good 60's sounds.

The second album, THE WORLD'S LAST PRIVATE CITIZEN is an obscure 1968 release that is more of a compilation of songs from 1965-1968. It includes the #1 hit EVE OF DESTRUCTION, so it's an extra plus to have his only real hit on this CD. There's nothing earth-shatteringly great on this 2nd album of the two here, but it's nice to have . All produced by Lou Adler, of course. This CD is worth getting just for The Mamas & The Papas vocals."