TCCDM Pulls One Out..."That Acapulco Gold" - The Rainy Daze (1967)
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"That Acapulco Gold" - The Rainy Daze (1967)
The Rainy Daze one-and-done offering, "That Acapulco Gold," shakes hands a little with the psych driver but leans a little more into some good garage crankage. And it is good. Nothing here that's gonna really blow your mind. On the other hand, there's nothing to make you want to lift the needle either, even if the songs are all over the map. There's a little bit of everything. The Rainy Daze even throw in a couple of covers and a medley. (Nothing special, but they do no harm.) The title track "That Acapulco Gold" is a kind of jugband thing atypical of the rest of the album and was released as a single, but then radio stations quickly pulled it from rotation because of the subject matter. And finally, amongst all the other, there are still a few tasty lysergic affairs to keep the square real.
The variable Yahtzee cup of songs could've been a disaster, but it's an enjoyable spin front and back. I only wish The Rainy Daze had jumped into the psych waters with both feet. That's probably just the record company overstepping. Kind of "You guys do a couple of our songs, and we'll let you do a couple of your songs." Whatever the reason, they deliver. From Colorado, The Rainy Daze is not a must-own, but it is some early psych with some good fuzz breaks, and good for what it is.
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"That Acapulco Gold" - The Rainy Daze (back)
Favorites include:
"Snow And Ice And Burning Sand"
"In My Mind Lives A Forest"
"Discount City"
"Weatherman"
This is an original US mono copy pressed on the beautiful swirly UNI label in Terre Haute.
The cover is very clean, as is the vinyl. This was an eBay pickup. Harder to find in the wild, but not terribly expensive and not a waste of your coinage, either.
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Uni label
Cat #
UNI 3002
SIDE A DEADWAX
UM-1002-T2
SIDE B DEADWAX
UM-1003-T2
"Discount City" - The Rainy Daze / "That Acapulco Gold" (1967)
TRACKS:
A1 "Absurd Bird" 2:57
A2 "Baby I Need Your Loving" 3:31
A3 "Weatherman" 2:30
A4 "Out Of A Calico Dream" 2:26
A5 Medley 3:57
a. "Shake"
b. "Knock On Wood"
c. "Respect"
B1 "Discount City" 2:37
B2 "That Acapulco Gold" 2:23
B3 "Try A Little Harder" 2:30
B4 "For What It's Worth" 2:56
B5 "In My Mind Lives A Forest" 2:45
B6 "Snow And Ice And Burning Sand" 3:11
PERSONNEL:
Tim Gilbert - vocals, guitar
Mac Ferris - lead guitar
Bob Heckendorf - organ, keyboards
Sam Fuller - bass
Kip Gilbert - drums
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