Great collectable 45 right there!!

I remember when this first came out - love it - takes me back to 1968 ❤️❤️❤️❤️

The Lemon Pipers’ Green Tambourine hit number one pop for one week on February 3,1968 ending John Fred and his Playboy Band’s two week run at the top with Judy In Disguise With Glasses. Then the following week,the Lemon Pipers were replaced by Paul Mauriat with his smash instrumental Love Is Blue.

My favorite year......8 years old then....every kid had a small transistor radio instead of cell phone then...and a few dimes in our pockets to use a phone booth....it was good enough.

@spoonful1018

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Sister can you spare a dime

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Izzy loves cool rock music 🎸 🎶 💘 Enjoy 1968.

The Ohio Express and 1910 Fruitgum Co. were also part of the Buddah Label

One of the most unusual and memorable codas/fade outs ever on a hit single. This definitely has more of a sonic impact from the mono 45 than the stereo LP. In fact NONE of the Buddah label hits from the late 60s sound good on their albums. Once again the magic's all preserved on the old original singles. It also seems they cut the grooves thick and deep on their master pressing plates. Good move coonsidering the mono kiddie record players that were gonna play them.

Listened to a few versions here on YT--this is IMO the best version--the slightly lower pitch as well as the mono effect.

@senorxrey6429

2 жыл бұрын

The mono single mix has more punch and balls than the thin, wimpy stereo mix. Also the reverb on the "listen while I playayayayayay" on the single is more subtle than on the album mix. AFAIK the hit mono single mix has never appeared on CD, sourced from the original single master.

@gretschviking

2 жыл бұрын

100% right! Have you ever heard this version? Same Lemon Pipers backing track but featuring the vocalist from The Peppermint Rainbow. This interesting alternate appears on the 1969 album “Will You Be Staying After Sunday?”. m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/g5h72ZeKcqnAfto.html

Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) - Single by John Fred & His Playboy Band - Rel Oct 1967 - Label Paula Records - Songwriters - John Fred Gourrier, Andrew Bernard 1967!!!

Lyrics: Drop your silver in my tambourine Help a poor man build a pretty dream Give me pennies, I’ll take anything Now listen while I play My green tambourine Watch the jingle jangle start to shine Reflections of the music that is mine When you toss a coin, you’ll hear it sing Now listen while I play My green tambourine Drop a dime before I walk away Any song you want, I’ll gladly play Money feeds my music machine Now listen while I play My green tambourine Listen and I’ll play

@jasonnstegall

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Play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play, play...(music machine, indeed!)

When this song was first offered to The Lemon Pipers by Bob Monaco, Neil Bogart, and Paul Leka, they hated the song. They were a psychedelic hard rock band, and they thought "Tambourine" was too bubblegum pop. Bob Monaco had to set the band straight to tell the band that they were going to be dropped from Buddah Records, since their first record ("Turn Around And Take A Look") was a flop. The band succeeded to do it against their will to stay with the label, but a compromise was made. They were allowed some of their established psychedelic rock on the B-side ("No Help From Me") and on some of the songs on their first album (such as the 8-minute "Through With You"), which was what the band really wanted to perform.

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UK Peaks: 7 (RR, MM), 9 (NME)

Black Betty

they never liked the bubblegum sound so they would form Ram Jam and record a harder edged sound

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(Doors Lyric, Trade In Your Hours For A Handfull Of Dimes)