THE 5TH DIMENSION / THE MAGIC GARDEN / LP /

(US / SOUL CITY / SCS-92001 / 1967 / MEDIA:VG++ / JACKET:VG+ 縁割れ 剥がれ)

JIM WEBBの魔法がかかった、これぞソフトロック金字塔2ND！
飛翔感に溢れたタイトル曲「THE MAGIC GARDEN」に「CARPET MAN」、THE BEATLES「TICKET TO RIDE」カヴァー、PIZZICATO FIVE「皆笑った THEY ALL LAUGHED」の雛形の一つともされる、心弾ませるこれぞソフトロック名曲「PAPER CUP」など、素晴らしい内容。「REQUIEM: 820 LATHAM」はKING GEEDORAH「KRAZY WORLD」ネタにもなりました。作曲はほぼ全てJIM WEB、プロデュースはBONES HOWE、怒涛のドラムはHAL BLAINE。US ORIGINAL盤！

TRACKLIST
A1 PROLOGUE
A2 THE MAGIC GARDEN
A3 SUMMER’S DAUGHTER
A4 DREAMS/PAX/NEPENTHE
A5 CARPET MAN
A6 TICKET TO RIDE
B1 REQUIEM: 820 LATHAM
B2 THE GIRLS’ SONG
B3 THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN
B4 ORANGE AIR
B5 PAPER CUP
B6 EPILOGUE

RECORD COMPANY – LIBERTY RECORDS, INC.
RECORDED AT – SOUND RECORDERS, HOLLYWOOD
RECORDED AT – WESTERN RECORDERS
ARRANGED BY, CONDUCTOR – JIM WEBB
ART DIRECTION – WOODY WOODWARD
COORDINATOR – MARC GORDON
ENGINEER – ARMIN STEINER, BONES HOWE
ILLUSTRATION – WAYNE KIMBELL
MUSICIAN [CREATIVE CONTRIBUTION] – DENNIS BUDIMIR, HAL BLAINE, JOE OSBORNE, JOHNNY RIVERS, LARRY KNECHTEL, MIKE DEASY, TOMMY TEDESCO
PERFORMER [THE 5TH DIMENSION ARE] – BILLY DAVIS, JR., FLORENCE LARUE, LAMONT MCLEMORE, MARILYN MCCOO, RON TOWNSON
PHOTOGRAPHY BY [COVER AND LINER] – GEORGE RODRIGUEZ
PRODUCER – BONES HOWE
WRITTEN-BY – JIM WEBB (TRACKS: A1 TO A5, B1 TO B6)