Tangerine Peel – Soft Delights (RCA, UK, 70, TOC!)ALBUM: 1(A) SOFT DELIGHTS (RCA LSA 3002) 1970
45s:
1 Every Christian Lion-Hearted Man Will Show You/Trapped (United Artists UP 1193) 1968
2 Solid Gold Mountain/Light Across The River (CBS 3402) 1968
3 Talking To No One/Wishing Tree (CBS 3676) 1968
4 Never Say Never Again/Thousand Miles Away (MGM MGM 1470) 1969
5 Play Me A Sad Song And I'll Dance/Wish You Could Be Here With Me ( MGM 1487) 1969
6 Move Into My World/In Between (RCA RCA 1936) 1970
7 Thinking Of Me/Soft Delights (RCA RCA 1990) 1970
8 What Am I To Do?/Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (RCA RCA 2036) 1970
Tangerine
Peel was best known during the second half of the 1960s as a five-man
psychedelic band, specializing in a slightly light but pleasant brand
of the music. Their principal claim to fame was the presence of future
songwriter/producer Mike Chapman in their ranks during the late '60s, when they cut records such as their version of the Bee Gees'
"Every Christian Lion-Hearted Man Will Show You," cut for British
United Artists in 1967. Subsequent singles included "Solid Gold
Mountain" and "Talking to No One" for British CBS, and "Never Say Never
Again" and "Play Me a Sad Song and I'll Dance" for British MGM. Chapman
left before the group recorded its one and only LP, Soft Delights, in
1970. By that time, the group had abandoned its psychedelic influences
in favor of a more conventional pop/rock sound. The group's version of
"Every Christian Lion-Hearted Man Will Show You" was reissued in 2004
on Castle's Maybe Someone Is Digging Underground: Songs of the Bee
Gees.
~Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
MIKE
CHAPMAN and friends in 1970 put out a REALLY GREAT lp titled 'SOFT
THOUGHTS'...this album has a wide variety of sound from pysch, heavy
rock, folk, to bubblegum, this is indeed a TRUE lost gem...the lp kicks
off with 'CINDY LOU'...with trashy electric guitars in top form, this
song sounds like the inside of a pinball machine crunching along, with
lyrics such as 'oh sweet, sweet, sweet, cindy lou, and the sweet,
sweet, sweet, things you do' !...next song the title track 'soft
delights', a bubblegum song, sunshine pop with the trademark drum
stomp,..... sounds like a cornerstone sound of MUD and
SWEET,....naturally since he would produce both bands a few yrs
later....
'GOODNIGHT TO THE NIGHT' changes the pace, this one is a
soft folk tune with wonderful piano, that takes you to another time,
another place...*...side 1 ends with 'what am i to do' with such lyrics
such as 'and in front of me stands a girl who will tear and break down
my world'...side 2 begins with 'TALKIN' 'BOUT A NEW DAY'...great
revolutionary spirit, and the song reaches for new musical
heights...every song is great including 'to judi' a love song, and the
lp eds with 'MOMENTS I RECALL' where the singer travels through his
memory to bring forth thoughts of wonderment,.....someone tell us if
TANGERINE PEEL ever released another lp... ......?
from angelfire.
tracks:
01 - cindy lou (mike chapman)
02 - soft delights (mike chapman)
03 - goodnight to the night (mike chapman)
04 - long long ride (james gaynor)
05 - what am i to do (mike chapman)
06 - talkin' 'bout a new day (mike chapman)
07 - jeanie, jeanie,jeanie (mike chapman)
08 - tu judi (mike chapman)
09 - leave me now (mike chapman)
10 - moments i recall (tootill-chapman)
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some more
Trapped (68)
Solid Gold Mountain (69)
Every christian lion-hearted man will show you (68)
+
Thinking of me
Move into my world
Wish you could be here with me
Never Say Never(Again)
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