Harpers Bizarre 4 Explained

Harpers Bizarre 4
Type:	studio
Artist:	Harpers Bizarre
Cover:	Harpers Bizarre 4.jpeg
Released:	1969
Genre:	Sunshine pop^[1] soft rock
Label:	Warner Bros.
Producer:	Lenny Waronker
Prev Title:	The Secret Life of Harpers Bizarre
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	As Time Goes By
Next Year:	1976

Harpers Bizarre 4 is an album by Harpers Bizarre, released in 1969. Ry Cooder contributes on slide guitar.

The film I Love You, Alice B. Toklas featured music from Harpers Bizarre.

Two bonus tracks were added to the 2001 Sundazed CD reissue of this title: "Poly High" by Harry Nilsson and "If We Ever Needed the Lord Before" by Thomas A. Dorsey.

Track listing

1. "Soft Soundin' Music" (Dick Scoppettone, Ted Templeman)
2. "Knock on Wood" (Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd)
3. "Witchi Tai to" (Jim Pepper)
4. "Hard to Handle" (Alvertis Isbell, Allen Jones, Otis Redding)
5. "When the Band Begins to Play" (Scoppettone, Templeman)
6. "Something Better" (Gerry Goffin, Barry Mann)
7. "Blackbird" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
8. "I Love You, Alice B. Toklas" (Elmer Bernstein, Paul Mazursky, Larry Tucker)
9. "There's No Time Like Today" (Scoppettone, Templeman)
10. "All Through the Night" (John Petersen, Scoppettone, Templeman)
11. "Cotton Candy Sandman (Sandman's Coming)" (Kenny Rankin)
12. "Leaving on a Jet Plane" (John Denver)

2001 Remaster Bonus Tracks

1. "Poly High" (Harry Nilsson)
2. "If We Ever Needed the Lord Before" (traditional, Thomas A. Dorsey)

Notes and References

1. Book: Lanza, Joseph. Vanilla Pop: Sweet Sounds from Frankie Avalon to ABBA. The Doodletown Dimension. 1 February 2005. Chicago Review Press. 1-55652-543-5. 145.