Misty Roses Explained

Misty Roses
Type:Studio album
Artist:The Sandpipers
Cover:Misty Roses album cover.jpg
Released:1967
Genre:Pop[1]
Label:A&M LP-135/SP-4135
Producer:Tommy LiPuma
Prev Title:The Sandpipers
Prev Year:1967
Next Title:Softly
Next Year:1968

Misty Roses was an LP album featuring The Sandpipers, released by A&M Records in 1967. The album reached #135 on the Billboard chart and the first track, "Cuando Salí de Cuba," made #3 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

The December 23, 1967 issue of Billboard Magazine reviewed the album:[2]

The Sandpipers have established themselves as good album sellers and this new entry should sustain their sales pace. The title song is a winner and will draw plays, as will the rest of the solid repertoire.

Catalog numbers were LP-135/SP-4135 in the U.S. and Canada, and AMLS912 in the U.K. Other international releases included Australia (Mayfair SMF66-9924), Austria (A&M 212 026), Brazil (Fermata FB-207), Columbia (Fermata LPF 24-46), Germany (A&M 212 026), South Africa (A&M LAM 2032), Spain (A&M/Hispavox HDAS 371-14), and Taiwan (First S-FL-1575, orange vinyl, and Bell SWL-1137, red vinyl). The album was reissued in 1974 on the U.K. Mayfair label.

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Cuando Salí de Cuba" (Luis Aguilé) 2:39
  2. "And I Love Her" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) 2:19
  3. "Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)" (Bart Howard) 1:51
  4. "Strange Song" (Chip Taylor) 2:43
  5. "The Honeywind Blows" (Fred Hellerman/Fran Minkoff) 2:30

Side Two

  1. "Misty Roses" (Tim Hardin) 3:27
  2. "Today" (Randy Sparks) 2:25
  3. "I Believed It All" (Al Hirt/Alan Bergman/Marilyn Bergman) 2:49
  4. "Daydream" (John Sebastian) 2:15
  5. "Wooden Heart" (Fred Wise/Ben Weisman/Kay Twomey/Bert Kaempfert) 2:11

Production

Reissue

The album was combined with The Wonder of You in a 2006 CD release by Collectors' Choice Music.

References

  1. Book: Lanza, Joseph. Vanilla Pop: Sweet Sounds from Frankie Avalon to ABBA. Come Saturday Morning: The Rarefied Worlds of Claudine Longet and the Sandpipers. 1 February 2005. Chicago Review Press. 1-55652-543-5. 170.
  2. https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Billboard-IDX/IDX/60s/1967/Billboard%201967-12-23-OCR-Page-0064.pdf Billboard Magazine December 23, 1967