The Leaves ‎- All The Good That’s Happening 1967 (USA, Freakbeat-Garage-Psychedelic Rock)

The Leaves ‎- All The Good That’s Happening 1967 (USA, Freakbeat-Garage-Psychedelic Rock)

From south to east and west to west, then back again. So the cyclone went in the early sixties. It carried blues and rhythm to New York, spun across the sea, casting rare vinyl nuggets on the shore of Liverpool and, in a mop-topped whirly gig ripped back across the ocean and through the heart of LA.

By the time it reached the pacific edge there was blues, rhythm, folk, pop and star-spangled freedom strewn in its wake. The universe-bound youth seized the tidal yo-yo, sought residencies at the Go-Go and forged some of the mind-melting foundations of American psychedelia. For The Byrds, The Doors and Love this was their time, a time they made timeless. But, in the wake of any cyclone there is debris and, Sunset stripped, The Leaves withered and fell, just a year after tasting the chart-tipped rays of success.

The band started as a rhythm and blues party band but hit the big time in April 1966 with a fuzz-wigged version of Hey Joe. Hip and tripped on this high, with a Whiskey residency and faithful hearts in the city of angels, they recorded All The Good That’s Happening. It A-bombed as fingers hovered and, when founding member Jim Pons left to get happy together with The Turtles, the band died.

However, All The Good That’s Happening is, in part, a fantastic testament to all the musical good that was happening from 1965 to 1967.
Tracks:
01. Twilight Sanctuary — 2:33
02. One In The Middle — 2:30
03. On The Plane — 2:33
04. Officer Shane — 2:49
05. Let’s Get Together — 2:48
06. Introduction To A Cartoon Show — 0:34
07. With None Shoes — 2:18
08. To Try For The Sun — 2:57
09. Codine — 3:54
10. Flashback (The Rhythm Thing) — 4:14
11. The Quieting Of Oliver Tweak (The Stone Freak) — 2:20
12. Lemmon Princess — 2:01
Bonuses:
13. Twilight Sanctuary (Mono Single B-Side, 1966) — 2:28
14. Lemmon Princess (Mono Single A-Side, 1966) — 2:11

Personnel:
Jim Pons (W. James Pons) — vocals, bass
Bobby (Peppermint) Arlin (Robert K. Arlin) — lead guitar, vocals
John (Hipshot) Beck — vocals, rhythm guitar, sitar, tambourine
Tom (Ambrose) Ray — drums, tambourine
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Nick Venet — producer

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