{"id":44370,"date":"2016-01-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/the-complete-singles-50th-anniversary-collection\/"},"modified":"2016-01-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-17T00:00:00","slug":"the-complete-singles-50th-anniversary-collection","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/the-complete-singles-50th-anniversary-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Complete Singles: 50th Anniversary Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">If Brian Wilson was the king of mid-to late 1960s producers, then John Phillips was the crown prince. He had the knack of taking his own voice, plus those of Mama Cass Elliot, Michelle Phillips and Denny Doherty, and creating a virtual choir of sound. The result was some of the best vocal pop music of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century. Real Gone Music has now issued the two-disc set, <i>The Complete Singles: 50<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary Collection.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The 53 tracks include all the singles released by the Mamas And The Papas, plus solo releases by Elliot, Phillips and Doherty on the Dunhill label. Not included are Mama Cass\u2019 releases on RCA and Michelle Phillips\u2019 singles for the A&#038;M label. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">As the title announces, it has been a half-century since \u201cCalifornia Dreamin\u2019\u201d entered the American charts on January 8<sup>th<\/sup>, 1966. Songs such as \u201cMonday Monday,\u201d \u201cI Saw Her Again,\u201d \u201cLook Through Any Window,\u201d Words Of Love,\u201d and the quirky \u201cCreeque Alley\u201d soon followed, setting the standard for smooth West Coast pop. The vocals are impeccable and Philips was able to create textures that remain amazing today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The first disc contains 27 songs in chronological order and is an essential listening experience. Even what is considered the second tier of their single releases \u2013 \u201cDedicated To The One I Love,\u201d \u201cTwelve Thirty (The Girls Are Coming),\u201d \u201cSafe In My Garden,\u201d \u201cGlad To Be Unhappy,\u201d and \u201cFor The Love of Ivy\u201d \u2013 are outstanding. At this point, there may not be many surprises, as the songs have been ingrained into the American musical consciousness, but they are like old friends who have come for a visit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The second disc roams a little out of the ordinary as many of their single releases quickly disappeared, with the exceptions of Mama Cass\u2019 \u201cNew World Coming\u201d and John Phillips \u201cMississippi.\u201d The disc begins with the group cover singles of \u201cDo You Wanna Dance\u201d and \u201cMy Girl,\u201d which are brilliant in their simplicity. The other singles by Elliot, Phillips and Doherty are solid, if not spectacular and quickly establish that the whole was better than the individual parts. Still, if you are a fan of the group, there are tracks that have not seen the light of day in decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The sound is clean, which is important for the material. The liner notes center around producer Lou Adler and Michelle Phillips, who is the only member of the quartet still living. <\/p>\n<p>  The lifespan of the original group was short and Mama Cass\u2019 death in 1974 at the age of 32 prevented any complete reunions. Left behind is a wonderful collection of material that spans the decades as some of the best pop on record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":32604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[8258],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-44370","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-mamas-and-the-papas","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44370"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}