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Looking Glass (Looking Glass album)

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Length
  
31:00

Release date
  
6 June 1972

Genre
  
Pop music

Artist
  
Looking Glass

Label
  
Epic Records

Released
  
6 June 1972 (1972-06-06)

Recorded
  
1972 at Regent Sound Studios, New York City, New York

Producer
  
Looking Glass, Bob Liftin

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Looking Glass was the first record released by the band Looking Glass in 1972.

Contents

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Background

The group had been playing all up and down the East Coast in clubs, and one night they were spotted by Clive Davis at the Whisky a Go Go. Davis, who at the time was the president of Columbia Records, signed them to the Epic Records label. After trying to record two times (once with Steve Cropper in Memphis), the third was with Bob Liftin and that is where "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" was recorded. It wasn't released as the single's A-side, but as the B-side to "Don't It Make You Feel Good" in early 1972. The song went unnoticed by most, but not by Harv Moore, a disc jockey in Washington, D.C.. It peaked 6 months after its release, and the album would chart for 16 weeks.

Personnel

  • Elliot Lurie—Guitars, vocals
  • Larry Gonsky—Keyboards, vocals
  • Piet Sweval—Bass, vocals, harp
  • Jeff Grob—Drum kit
  • Chuck Connolly—Backup vocals on "Brandy"
  • Tasha Thomas—Backup vocals on "Don't It Make You Feel Good"
  • Barbara Massey—Backup vocals on "Don't It Make You Feel Good" (credited as Tasha Thomas and the Feel Good Girls)
  • Carolyn Davis—Backup vocals on "Don't It Make You Feel Good" (credited as Tasha Thomas and the Feel Good Girls)
  • Eddie Hinton—(w/ Elliot Lurie) Guitar on "Golden Rainbows"
  • James Giampa—Congas on "Brandy"
  • Tim Geelan—Engineer
  • Wayne Tarnowski—Engineer
  • Billy Radice-Engineer
  • Don Ellis—Special thanks
  • Karmic Guardians—Special thanks
  • Steve Baron—Special thanks
  • Steve Paley—Special thanks/Back cover photo
  • Sandy Linzer—Special thanks
  • Ed Lee—Cover design
  • KLN Photos Inc.—Cover photo
  • Bob Liftin—Producer/Audio Consultant
  • Mike Gershman—Executive producer
  • Larry Fallon—Horns/Strings arrangements
  • All songs published by Evie Music Inc./ Spruce Run Music and Chappell & Co., Inc. (ASCAP)

    Songs

    1Jenny Lynne2:59
    2Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)3:03
    3Catherine Street5:44

    References

    Looking Glass (Looking Glass album) Wikipedia