It’s a Beautiful Day "It’s a Beautiful Day"
Today’s Cool Album of the Day is the self titled album, It’s a Beautiful Day.
How many remember this one?
It’s a Beautiful Day was one of the great ‘hippie-rock psychedelic bands’ of the 60s. This was released in 1969. You’d have pegged them as a San Francisco band but they actually were from Seattle. Well Seattle when they started. Band leaders David and Linda LaFlamme actually moved around quite a bit.
They were known mainly for the epic song, ‘White Bird.’ Ah, now you remember!
They also had a decent follow up called ‘Hot Summer Day.’
Track listing
Side one
- “White Bird” (6:06)
- “Hot Summer Day” (5:46)
- “Wasted Union Blues” (4:00)
- “Girl With No Eyes” (3:49)
Side two
- “Bombay Calling” (4:25)
- “Bulgaria” (6:10)
- “Time Is” (9:42)
Personnel
- David LaFlamme – violin, flute, lead vocals
- Linda LaFlamme – keyboards, acoustic piano, electric piano, organ, celeste, harpsichord
- Hal Wagenet – all guitars
- Mitchell Holman – bass, harmonica, backing vocals
- Val Fuentes – drums, backing vocals
- Pattie Santos – percussion, bells, backing vocals
- With-Bruce Steinberg – harmonica
Posted by Larry Carta
Not only do I remember the band, I remember seeing them at a headline gig at the Fillmore in San Francisco in 1969. They had a custom-made cartoon film to go with their performance of “White Bird.” Ah those were the days.