Incense And Peppermints

Strawberry Alarm Clock was always much more than their image would suggest. Their first album Incense And Peppermints is a true psych classic, one of the premier releases of 1967. Incense And Peppermints was of course named after the song “Incense And Peppermints” that had already become a huge hit. Both were released in 1967. Shortly … Read more

Wake Up… It’s Tomorrow

Wake Up… It’s Tomorrow is Strawberry Alarm Clock’s second album, released in early 1968 and following up their 1967 debut Incense And Peppermints. Many of the musical themes and lyrical concerns of the first album are explored further on Wake Up… It’s Tomorrow, resulting in an album that, impressively, is at turns gentler and weirder. … Read more

The World In A Sea Shell

Strawberry Alarm Clock’s third album was called The World In A Sea Shell and was released in November 1968 on Uni Records. The disc followed Wake Up… It’s Tomorrow, also from 1968, but has a much dreamier and more uniform sound. Compared to the band’s earlier music, The World In A Sea Shell is lush, and … Read more

Psych-Out

The soundtrack LP of the 1968 movie Psych-Out features Strawberry Alarm Clock, the Seeds, Boenzee Cryque, and the Storybook. It’s a great selection of psychedelic pop songs. Strawberry Alarm Clock has no otherwise-unavailable songs here, except for a shorter edit of “The World’s On Fire”. The album is a great collector’s piece, and has been … Read more

Double Star Series

Where in rock and roll vinyl history do The Who and Strawberry Alarm Clock overlap? Fear not, for there is an answer. In 1969, MCA put out an album called Double Star Series Featuring The Who & The Strawberry Alarm Clock. It was a limited edition promotional album pressed by MCA for the Philco company. One … Read more

Good Morning Starshine

Good Morning Starshine is Strawberry Alarm Clock’s fourth album, released in 1969. It features new lead singer, guitarist and songwriter Jim Pitman, who helped lead the band away from the lustrous sentimentality of 1968’s The World In A Sea Shell and into more immediate and entertaining blues-rock grunge. Without the crushing influence of boneheaded management decisions … Read more

Changes

Changes is the name of a Strawberry Alarm Clock compilation released originally in 1971 on Vocalion (VL 73915). It was named for the song “Changes”, the last song on the group’s last studio LP, Good Morning Starshine. Changes bypasses all of the band’s earlier and better-known hits to focus instead on SAC’s later career and … Read more

Strawberries Mean Love

Strawberries Mean Love is the title of a compilation album originally released as a vinyl LP in 1987. It was later released on CD in 1992 with more tracks. Arguably, Strawberries Mean Love is the best Strawberry Alarm Clock compilation available, especially the CD version. The collection takes its name from the song “Strawberries Mean Love” … Read more

Incense & Peppermints

Incense & Peppermints (note the ampersand in the title – this is not the 1967 album Incense And Peppermints) is a Strawberry Alarm Clock compilation originally released by MCA in 1990. It mostly collects some of the band’s earlier singles and a few assorted album tracks. Most interestingly, it included the rare (at the time … Read more

Step By Step

When Step By Step was released in 1998, it was a welcome addition to Strawberry Alarm Clock fans’ collections. For Step By Step compiles the 1966-1967 releases by Thee Sixpence, mostly on the All American label. Thee Sixpence is the band that changed its name to Strawberry Alarm Clock, and these early proto-SAC singles are excellent … Read more