“Three” is the name of a Strawberry Alarm Clock song distinguished by the fact that it was released three times, all on the b-sides of different singles. As a song, “Three” is one of Paul Marshall’s more fun songs that the new singer did with the band. It’s well-written and playful and achieves what it … Read more

“I Climbed The Mountain” is one of Strawberry Alarm Clock’s final singles, a non-LP song that was backed with “Three” in 1969 after the released of the band’s final LP, Good Morning Starshine. “I Climbed The Mountain” is a nice orchestrated pop song with a subtle air of spiritual redemption. This comes mostly from the … Read more

Strawberry Alarm Clock released the non-LP single “Desireé” in 1969. It was backed with “Changes” from the Good Morning Starshine album. “Desireé” is a great song, and one of SAC’s real lost classics. The performance features the vocals of 1969-era Clock singer Jim Pitman, as well as a great horn section. “Desireé” is catchy in … Read more

“Changes” is the song that closes out Strawberry Alarm Clock’s final album, Good Morning Starshine from 1969. It is a slow, dramatic blues, featuring some great soloing, ethereal organ atmospherics, and Jim Pitman’s gutbucket wailing. Built around a simple chord sequence, “Changes” is an opportunity for the Clock to stretch out and take its time. … Read more

“Dear Joy” is a song from Strawberry Alarm Clock’s 1969 LP Good Morning Starshine. It’s firmly in the classic SAC mold: wistful and adroit, with a decided denseness to the arrangement that is tempered by some pleasant, psychedelic asides, all in a cheerful little tune tinged with subtle melancholy. As a gentle song from singer … Read more

In 1969 Strawberry Alarm Clock released the single “(You Put Me On) Stand By”. It was taken from the LP Good Morning Starshine. The song is a throwback to the band’s classic sound of fat, buzzy lead guitar lines, chirpy, rhythmic organ work, exciting drumming, and soaring, searching vocals. “(You Put Me On) Stand By” is … Read more

“Write Your Name In Gold” appears on Strawberry Alarm Clock’s 1969 album Good Morning Starshine. A slow-paced and highly dramatic song, “Write Your Name In Gold” has some excellent sparkling organ work and an uncluttered drum track to go along with melodic vocals and straightforward rhythm guitar. The song proves that Strawberry Alarm Clock could … Read more

“Miss Attraction” is a song from Strawberry Alarm Clock’s 1969 album Good Morning Starshine which was also released as the b-side of the single “(You Put Me On) Stand By”. The single take was shorter — punchier and more concise — than the album version, which featured extended jamming. Both versions are found on the … Read more

“Hog Child” is the fourth track on Good Morning Starshine, Strawberry Alarm Clock’s final LP from 1969. The overall vibe of “Hog Child” is bluesy, organ-fuelled rock, in keeping with the general feel of the album (especially as compared with the group’s previous LP, the curiously lush The World In A Sea Shell). SAC uses … Read more

The third song on Strawberry Alarm Clock’s 1969 LP Good Morning Starshine is the entertaining “Small Package”. The performance has some of the gutsy blues-rock feel of the album’s first two songs (“Me And The Township” and “Off Ramp Road Tramp”) but “Small Package” is really more of an extension of the band’s adventurous songwriting … Read more

“Off Ramp Road Tramp” is the second song on Strawberry Alarm Clock’s final album, Good Morning Starshine (1969). It’s another breathless blues-rock anthem with gravelly, passionate vocals and a stately 70s-rawk vibe. “Off Ramp Road Tramp” could almost have been a recording by Deep Purple. The track is another notice to the record-buying public that … Read more

“Shallow Impressions” is the last track on Strawberry Alarm Clock’s 1968 album The World In A Sea Shell. It’s an experimental instrumental, the only song without vocals on the album. And it was the first such song by the Clock since “Pass Time With The SAC” from the 1967 LP Incense And Peppermints. It was … Read more

“Eulogy” is the shortest song on Strawberry Alarm Clock’s 1968 album The World In A Sea Shell, and it’s one of the album’s more daring sonic sculptures. It has a mid-tempo pace, an opaque sheen to the vocal chorale, and some striking tonal dissonance in its sneaky chord changes. A fat, distorted electric guitar line … Read more

“Love Me Again” is from Strawberry Alarm Clock’s 1968 album The World In A Sea Shell. It’s only 3:30 but still the album’s longest song – and, significantly, one written by the band rather than outside composers. With a blistering lead guitar throughout, and with vocals considerably wilder than the album’s other songs, “Love Me … Read more

“Heated Love” is a song from Strawberry Alarm Clock’s 1968 LP The World In A Sea Shell. Written by the same band members responsible for some of Wake Up… It’s Tomorrow‘s stranger moments, “Heated Love” has a loose and unconventional structure, even though the actual arrangement and performance are much gentler than that album’s whacked-out … Read more

“Wooden Woman” is the second song on side 2, and 8th song overall, on the album The World In A Sea Shell, Strawberry Alarm Clock’s third album from 1968. The ballad has a lugubrious air about it, as does virtually the entire album. “Wooden Woman” is highlighted by a heartbreaking chord sequence and delicate vocals. … Read more

“Barefoot In Baltimore” is the first song on side two of Strawberry Alarm Clock’s 1968 album The World In A Sea Shell. It was released as a single as well, with the b-side “An Angry Young Man”. As one of the songs on the LP whose music (if not words) was actually written by the band, … Read more

With “Lady Of The Lake”, Strawberry Alarm Clock closes out side 1 of its 1968 LP The World In A Sea Shell with its second Carole King-penned song (with Toni Stern). It’s another ditty featuring a tasty melody but with an overall inconsequential vibe. The most interesting thing about the track is the repetitive trumpet, … Read more

“Home Sweet Home” is the fifth song on the 1968 album The World In A Sea Shell by Strawberry Alarm Clock. Although written by the same songwriters who contributed “Sea Shell” to the album, John Carter and Tim Gilbert, “Home Sweet Home” is peppier than that drowsy song, even funky. “Home Sweet Home” is one … Read more

The title of “A Million Smiles Away”, a song from Strawberry Alarm Clock’s 1968 LP The World In A Sea Shell, would suggest a soft, dreamy performance on an album known for its gentle string arrangements and sleepy, baroque pop. But, as one must constantly realize when dealing with SAC, things are not as they … Read more