Side One
1. Mahogany Rush: It’s Begun To Rain – 1976 *
2. Copperpenny: It’s A Rainy Day – 1970 *
3. Bruce Cockburn: Thoughts on a Rainy Afternoon – 1970 *
4. The Paupers: One Rainy Day – 1967 *
5. Fred Eaglesmith: Rainy Day Blues – 1980 *
6. The Kinks: Rainy Day In June – 1966
7. Nazz: Rain Rider – 1969
8. The Undesirables: Rain Bed – 2003 *
9. Simon & Garfunkel: Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall – 1966
10. Moby Grape: Horse Out In The Rain – 1971
11. Gordon Lightfoot: Rainy Day People– 1975 *
12. Bonnie Raitt: Rainy Day Man – 1974
13. Bob Dylan: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 – 1966
14. The Men They Couldn’t Hang: Rain, Steam And Speed – 1989
Side Two
1. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Buy For Me The Rain – 1967
2. Jane Morgan: The Day That The Rains Came Down – 1958
3. Bim aka Roy Forbes: Farmer Needs The Rain – 1976 *
4. James & The Good Brothers: Rainmaker – 1970 *
5. The Association: Don’t Blame The Rain – 1966
6. Gates Lepine: Cold Manitoba Rain – 1973 *
7. Brian Way: Say My Goodbyes To The Rain – 1976 *
8. Murray McLauchlan: Whispering Rain – 1979 *
9. Buddy Knox: In The Early Morning Rain – 1968
10. Gordon Lightfoot: Looking At The Rain – 1972 *
11. Chilliwack: Rain-O – 1970 *
12. Tom Petty & Heartbreakers: Louisiana Rain – 1979
13. The Beatles: Rain – 1966
Bonus Tracks
14. Lovin’ Spoonful: Rain On The Roof – 1966
15. Roy Orbison: Raindrops – 1960
CanCon = 48%
And Now for The Particulars:
Side One
1. Mahogany Rush: It’s Begun To Rain
(Frank Marino)
Mahogany Rush IV: Columbia Records WPC 34190
Montreal QC
Frank Marino: guitar, mellotron, vocal
Jim Ayoub: drums
Paul Harwood, bass
Produced by Frank Marino, 1976
Recorded by Billy Szawlowski and Ian Terry at Tempo Studios, Montreal
Francesco Antonio Marino b. November 20, 1954 Montreal, QC
2. Copperpenny: It’s A Rainy Day
(Rich Wamil / Laverne McDonald)
Copperpenny: RCA Victor – LSP 4291
Kitchener ON
Ken Hollis: vocals
Rich Wamil: organ, bass, piano, guitar, trumpet, vocals
Laverne McDonald: guitar
Bert Hamer: drums
Paul Reibling: bass
Produced by Jack Richardson, 1970
Recorded Brian Christian & Russ Vestuto at RCA’s Mid-America Centre, Chicago
Mastered by Randy Kling
Copperpenny was a Canadian rock band from Kitchener, Ontario, which got together as the Penny Farthings to reflect the British Invasion, in 1965. By 1966 they felt the need to change the name and adopted Copperpenny as their new moniker, named after a B-side of a single by Toronto band The Paupers.
In the early 1970s Copperpenny continued to record, touring the United States as the opening band for acts such as Led Zeppelin, Bob Seger, The Guess Who and Uriah Heep. They started falling apart after signing with Capitol Records in 1975.,
3. Bruce Cockburn: Thoughts on a Rainy Afternoon
(Bruce Cockburn)
Bruce Cockburn: True North Records TN-1
Ottawa ON
Bruce Cockburn: guitar, vocals
Produced by Eugene Martynec, 1970
Recorded by Bill Seddon at Eastern Sound Studios, Toronto Dec. 1969
Mastered by Vic Anisini at Sony Music Studios, NYC
This was the first album released on the True North Records label, owned and operated as a true independent under the directorship of Bernie Finkelstein. Finkelstein ran the label for nearly 40 years before selling out to Linus Entertainment. Bernie now lives the life of a retired gentleman near Picton, Ontario.
4. The Paupers: One Rainy Day
(Skip Prokop / Adam Mitchell)
Magic People: Verve Forecast - FTS 3026
Toronto, ON
Adam Mitchell, guitar, vocals
Skip Prokop, drums, vocals
Dennis Gerrard, bass
Chuck Beal, guitar
Produced by Rick Shorter, 1967
The Paupers were the band that first moved Bernie Finkelstein into the music biz. He heard them practicing one day while mopping up a Yorkville club from the night before. He offered to be their manager. Sure, said the others, if you can get us a record deal. A few weeks later he had that deal in hand, signing The Paupers to the Verve records label and selling his act to Bob Dylan’s manager, Albert Grossman.
Bernie then found himself another hot band, Toronto’s ‘Kensington Market’. After getting them signed to Columbia, he found himself edged out of the action once again. So by 1969 he decided to do something drastic, owning and operating his own True North records label. He signed Bruce Cockburn, Murray McLauchlan and Kensington Market’s Eugene Martynec. Even The Market’s Moog synthesizer player John Mills-Cockel’s new band Syrinx were brought into the True North corale.
5. Fred J Eaglesmith: Rainy Day Blues
(Fred J Eaglesmith)
Fred J Eaglesmith: Sweetwater Records – 001
Port Dover ON
Fred J Eaglesmith: guitar, vocal
Produced by David Essig, 1980
Recorded by Danial Lanois at Grant Avenue Studio, Hamilton ON November 1979
Frederick John Elgersma b. Dunnville ON July 9, 1957
First of many releases by Eaglesmith who used the Fred J moniker till the CD era. He released two other vinyl LPs in the ‘80s on his own Sweetwater records label.
6. The Kinks: Rainy Day In June
(Ray Davies)
Face To Face: Pye Records NPL-30092
London UK
Ray Davies: guitar, vocal
Dave Davies: guitar
Mick Avory: drums
Pete Quaiffe: bass
Produced by Shel Talmy, 1966
Recorded by Alan McKenzie & Irish at Pye Studios, London UK
Released October 28, 1966
I love The Kinks for many reasons but a few of their many LPs stick out for me: Muswell Hillbillies, Arthur and this one: Face To Face. All three are totally different, unique in every way. I loved the cover of Face To Face the moment that I first saw it. It was sealed into a white shrink-wrap bag and handed to me after I paid $2.96 for it at Sam The Record Man’s Yonge St. store on January 21, 1967 and first played that same day at 4:34 p.m. It was in mono, of course.
7. Nazz: Rain Rider
(Todd Rundgren)
Nazz Nazz: Atlantic Records Canada SD 5002
Philadelphia PA
Todd Rundgren: lead guitar
Carson Van Osten: bass
Thom Mooney: drums
Robert Antoni: keys, vocals
Produced by Nazz
Released April 7, 1969
Recorded by James Lowe
The Nazz, featuring a young Todd Rundgren, took their name from the Yardbird’s song ‘The Nazz Are Blue’ who, in turn, took it from Lord Buckley’s hip name for ‘Jesus of Nazareth’. Meanwhile another band called The Nazz was playing down in Phoenix, lead by a young Vince Furnier who would later emerge as Alice Cooper. Rundgren’s Nazz put out three studio albums before calling it quits: (Nazz, Nazz Nazz, and Nazz III) before he decided to go solo.
8. The Undesirables: Rain Bed
(Corin Raymond / Sean Cotton)
Summer’s Gone: Ind. UND001
Toronto
Corin Raymond: lead vocal
Sean Cotton: guitar, harmony vocal
Produced by Trevor Mills & Dvid Baxter, 2003
Recorded at The Millstream, Scarborough ON by Trevor Mills
Mixed and Mastered at the Millstream by Paul Mills
Although this is not from the vinyl world, but a great rain song nevertheless, my wife Maggie said that I had to play Rain Bed if I was doing a rain show. I did try to protest that it was from a CD but she then convinced me with that ‘look’ that only someone you’re been married to for over 40 years (and puts up with your records) can make. And of course she’s right! Right?
9. Simon & Garfunkel: Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
(Paul Simon)
45 Single bw I Am A Rock: Columbia Records: 4-43617
New York City
Paul Simon: guitar, vocals
Art Garfunkel: vocals
Hal Blaine: drums
Joe South: guitar
Produced by Bob Johnston, 1966
Recorded Roy Halee December 22, 1965
Paul Frederic Simon b. October 13, 1941 (78) Newark, NJ
Arthur Ira Garfunkel b. November 5, 1941 (78) New York City
Although I took this from the B side of the single ‘I Am A Rock’, the song was included on the LP Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. It seems that every S&G album had one or two hidden gems on them. And they stand the test of time.
10. Moby Grape: Horse Out In The Rain
(Peter Lewis)
20 Granite Creek: Reprise Records – K-44152 (UK version)
San Francisco CA
Peter Lewis: rhythm guitar, vocals
Jerry Miller: lead guitar, vocals
James R Mosley: bass, vocals
Alex ‘Skip’ Spence: rhythm guitar, koto, vocals
Don Stevenson: drums, guitar, vocals
Andy Narell: steel drums
David Rubinson: electric piano, congas
Produced by David Rubinson & Moby Grape Productions, 1971
Recorded at Moby Grape’s House by Quadra-Centric Sound Systems by Ed Bannon; Pacific Recording Studios, San Mateo by Ed Bannon, David Rubinson and Jerry Zatkin
Mixed at Pacific Recording Studios by David Rubinson
This song starts out so slowly, it sounds like it’s on the wrong speed. I always have to check! But no, it’s the right speed; you can tell when the singing starts. This came from the fifth and final Grape album before their breakup in 1971. This band was truly one of the best of the San Francisco bands, just oozing with talent but totally screwed by their management company. There’s that extremely fine line between making it and breaking up.
11. Gordon Lightfoot: Rainy Day People
(Gordon Lightfoot)
Cold On The Shoulder: Reprise Records – MS 2206
Toronto ON
Gordon Lightfoot: guitar, vocal
Terry Clements: lead guitar
Red Shea: acoustic guitar
Rick Haynes: bass
Jim Gordon: drums
Pee Wee Charles: steel
Nick DeCaro: orchestrations
Produced by Lenny Waronker, 1975
Lightfoot used rain as a metaphor in many of his songs but I had to use two of them for this show (the other one is on the B side). This one went to number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one on the Easy Listening chart.
In the 1960s Lightfoot was a singer/songwriter’s musician. In the 70s he was a pop star of the highest caliber. Both he and Anne Murray were Canada’s top performers, internationally speaking. It’s very difficult to understand just how influential he was back then, but he affected everyone, from Johnny Cash to Bob Dylan, from Anne Murray to George Hamilton IV.
12. Bonnie Raitt: Rainy Day Man
(James Taylor)
Streetlights: Warner Brothers Records – BS 2818
Burbank CA
Don Grolnick: keys
Freebo: Electric Guitar
Stephen Gadd: drums
David Spinozza: guitar
Bonnie Raitt: guitar, vocal
Arthur Jenkins: percussion
Larry Wilcox: strings & horns
Produced by Jerry Ragovoy, 1974
Recorded by Harry Maslin, Bruce Tergesen, Blaise Castellano at The Hit Factory, NYC
Mixed by Harry Maslin
Bonnie Lynn Raitt b. November 8, 1949 Burbank CA
Raitt has received 10 Grammy Awards. She is listed as number 50 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. She was inducted in the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.
13. Bob Dylan: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
(Bob Dylan)
Blonde On Blonde: Columbia Records –C2S 841
Duluth MN
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano
Bill Aikins: keyboards
Wayne Butler: trombone
Kenneth Buttrey: drums
Rick Danko or Bill Lee: bass guitar (New York)
Bobby Gregg: drums (New York)
Paul Griffin: piano (New York)
Jerry Kennedy: guitar
Al Kooper: organ, guitar
Charlie McCoy: bass guitar, guitar, harmonica, trumpet
Wayne Moss: guitar, vocals
Hargus "Pig" Robbins: piano, keyboards
Robbie Robertson: guitar, vocals
Henry Strzelecki: bass guitar
Joe South: bass guitar, guitar
Produced by Bob Johnson, 1966
Recorded New York or Nashville
I haven’t listened to the entire two discs of Blonde on Blonde in one go since…. I dunno – can’t count back that far. But I did that the other day, including "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" which takes up the whole of side 4 itself. So what did that do to me? It did its magic, that’s what it did. What a remarkable double album of songs it is! You must realize that until the mid-1960s, double albums were extremely rare and mostly released for classical or jazz. The first pop or rock double album was Blonde on Blonde, released in 1966, soon followed by Freak Out!, Frank Zappa’s debut album with The Mothers of Invention released that same year. The Beatles white album, also a double, was released in ’68 and The Who’s Tommy, also a double, was released in ’69.
In 1999, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and it is on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.
14. The Men They Couldn’t Hang: Rain, Steam and Speed
(Paul Simmonds)
Silver Town: Jive Records – 1208-1 J
London UK
Ricky: bass
Paul Simmonds: guitars, bazouki, mandolin
Jon Odgers: drums
Swill, guitars, melodica, tin whistle, recorder
Stefan Cush, guitar, horn
Nick Muir: keys, accordion
Produced by Mick Glossop, 1989
Recorded at Woodcray and The Manor studios, Jan / Feb 1989
Side Two
1. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Buy For Me The Rain
(S Noonan / G Copeland)
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Liberty Records LRP 3501
Long Beach CA
Jeff Hanna: Lead Vocal, Washboard, Sandblocks, Guitar, Comb, Kazoo, Phinius
Bruce Kunkel: Guitar, Kazoo, Washtub Bass
Jimmie Fadden: Harmonia, Washtub Bass, Phinius, Kazoo, Cigarette
Ralphy Barr: Guitar, Kazoo, Washtub Bass, bubbles
Les Thompson: Mandolin, Kazoo, Washtub Bass, Phinius
John McEuen: Banjo, Washtub Bass
Produced by Dallas Smith, 1967
Songwriters Steve Noonan and Greg Copeland were school chums of Jackson Brown (a founding member the Dirt Band when they were still a jug band). This was really the only pop hit The Dirt Band ever really had. It was from their first album which was filled with humorous songs and rags, mostly remnants of their early jug band days.
2. Jane Morgan: The Day That The Rains Came Down
(Sigman / Becaude)
Jane Morgans Greatest Hits: Kapp Records KS 3329
Newton Mass
Compilation Album Produced, 1961
Song originally Produced, 1958
Florence Catherine Currier b. May 3, 1924 (96) Newton, Massachusetts
Jane Morgan's version of the song reached No. 1 on the UK's New Musical Express chart, spending 16 weeks on the chart overall. The song also reached No. 4 on the CHUM Chart Hit Parade.
3. Bim a.k.a. Roy Forbes: Farmer Needs The Rain
(Roy Forbes)
Raincheck On Misery: Casino Records CA 1009
Dawson Creek, BC
Bim: guitars, vocal
Terry Frewer: acoustic guitar
Doug Edwards: bass
Geoff Eyre: drums
Produced by Claire Lawrence 1976
Recorded by Dave Slagter at Little Mountain Sound June-Sept 1976
Roy Forbes b. Dawson Creek BC, 1953
His father used to call him Bim.
Forbes had lost one eye, his right, due to glaucoma when he was six years old. It forced him to wear a glass eye. That didn’t stop him from becoming an incredible singer, songwriter and guitarist. An avid record collector (especially 78 RPM platters), Forbes is also continuing his work as the host of Roy’s Record Room, his radio show which can be heard on the CKUA radio network in Alberta. His email is mailto:rforbes@ckua.com
4. James & The Good Brothers: Rainmaker
(Harry Nilson)
James & The Good Brothers: Columbia Records C 30889
Richvale, ON
Bruce Good: autoharp, vocals
Brian Good: guitar
James Ackroyd: guitar
Produced by Betty Cantor, 1970
Recorded by Bob Matthews and Betty Cantor at Alembic, San Francisco & Eastern Sound, Toronto
Harry Edward Nilsson III b. June 15, 1941 NYC / d. January 15, 1994 (52) Agoura Hills, CA
During a 1968 press conference, the Beatles were asked what their favorite American group was and they all answered "Nilsson". Shortly thereafter, Harry Nilsson formed close friendships with John Lennon and Ringo Starr. In the 1970s, Nilsson, Lennon and Starr were members of the Hollywood Vampires drinking club. They produced one collaborative album called
Pussy Cats’ in 1974. In response to John's 1980 murder, Nilsson took a hiatus from the music industry to campaign for stricter gun control.
Born with congenital heart problems, Nilsson suffered a heart attack on February 14, 1993. He died of heart failure at his California home on January 15, 1994.
5. The Association: Don’t Blame The Rain
(D Addrisi / D Addrisi)
45 single bw Cherish: Valiant Records – V 747
California
Terry Kirkman: wind instruments, vocals, percussion
Jules Alexander: lead guitar, vocals
Russ Giguere: rhythm guitar, vocals, percussion
Brian Cole: bass, vocals, woodwinds
Ted Bluechel, Jr.: drums, vocals, rhythm guitar, bass
Jim Yester: rhythm guitar, vocals, keyboards
Produced by C Boettcher, 1966
The Association had three major hit records that sold in the gazillions in the mid-1960s. These were ‘Along Comes Mary’, ‘Windy’ and ‘Cherish’.
Wind instrumentalist Terry Kirkman played in groups with Frank Zappa for a short period before Frank went on to form The Mothers of Invention. I got to see them open for The Lovin’ Spoonful at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1967. Guitarist Jim Yester’s brother replaced Canadian Zal Yanovsky in The Lovin’ Spoonful and actually produced some of The Association’s records.
6. Gates Lepine: Cold Manitoba Rain
(Gaeten LePine / Jury Krytiuk)
45 single bw It Took Some Pretty Flowers: Boot Records – BT 078
Timmins ON
Gates Lepine: vocals
Laurie Bower Singers
Produced by Jury Krytiuk, 1973
This guy was the bartender at the Maple Leaf Hotel in Timmins who gave a travel weary, flat-broke Tom Connors his first real gig at the Maple Leaf in October, 1964. Lepine went on to write several songs with Connors, many of which appeared on Connors’s ‘Long Gone to the Yukon’ CD. He’s currently living in Thurso QC. This is the only record he ever released, on Tom’s Boot Records label, of course.
7. Brian Way: Say My Goodbyes To The Rain
(Brian Way)
Where Do You Go: Quality Records SV 1927
Toronto
John Capek: melodica, percussion
Dennis Pendrith: bass
Barry Keane: drums
Bryan Way: guitar, vocals
Brian Russell: guitar
Milan Kymlicka: strings
Ann Capek, Bev D’Angelo, Cathy Young: bg vocals
Produced by John Capek, 1976
Recorded by Alan Thorne & Don Geppert at Thunder Sound, Toronto
Mixed by Alan Throne
Brian Way lived in Newfoundland in the 1970s, employed as a music professor at Memorial University. This album, his only one, isn’t great but was badly panned in The Varsity, U of T’s student newspaper, in 1977. Criticism that is a little harsh, I thinks.
8. Murray McLauchlan: Whispering Rain
(Murray McLauchlan)
Live At The Orpheum: Columbia / True North Records 2DJTN 38
Toronto ON
Murray McLauchlan: piano, vocal
Dennis Pendrith: bass
Produced by Frank Gigliotti, 1979
Recorded by CFOX-FM at the Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver
Mastered at CBS Studios, Toronto by Phil Joiner and Andy Condon
Never commercially available, this was meant to promote the 1980 Whispering Rain tour, trying to break into the US market. It’s easy to forget just how successful Murray’s career was at the time! He won 10 Juno Awards and been nominated for a total of 23. Murray hosted the highly rated CBC Radio roots music program ‘Swinging On a Star’ from 1989 to 1994. In 1986 he starred in a television special called Floating over Canada, in which he piloted a Cessna 185 float plane across Canada. This special was broadcast on U.S. public television as well as in Canada on CBC.
In 1993, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
In 2001, was the recipient of the National Achievement Award at the annual SOCAN Awards.
He was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in September 2016.
9. Buddy Knox: Early Morning Rain
(Gordon Lightfoot)
Gypsy Man: United Artists UAS 6689
Happy, Texas
Buddy Knox: guitar, vocal
Others not listed
Produced by Bob Montgomery: 1968
Buddy Wayne Knox b. July 20, 1933 Happy, TX / d. February 14, 1999 Bremerton, Washington (65)
In his teens, Knox formed a band with some high-school friends called the "Rhythm Orchids". After they performed on the same 1956 radio show as Roy Orbison and his "Teen Kings" band, Orbison suggested that Knox go to record producer Norman Petty, who had a recording studio in Clovis, New Mexico, the same studio where Buddy Holly recorded several of his early hits, including "That'll Be the Day".
Knox's song "Party Doll" was released on the Roulette record label, and went to number one on the Cash Box chart in 1957 and went on to sell over a million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. While he never achieved the same level of artistic success as Buddy Holly or Roy Orbison, Knox outlived both and enjoyed a long career in music.
Throughout the 70s, 80s, and early 90s Knox was based in Manitoba toured mostly Western Canada and upper Midwest U.S. states. In 1981, he starred in a Canadian movie called ‘Sweet Country Road’. He claimed that fame took a huge toll on his family life. Traveling 250 days a year for 35 years, he was voted "the most traveling entertainer in the world by Billboard
magazine, and claimed that it cost three marriages. In 1992, he got divorced again and settled in British Columbia where he was a partner in a nightclub. He moved to Port Orchard, Washington in 1997 to be with his new fiancée but fell and badly injured his hip. That was when his doctor informed him that he had terminal lung cancer which he succumbed to.
10. Gordon Lightfoot: Looking At The Rain
(Gordon Lightfoot)
Don Quixote: Reprise: 2056
Toronto, ON
Gordon Lightfoot: 6 & 12-string guitar, vocals
Red Shea: hi-string guitar, classical guitar, dobro
Terry Clements: lead acoustic guitar
Rick Haynes: bass
Nick DeCaro: string arrangements
Produced by Lenny Waronker, 1972
Recorded and Mixed and Mastered by Lee Herschberg at Amigo Studios in North Hollywood
11. Chilliwack: Rain-O
(Bill Henderson)
Chilliwack: London Records PAS 71040
Vancouver BC
Ross Turney: drums
Claire Lawrence: sax, keys
Glenn Miller: bass
Bill Henderson: guitar, keys, lead vocals
Produced by Chilliwack, 1970
Recorded by Dave Green at A&R Studios, NYC
12. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Louisiana Rain
(Tom Petty)
Damn The Torpedoes: Backstreet Records : MCA-1505
Gainsville FL
Tom Petty: guitars, harmonica, lead vocal
Benmont Tench: keys, vocals
Mike Campbell: guitars
Styan Lynch: drums, vocals
Ron Blair: bass
Produced by Tom Petty & Jimmy Lovine, 1979
Recorded by Shelly Yakus Sound City, Van Nuys CA & Cherokee Studios, Hollywood
Mixed at Cherokee and The Record Plant, NYC
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Serling Sound, NYC
Tom Petty b. October 20, 1950 / d. October 2, 2017 (66) Santa Monica, CA
13. The Beatles: Rain
(John Lennon / Paul McCartney)
45 rpm single bw Paperback Writer: Capitol Records Canada 5651
Liverpool UK
John Lennon: lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
Paul McCartney: backing vocals, bass
George Harrison: backing vocals, lead guitar
Ringo Starr: drums, tambourine
Produced by George Martin, 1966
Recorded in London at EMI Studios by Geoff Emerick, April 1966
My copy was purchased from a little mom and pop record shop in a small strip mall at Yonge and Cummer streets in Willowdale not far from my junior high school, RJ Lang when I was in grade 8.
The last verse of "Rain" includes backwards vocals, the first use of this technique on a record. (The hit novelty song "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! ", where side B is side A played backwards, was released later that year of 1966).
The inspiration for "Rain" is agreed on by Neil Aspinall, the Beatles' roadie, and John Lennon. They both described the band's arrival in Sydney, Australia, marked by rain and poor weather. Lennon said, "I've never seen rain as hard as that.”
Bonus Tracks
14. Lovin’ Spoonful: Rain On The Roof
(John Sebastian)
Hums of the Lovin’ Spoonful: Kama-Sutra Records KPLS 8054
NYC
John Sebastian: lead vocal, autoharp, pedal steel
Zal Yanovsky: lead guitar
Steve Boon: bass
Joe Butler: percussion
Produced by Erik Jacobson, 1966
Recorded by Roy Halee at Bell Sound Studios and Columbia Studios, NYC
15. Roy Orbison: Raindrops
(Joe Melson)
Sings Lonely and Blue: Monument Records XM 4002
Vernon TX
Roy Orbison: vocals, guitar, sunglasses
Produced by Fred Foster, 1961
Recorded at RCA Studio B, Nashville, Sept 1, 1959, by Bill Porter and Tommy Strong
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