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The Orange Peels: Allen Clapp (vocals, guitar, organ); Larry Winther (guitar); Jill Pries (bass); Bob Vickers (drums, vocals).
Additional Personnel: Bruce Kaphan (pedal steel); Sena Thompson (strings); Bryan Hanna (drums).
Producers: Jeff Saltzman, Bryan Hanna, Allen Clapp.
Recorded at The Terrarium, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Mysterious Cove, Campbell, California; and Tambling Sound, San Jose, California between May 1995 and December 1996.
In 1993, Northern California singer/songwriter Allen Clapp recorded an excellent homemade album called 100% CHANCE OF RAIN. The record was released by Bus Stop under the name Allen Clapp and His Orchestra but promptly disappeared. Four years later, Clapp and his bassist wife Jill joined ex-Mummies guitarist Larry Winther and Cerebral Corps drummer Bob Vickers, christened themselves The Orange Peels, and released the amazing SQUARE.
SQUARE is a nonstop delight-delicate, jangly, and unabashedly sweet. Echoes of the Three O'Clock, Association, Left Banke, Zombies, and Brian Wilson are evident, and the overtly Christian lyrics on such songs as "Something Strange Happens" and "The World Could Pass Me By" are anything but proselytizing. The breathy samba "On the Way To Somewhere" and the spare, atmospheric "Man And Superman" are two other highlights, as are Winther's two country-surf instrumentals. The sleeve's graphic design is defiantly retro but nonetheless entirely up-to-date and timeless. Just like the album itself.
Additional Personnel: Bruce Kaphan (pedal steel); Sena Thompson (strings); Bryan Hanna (drums).
Producers: Jeff Saltzman, Bryan Hanna, Allen Clapp.
Recorded at The Terrarium, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Mysterious Cove, Campbell, California; and Tambling Sound, San Jose, California between May 1995 and December 1996.
In 1993, Northern California singer/songwriter Allen Clapp recorded an excellent homemade album called 100% CHANCE OF RAIN. The record was released by Bus Stop under the name Allen Clapp and His Orchestra but promptly disappeared. Four years later, Clapp and his bassist wife Jill joined ex-Mummies guitarist Larry Winther and Cerebral Corps drummer Bob Vickers, christened themselves The Orange Peels, and released the amazing SQUARE.
SQUARE is a nonstop delight-delicate, jangly, and unabashedly sweet. Echoes of the Three O'Clock, Association, Left Banke, Zombies, and Brian Wilson are evident, and the overtly Christian lyrics on such songs as "Something Strange Happens" and "The World Could Pass Me By" are anything but proselytizing. The breathy samba "On the Way To Somewhere" and the spare, atmospheric "Man And Superman" are two other highlights, as are Winther's two country-surf instrumentals. The sleeve's graphic design is defiantly retro but nonetheless entirely up-to-date and timeless. Just like the album itself.
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - All the World Could Pass Me By
2 - Something Strange Happens
3 - Get It Right
4 - I Don't Mind the Rain
5 - Take Me Over
6 - Everybody's Gone
7 - Spaghetti-O Western
8 - She Is Like a Rose
9 - On the Way to Somewhere
10 - Slow Train
11 - Didn't You Know?
12 - Man and Superman
13 - Tex
14 - Love Coming Down
Disc 2:
1 - All the World Could Pass Me By
2 - Something Strange Happens
3 - Get It Right
4 - I Don't Mind the Rain
5 - Take Me Over
6 - Everybody's Gone
7 - Spaghetti-O Western
8 - She Is Like a Rose
9 - On the Way to Somewhere
10 - Slow Train
11 - Didn't You Know?
12 - Man and Superman
13 - Tex
14 - Love Coming Down
15 - Get It Right [Minneapolis Mix]
16 - On the Way to Somewhere [Minneapolis Mix]
17 - Something Strange Happens [Alternate Mix]
18 - Love Coming Down [Original Album Mix]
19 - Every Other Sunday
Disc 3:
1 - She Is Like a Rose [California Album]
2 - Get It Right [California Album]
3 - I Don't Mind the Rain [California Album]
4 - Everybody's Gone [California Album]
5 - Spaghetti-O Western [California Album]
6 - Didn't You Know [California Album]
7 - Advice From Mister Leary [California Album]
8 - On the Way to Somewhere [California Album]
9 - Slow Train [California Album]
10 - Tex [California Album]
11 - Love Coming Down [California Album]
12 - Didn't You Know? [4-Track Demo]
13 - She Is Like a Rose [4-Track Demo]
14 - Everybody's Gone [4-Track Demo]
15 - On the Way to Somewhere [4-Track Demo]
16 - I Don't Mind the Rain [4-Track Demo]
17 - Slow Train [4-Track Demo]
18 - Get It Right [4-Track Demo]
19 - All the World Could Pass Me By [4-Track Demo]
20 - No. 1 [Live on KZSU]
21 - Take Me Over [8-Track Demo]
1 - All the World Could Pass Me By
2 - Something Strange Happens
3 - Get It Right
4 - I Don't Mind the Rain
5 - Take Me Over
6 - Everybody's Gone
7 - Spaghetti-O Western
8 - She Is Like a Rose
9 - On the Way to Somewhere
10 - Slow Train
11 - Didn't You Know?
12 - Man and Superman
13 - Tex
14 - Love Coming Down
Disc 2:
1 - All the World Could Pass Me By
2 - Something Strange Happens
3 - Get It Right
4 - I Don't Mind the Rain
5 - Take Me Over
6 - Everybody's Gone
7 - Spaghetti-O Western
8 - She Is Like a Rose
9 - On the Way to Somewhere
10 - Slow Train
11 - Didn't You Know?
12 - Man and Superman
13 - Tex
14 - Love Coming Down
15 - Get It Right [Minneapolis Mix]
16 - On the Way to Somewhere [Minneapolis Mix]
17 - Something Strange Happens [Alternate Mix]
18 - Love Coming Down [Original Album Mix]
19 - Every Other Sunday
Disc 3:
1 - She Is Like a Rose [California Album]
2 - Get It Right [California Album]
3 - I Don't Mind the Rain [California Album]
4 - Everybody's Gone [California Album]
5 - Spaghetti-O Western [California Album]
6 - Didn't You Know [California Album]
7 - Advice From Mister Leary [California Album]
8 - On the Way to Somewhere [California Album]
9 - Slow Train [California Album]
10 - Tex [California Album]
11 - Love Coming Down [California Album]
12 - Didn't You Know? [4-Track Demo]
13 - She Is Like a Rose [4-Track Demo]
14 - Everybody's Gone [4-Track Demo]
15 - On the Way to Somewhere [4-Track Demo]
16 - I Don't Mind the Rain [4-Track Demo]
17 - Slow Train [4-Track Demo]
18 - Get It Right [4-Track Demo]
19 - All the World Could Pass Me By [4-Track Demo]
20 - No. 1 [Live on KZSU]
21 - Take Me Over [8-Track Demo]