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There was more to Scott McKenzie than "San Francisco," though this album came out so long after that single peaked on the charts that few people ever bothered to buy it. There's nothing here quite like the title song, and none of the rest captures a magical mood or moment the way that the single did, though there is some very pretty music. McKenzie's rendition of Donovan's "Celeste" has a languid beauty, while his version of John Sebastian and Zal Yanovsky's "It's Not Time Now" is a more standard, rhythmic folk-rock piece. For reasons perhaps best known to himself, however, McKenzie's voice doesn't have as much range or flexibility on those two numbers as it seemed to show on "San Francisco." But when he does one of his originals, his expressiveness blooms, and he stays fairly strong on all of the rest. That includes Tim Hardin's "Reason to Believe" (one of the better renditions that song has ever received) and "No, No, No, No, No," a hook-laden piece about sexual pursuit and frustration with an exquisite orchestral accompaniment behind a lean, punchy acoustic band sound; and Hardin's haunting, cautionary "Don't Make Promises." Still, the songs that McKenzie does best here are the John Phillips-authored works -- beyond the title cut, those include "Like an Old Time Movie" and "Twelve-Thirty." The latter has a poignancy here that the more familiar version by the Mamas & the Papas misses; one gets the illusion of a personal confessional, so closely does McKenzie seem to embrace the lyric. Some of his singing is still a bit too bland, but overall this would have been a promising first effort, had McKenzie been of more of a mind to follow it up quickly. The album was later repackaged in England as San Francisco, with a different song order, and has been reissued by Sony U.K. under that title.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Scott McKenzie, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Phillips, Composer - Producer not documented on available sources, Producer
Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Scott McKenzie, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Donovan, Composer
Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Scott McKenzie, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Z. Yanovsky, Composer - J. Sebastian, Composer - Producer not documented on available sources, Producer
Originally released 1965. All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Scott McKenzie, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
Originally released 1966. All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Scott McKenzie, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Hardin, Composer - Producer not documented on available sources, Producer
Originally released 1966. All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Scott McKenzie, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lou Adler, Producer - John Phillips, Composer, Producer
Originally released 1966. All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Scott McKenzie, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Geoffrey Stephens, Composer - M. Polnareff, Composer - Producer not documented on available sources, Producer
Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Scott McKenzie, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Hardin, Composer
Originally released 1966. All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Scott McKenzie, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Phillips, Composer - Producer not documented on available sources, Producer
Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Scott McKenzie, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeffrey Phillips, Composer
Originally released 1966. All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Scott McKenzie, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Producer not documented on available sources, Producer
Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Scott McKenzie, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lou Adler, Producer - John Phillips, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Scott McKenzie, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lou Adler, Producer - John Phillips, Producer
Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Scott McKenzie, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lou Adler, Producer - John Phillips, Composer, Lyricist, Producer
Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Scott McKenzie, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lou Adler, Producer - John Phillips, Producer
Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Scott McKenzie, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lou Adler, Producer - John Phillips, Producer - Donovan, Composer, Lyricist
Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Scott McKenzie, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lou Adler, Producer - Geoffrey Stephens, Composer, Lyricist - M. Polnareff, Composer, Lyricist - John Phillips, Producer
Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Scott McKenzie, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Phillips, Composer, Lyricist
Originally released 1968. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment.
Scott McKenzie, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lou Adler, Producer - John Phillips, Producer
Originally released 1968. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
There was more to Scott McKenzie than "San Francisco," though this album came out so long after that single peaked on the charts that few people ever bothered to buy it. There's nothing here quite like the title song, and none of the rest captures a magical mood or moment the way that the single did, though there is some very pretty music. McKenzie's rendition of Donovan's "Celeste" has a languid beauty, while his version of John Sebastian and Zal Yanovsky's "It's Not Time Now" is a more standard, rhythmic folk-rock piece. For reasons perhaps best known to himself, however, McKenzie's voice doesn't have as much range or flexibility on those two numbers as it seemed to show on "San Francisco." But when he does one of his originals, his expressiveness blooms, and he stays fairly strong on all of the rest. That includes Tim Hardin's "Reason to Believe" (one of the better renditions that song has ever received) and "No, No, No, No, No," a hook-laden piece about sexual pursuit and frustration with an exquisite orchestral accompaniment behind a lean, punchy acoustic band sound; and Hardin's haunting, cautionary "Don't Make Promises." Still, the songs that McKenzie does best here are the John Phillips-authored works -- beyond the title cut, those include "Like an Old Time Movie" and "Twelve-Thirty." The latter has a poignancy here that the more familiar version by the Mamas & the Papas misses; one gets the illusion of a personal confessional, so closely does McKenzie seem to embrace the lyric. Some of his singing is still a bit too bland, but overall this would have been a promising first effort, had McKenzie been of more of a mind to follow it up quickly. The album was later repackaged in England as San Francisco, with a different song order, and has been reissued by Sony U.K. under that title.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:57
- Main artists: Scott McKenzie
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Epic - Legacy
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
This compilation (P) 2006. All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
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