Good Morning Starshine [Import]

Strawberry Alarm Clock, Strawberry Ala | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 24, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Mca Japan
• ASIN: B0000070CV
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  Unknown Binding
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #766,324 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Me And The Township

2. Off The Ramp Road Tramp

3. Standby (You Put Me On)

4. Dear Joy

5. Changes

6. Desiree

7. I Climbed The Mountain

8. Three

9. Starting Out The Day

10. California Day

11. Girl From The City

12. Good Morning Starshine

13. Small Package

14. Hog Child

15. Miss Attraction

16. Good Morning Starshine

17. Miss Attraction

18. Write Your Name In Gold

Editorial Reviews

Japanese reissue of their fourth album (1969) with sevenunmarked bonus tracks: 'Desiree', 'I Climbed The Mountain','Three', 'Starting Out The Day', 'California Day', 'GirlFrom The City' and 'Good Morning Starshine'. 18 tracks inall. 1997 Universal release

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Aww Man This Trip's A Bummer, December 21, 2005

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Todd and In Charge (Miami, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Good Morning Starshine (Audio CD)

Look, I'm all there for SAC and was hoping this would blow me away, but the liner notes say it all: lawsuits, competing SAC bands on tour, in-fighting, forced songs they were made to sing by the label ("Good Morning Starshine"), members dropping in and dropping out, self-production where they were admittedly "over their head" and that they "cringe" when listening to now, etc.

I can go on but the liner notes really put this release in perspective. It's not awful, in fact there are some decent songs here, including the lp version of "Miss America," which has a nice nod to "California Girls" in its extended break, and "Changes," which has a nice bluesy, fusion feel. But as Ed King points out in the notes, they really lacked a decent lead singer, and it shows itself here, just plain ragged and uninspiring. In all, this one is for collectors only, even hard-core fans in my view don't need to spend the coin as I suspect it will sit on the shelves after the first listen....

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fourth and Final S.A.C. Album, October 29, 2003

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Jon "Jon W" (Loganville, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Good Morning Starshine (Audio CD)

Although this album sounds way different from the previous three, it is nonetheless a masterpiece. With the departure of George Bunnell and Randy Seol, and marking the arrival of Jim Pitman and Gene Gunnells, this album has a decidedly harder sound too, with the rollicking long version of "Miss Attraction" and the bluesy "Changes". Their rendition of the title track is 1000 times better than that wimpy Oliver version the radio plays. "Small Package" sounds more like the Alarm Clock of yore, while "Dear joy" and "You Put Me On Standby" are light hearted and enjoyable. Fabulous way to end the S.A.C.'s career on LP, although another lineup, sans Pitman and Mark Weitz and with Paul Marshall, would continue to tour and appear in the film "Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls".