It's A Beautiful Day 1969 Album

It's A Beautiful Day

I'm not convinced this is a such an outlier as it relates to 1960's San Francisco bands, but the main thing is they really create a great live feel on this record. The opener "White Bird" is the group's best-known track but there's something in everything to ponder here, good or bad. But usually good! The orchestral bombast of "Bombay Calling" was the inspiration to Deep Purple's "Child in Time". Elsewhere, "Time Is" brings down the curtain in a frantic mood. But for me, all paths lead to "Wasted Union Blues", one of the weirdest, out-of-control, rollercoaster epic rockers a so-called "wimp" band has ever put to tape. This isn't sterling all the way through, and I've never heard a single note of this band past this record, but believe you me, their debut was one fascinating effort.