Edit for headphones. Source file from the album 'Move' (2007 DeLuxe Edition). The album's mix is very good, I just gave it some extra bass & pepper. Recorded 6 July 1967, at Advision Sound Studios, London, an excellent mix and of outstanding sound quality. The single reached number two in 1967 on the UK Singles Chart, number four in Ireland and number five in Holland. The distinctive instrumental arrangement, including oboe, clarinet, cor anglais and French horn was suggested by assistant producer Tony Visconti. So this once again prooves no horrible sax-o-phone is needed in the musical industry. A so called psychedelic pop song with an unusual history. *
Carl Wayne: lead vocals. Roy Wood: guitar, backing vocals. Bev Bevan: drums, backing vocals. Ace Kefford: drums, backing vocals. Trevor Burton: guitars, backing vocals. Tony Visconti: string, brass and woodwind arrangements.
Youtuber "DownTownStalker" wrote this song was a favorite of Brian Jones.
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In a promotional stunt for the record — typical of the band's manager Tony Secunda — a postcard was released with a cartoon of a naked Harold Wilson, linking him to his secretary Marcia Williams. Wilson sued, and the High Court ordered that all royalties from the song were donated to a charity of Wilson's choice. This legal arrangement remains in force to this day and is thought to have cost the group millions of pounds in royalties over the years. During the single's chart success, most of the money went to the Spastics Society and Stoke Mandeville Hospital. In the 1990s, The Observer newspaper reported the royalties had exceeded £ 200,000 and found that The Harold Wilson Charitable Trust had extended the range of beneficiaries to include, among others, the Oxford Operatic Society, Bolton Lads Club and the Jewish National Fund for Israel.
FLOWERS IN THE RAIN
(Roy Wood)
Woke up one morning half asleep
With all my blankets in a heap
And yellow roses scattered all around
The time was still approaching
For I couldn't stand it anymore
Some marigolds upon my eiderdown
I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain making the garden grow
I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain keeping me good
So I lay upon my side
With all the windows open wide
Couldn't pressurize my head from speaking
Hoping not to make a sound
I pushed my bed into the grounds
In time to catch the sight that I was seeking
I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain making the garden grow
I'm just sitting watching flowers in the rain
Feel the power of the rain keeping me good
If this perfect pleasure has to be
Then this is paradise to me
If my pillow's getting wet
I can't see that it matters much to me
I heard the flowers in the breeze
Make conversation with the trees
Relieved to leave reality behind me
With my commitments in a mess
My sleep 's gone away depressed
In a world of fantasy you'll find
