Released 14/02/11.
After scoring a national US hit in mid-1966 with their garage band classic Hey Joe, seminal LA folk-rockers The Leaves moved from local label Mira to Capitol Records. Recorded in the autumn of 1966, All The Good That’s Happening was their major label debut album. However, it proved to be their last recording, with the group splitting up early the following year when founder member Jim Pons quit to join the Turtles. Unavailable in CD format for nearly two decades, and previously unreleased outside of America, All The Good That’s Happening is now finally given wider exposure. Boasting such lysergic weird-outs as Lemmon Princess and the Byrdsish On The Plane alongside superb, spooked covers of Codine and Donovan s To Try For The Sun, the album can now be seen as a fascinating signpost towards the emerging West Coast sound as, aided by the use of certain chemical substances, the LA folk-rock scene of the mid-1960s slid uneasily into psychedelic territory. With a lavish 16-page booklet that includes rare photos and a new essay on the band, this Grapefruit label issue is the definitive release of a largely overlooked but pivotal folk-into-psych album.
Twilight Sanctuary / One In The Middle / On The Plane / Officer Shayne / Let’s Get Together / Introduction To A Cartoon Show / With None Shoes / To Try For The Sun / Codine / Flashback (The Rhythm Thing) / The Quieting Of Oliver Tweak (The Stone Freak) / Lemmon Princess / Bonus Tracks / Twilight Sanctuary (Mono Single Mix) / Lemmon Princess (Mono Single Mix)