Kites Are Fun

Fully licensed, ltd to 500 copies, 180 gr. 1967, just like it was yesterday, pre Vietnam war scenario, high hopes and a new bright horizon, soon to be fall. Meanwhile, the music and - in this case - the celestial vocal harmonies of the East Coast unit formally known as Free Design Their 1967 debut Kites Are Fun is still a case in point and a major influence on todays alternative pop. Often referred as the East Coast answer to Mamas & the Papas, the band had a more ethereal and eclectic approach. From the gentle orchestral accompaniment of Make the Madness Stop to the folkish bossa of When Love Was Young through the sensational arrangements of Proper Ornaments - a number eventually championed by Madlib in the stunning tribute The Now Sound Redesigned (released on Light In The Attic in 2005) - youll find more than a singular approach. Produced by none other than Enoch Light the album is still an astonishing piece of heavenly art-pop with such a lysergic counterpoint.

1: Kites Are Fun
2: Make the Madness Stop
3: When Love Is Young
4: The Proper Ornaments
5: My Brother Woody
6: 59th Street Bridge Song
6: 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
7: Don't Turn Away
8: Umbrellas
9: Michelle
10: Never Tell the World
11: A Man and a Woman
12: Stay Another Season
13: The Proper Ornaments (Mono)
14: Kites Are Fun (Single Version)

Number of Discs: 1

Producer: Enoch Light

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