Buddha
2001
The Best Of The Lemon Pipers: Green Tambourine
About This Album
This compilation is the first thorough domestic U.S. release gathering tracks from both out-of-print Lemon Pipers albums. Although known primarily for their international, ersatz, hippy bubblegum pop anthem "Green Tambourine," the quintet's formidable musical chops and material are displayed at the center of The Best of the Lemon Pipers: Green Tambourine. During their brief existence, the Lemon Pipers had two additional charting hits -- "Rice Is Nice" and "Jelly Jungle (Of Orange Marmalade)" -- for music mogul Neil Bogart's Kama Sutra label. Bogart was already hosting a number of successful bubblegum bands such as Ohio Express and 1910 Fruitgum Company. His hugely thriving production team featuring Jerry Kasenetz and Jeff Katz scouted Ivan and the Sabers -- a local Oxford, OH, band. The band were self-contained instrumentally, but Bogart and company supplied the tunes. The team of producer/composer Paul Leka and lyricist Shelley Pinz provided the Lemon Pipers with a great deal of their material. When left to their own devices, the band ironically had very little in common with the sounds on the chart-topping "Green Tambourine." On the whole, the band falls somewhere between the over-the-top pseudo-psychedelia of the Strawberry Alarm Clock and the garage pop of the Blues Magoos.
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 10)

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