A Trip Through the Garden: The Rose Garden Collection

by Rose Garden

Overview

Omnivore's 2018 A Trip Through the Garden: The Rose Garden Collection is the first thorough compilation assembled on the California folk-rock quintet, containing all of their eponymous 1967 debut -- previously, that was the only Rose Garden music to reach CD -- along with alternate mixes and takes, rehearsals, acetate versions, and five live tracks recorded at Canoga Park's Chaminade High School in 1967. The lack of Rose Garden compact discs could be down to how they had only one hit single: "Next Plane to London," which climbed to number 17 in the fall of 1967. A Trip Through the Garden fills out the story, underscoring how the Rose Garden were very much a band of their time and place, quite proudly displaying their debt to the Byrds. All of their eponymous debut and the assorted ephemera on the disc recall the sweeter, folkier elements of the Byrds, but the connection is deepest with Gene Clark. The Rose Garden cut two Clark songs that are otherwise unavailable: the tuneful jangle of "Long Time" and the proto country-rocker "Till Today." These two songs, along with the mellow effervescence of "Next Plane to London," are the highlights of the album and the comp, rivaled only by a crunchy version of Neil Young's "Down to the Wire" and the five live cuts, which are much tougher than anything else heard on the CD (they also contain two additional Byrds covers in "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" and "She Don't Care About Time"). Saving these cuts, the Rose Garden are a pleasant period artifact: gentle, hazy, and light, so light they float away on a breeze. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	06/15/2018
Label:	Omnivore
UPC:	0816651011605
Rank:	98003

Tracks

1. Next Plane to London
2. I'm Only Second
3. February Sunshine
4. Coins of Fun
5. Rider
6. She Belongs to Me
7. Flower Tone
8. Till Today
9. Look What You've Done
10. Long Time
11. If My World Falls Through [Mono Single Version]
12. Here's Today [Mono Single Version]
13. Down to the Wire
14. Charlie the Fer de Lance
15. The World Is a Great Big Playground
16. Here's Today [Stereo Mix]
17. If My World Falls Through [Stereo Mix]
18. Dead Men Never Die [Take 2]
19. I'm Only Second [Acetate Version]
20. Till Today (Rehearsal)
21. Till Today [Acetate Version]
22. Next Plane to London [Live]
23. So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star [Live]
24. She Don't Care About Time [Live]
25. It's the Little Things [Live]
26. You Don't Love Me [Live]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Rose Garden   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Diana De Rose   Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)
Gene Clark   Guitar,Vocals
John Noreen   Guitar,Vocals
James Groshong   Guitar,Vocals
William Fleming   Bass
Bruce Bowdin   Drums

Technical Credits

Bruce Bowdin   Group Member,Arranger,Composer
Diana De Rose   Arranger,Composer,Group Member
Val Geary   Composer
Charles W. Higgins   Composer
Don Lottermoser   Composer
Bob Dylan   Composer
Kenny Gist Jr.   Composer
Kenny O'Dell   Composer
Chris Hillman   Composer
Irwin Levine   Composer
Cheryl Pawelski   Compilation Producer
Greg Allen   Design,Art Direction
Gene Clark   Composer
Charles Greene   Producer
Bob Johnston   Composer
Neil Young   Composer
Pat Vegas   Composer
Stan Ross   Engineer,Producer
Traditional   Composer
Sonny Bono   Composer
Bo Diddley   Composer
Bob Crewe   Composer
Al Kooper   Composer
Alec Palao   Mixing
Brian Kehew   Mixing
Leon Rosselson   Composer
Wes Farrell   Composer
Roger McGuinn   Composer
Brian Stone   Producer
Willie Cobbs   Composer
Tony McCashen   Composer
John Noreen   Arranger,Composer,Group Member
James Groshong   Arranger,Composer,Group Member
Glenn Schwartz   Licensing
John Einarson   Liner Notes
Lee Lodyga   Project Assistant
William Fleming   Arranger,Composer,Group Member
Audrey Bilger   Project Assistant
Dorothy Stefanski   Editorial
Pat Pipolo   Producer
Dutch Cramblitt   Project Assistant
Brad Rosenberger   Project Assistant
Joy Graves   Project Assistant
Phil Vickery   Composer
Donald Lewis Dunn   Composer
Leonard A. Metzger   Composer