Rainy Day Mind Ember Pop 1969

2009 compilation, the first of two volumes surveying the Ember label's Pop repertoire from 1969 until the label's demise at the end of the '70s. It comprises 21 tracks by 13 artists ranging from obscure American singer Polly Niles to the internationally famous P J Proby, as well as ill-fated actor Alan Lake, Irish vocalist Lee Lynch, French pop star Black Swan and fuzz guitar toting soul band Milt Matthews Inc. a clutch of projects including the Good Vibrations, the Good Ship Lollipop and Rusty Harness came to Ember courtesy of producer Mike Berry. The founding of US outlet Paramount-Ember in 1974, headed by music business veteran John Madara, brought albums by Denny Doherty (formerly of the Mamas And the Papas) and British all-girl glam rockers Mother Trucker into the fold.