''Feelings'' is the third

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by the American

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band

The Grass Roots The Grass Roots are an American rock band that charted frequently between 1965 and 1975. The band was originally the creation of Lou Adler and songwriting duo P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri. In their career, they achieved two gold albums, two ...

, released in February 1968 by

Dunhill Records Dunhill Records was started in 1964 by Lou Adler, Jay Lasker, Pierre Cossette and Bobby Roberts as Dunhill Productions to release the music of Johnny Rivers on Imperial Records. It became a record label the following year and was distributed b ...

. It contained many songs composed by the group's members and studio performances of the musician's instrumentation. The album was intended to take the group into a heavier psychedelic direction with their music. The A and B side singles released from the album were "Melody For You" b/w "Hey Friend", "Feelings" b/w "Here's Where You Belong", "Who Will You Be Tomorrow" (B-side of "Midnight Confessions"), "Hot Bright Lights" (B-side of "Bella Linda"), "All Good Things Come to an End" (B-side of 1969 issue of "Melody for You") and "You and Love Are the Same" (B-side of "

Lovin' Things ''Lovin' Things'' is the fourth album by American rock group The Grass Roots. The album was originally released by Dunhill Records in 1969. The album charted at #73. It contained only two songs composed by the group. The album was intended to ta ...

"). Midway during this run "

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" was released as an A side and became the group's highest charting single.

Songs

The songs were a 50/50 split between outside composers and the group and featured arrangements by

Jimmie Haskell Jimmie Haskell (born Sheridan Pearlman, November 7, 1926 – February 4, 2016) was an American composer and arranger for motion pictures and a wide variety of popular artists, including Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Steely Da ...

. The title song was created in 1966 by the pre-Grass Roots garage group named the 13th Floor. Previous member Kenny Fukomoto was the main composer and Warren Entner and Rick Coonce helped with the arrangements. The song featured a sustained fuzz guitar and Eastern influences giving it a psychedelic flavor. This theme was continued with other group-composed songs. "Who Will You Be Tomorrow" contained references to

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and other pop culture themes, "Hot Bright Lights" reflected the group's stage life. It featured an extended fuzzy lead guitar performance by Bratton segueing into the songs "Hey Friend" and "You And Love Are The Same", both written by Entner and Rob Grill. Dunhill Records executives became dismayed by the inability of the single releases to chart at their time of release. They decided that since "Midnight Confessions" performed so well in the charts, they would issue the first greatest hits album ''Golden Grass'' which included the high charting song. They then decided to take the group output into a new direction with a strong use of horns and wind instruments. A new soulful direction surfaced on their next regular album titled ''Lovin' Things''. The group continued to move forward with multiple hit records until 1973.

Artwork, packaging

''Feelings'' was originally released in February 1968 on the ABC Dunhill label in both mono and stereo. It was one of the label's last albums mixed in mono and one of the last commercially available mono albums and today copies are very scarce. The front cover was designed by Philip Schwartz.

Track listing

All songs produced by

Steve Barri Steve Barri (born Steven Barry Lipkin in Brooklyn, New York on February 23, 1942) is an American songwriter and record producer. Career Early in his career, Barri was a staff writer with Dunhill Records. He produced such huge hits as " Dizzy" ...

Personnel

The Grass Roots * Rob Grill –

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, bass *

Warren Entner Warren Entner (born 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, organist and guitarist for the rock and roll band, The Grass Roots. He then became a manager for several successful heavy metal/rock groups. Overview Entner is best known for his vo ...

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Creed Bratton Creed Bratton (born William Charles Schneider, February 8, 1943) is an American actor, singer and musician. A former member of the rock band the Grass Roots, he is best known for playing a fictionalized version of himself on the NBC sitcom ''T ...

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Chuck Britz Charles Dean Britz (November 7, 1927 – August 21, 2000) was a recording engineer who worked with Jan and Dean, Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys, P.F. Sloan and The Grass Roots on numerous albums between 1962 and 1967. Biography Britz was bor ...

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Larry Knechtel Lawrence William Knechtel (August 4, 1940 – August 20, 2009) was an American keyboard player and bassist who was a member of the Wrecking Crew, a collection of Los Angeles-based session musicians who worked with such renowned artists as Simon ...

– keyboard instruments

References

{{Authority control 1968 albums The Grass Roots albums Albums arranged by Jimmie Haskell Albums produced by Steve Barri Dunhill Records albums