''The Clown Died in Marvin Gardens'' is the second album from

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, a

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group based in Boston, Massachusetts. The album was released in

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. The dead clown on the cover was also used previously in 1967, by

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's album '' Strange Days''.

Track listing

# "The Clown Died in Marvin Gardens" # "The Clown's Overture" # "Angus of Aberdeen" # "

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" # "A Not Very August Afternoon" # "Now I Taste the Tears" # "King of the Jungle" # "May I Light Your Cigarette" # "

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Personnel

* John Lincoln Wright - vocals * Paul Tartachny - guitars * Robert Rhodes - keyboards, brass * Wayne Ulaky - bass * Richard Weisberg - drums {{DEFAULTSORT:Clown Died in Marvin Gardens, The Beacon Street Union albums 1968 albums MGM Records albums