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recorded by the

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band

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. It was first released in

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on the small FiFo Records label. It was reissued in both

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and vinyl in 1997 by

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. The album features covers of pop classics such as Richard Berry's "

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" and

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' "

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". The songs mellow out into a blues/folk style with covers of

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songs. Most of the material was completed before Bob Markley was included in band activities. Still, Markley's presence was evident on tracks like "Don't Break My Balloon" and "If You Want This Love", in which he contributed vocals to the songs.

Track listing

Original 1966 track listing

#"Something You Got" ( Chris Kenner) - 2:53 #"Work Song" (

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) - 2:11 #"

" ( Richard Berry) - 2:46 #"Don't Break My Balloon" ( Bob Markley) - 3:12 #"

" (

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) - 3:05 #"Don't Let Anything!!! Stand in Your Way" (Markley, Kim Fowley) - 2:12 #"I Won't Hurt You" ( Michael Lloyd,

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, Markley) - 2:10 #"If You Want This Love" (Sonny Knight) - 1:33 #"Insanity" (Markley, Fowley) #"

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" (Dylan) - 1:53 :Bonus Tracks contained on 1997 reissue #

"She Surely Must Know" (Lloyd, Shaun Harris) - 1:57 #"Sassafras" (

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) - 1:59 #"She May Call You Up Tonight" ( Michael Brown, Steve Martin) - 2:25 #"One Day" (Lloyd) - 2:01 #"Funny How Love Can Be" ( John Carter, Ken Harper) - 1:38 #"Obviously Bad" (Lloyd, Shaun Harris) - 1:30 #"Endless Night" (Shaun Harris) - 2:15 #"Tell Me What You Want to Know" (Lloyd) - 1:46 #"Just You and Me" (Lloyd) - 1:54 #" Chimes of Freedom" (Dylan) - 3:03 #"Scuse Me Miss Rose" (

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) - 2:37

Single

*"Sassafras" b/w "I Won't Hurt You"

Personnel

* Bob Markley -

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, vocals *Danny Harris -

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, vocals * Michael Lloyd - guitar, vocals

In popular culture

* "I Won't Hurt You" was featured, in its original form, in Day One of the 2020 Amazon original series, ''

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''. * "I Won't Hurt You" was also featured in

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's 2018 animated film ''

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''. * "I Won't Hurt You" was covered by

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under their pseudonym "Neo Maya"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Volume One (West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band Album) 1966 debut albums The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band albums Sundazed Records albums Albums produced by Bob Irwin