The Best Sounding Mamas & Papas CD By Far

If you just missed their "All The Leaves Are Brown" compilation, this is the one for you. It contains their first four albums but not completed, that's not the problem. The important thing is that the sound quality is even better than their "All The Leaves Are Brown" compilation, extremely warm. So if you are looking for the sound quality, just go for it and you won't be disappointed!

Everything You Really Need

The Mamas & The Papas first greatest hits album in 1967 was aptly entitled FAREWELL TO THE FIRST GOLDEN ERA. Unfortunately there was no second act. They only had one more top 40 hit after that ("Dream a Little Dream of Me") in the summer of 1968 and by that time the group had already split up. [Three years later they attempt a reunion to complete a contractual obligation album for Dunhill, but it garnered little attention and the single "Step Out" peaked at No. 81.]



In 2001, MCA released the definitive anthology, ALL THE LEAVES ARE BROWN, featuring remastered editions of their first four studio albums on two discs. But that has been allowed to go out of print.



To fill that gap, Geffen has released what is (by default)the most complete two-disc set of this landmark vocal group. It rightfully focuses on the first four albums (only "Step Out" is included from 1971's PEOPLE LIKE US]. Of course, all the big hits are here--"California Dreamin'," "Monday Monday," "Dedicated to the One I Love"--but at only 32 songs, they left out songs that should have been included: "Spanish Harlem" and "Trip, Stumble & Fall" among them. But unless you want to spring for the 2005 box set COMPLETE ANTHOLOGY, this two-disc package contains everything you really need. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED