Mark Eric - A Midsummer's Day Dream (1969) [2002] torrent

Artist: Mark Eric
Album: A Midsummer's Day Dream
Release: 1969 (2002)
Genre: Pop Surf Rock
Country: US
Quality: FLAC | lossless

Mark Eric (whose real name is Mark Eric Malmborg) wasn't the most original composer of his day, and yet years after its 1968 release his long out-of-print one-off soft pop LP for Revue (a UNI/MCA subsidiary) commands a fairly high price from soft pop collectors who've managed to nab themselves a copy. The reason? A Midsummer's Day Dream is treasured by collectors as one of the more perfect blends of soft pop and surf pop, with appropriately accenting vibraphones and French horns, pseudo-studio jazzy/soft pop melodies, "bah bah bah" harmonies, and moody string arrangements reminiscent of Curt Boettcher's productions of Sagittarius and the Millennium. Eric's charming, somewhat imperfect falsetto (in a somewhat obvious homage to Brian Wilson) hints at a subterranean layer of loneliness throughout. His self-penned, broken-hearted Beach Boys-style ballads (think Pet Sounds/Friends) are, in fact, the perfect vehicle for his faltering upper-register voice. Highlights include "California Home" (about a homesick airplane flight away from L.A.); an end-of-summer lament, "Where Do the Girls of the Summer Go"; and "Don't Cry Over Me," with its gorgeous blend of harmonic filigree and sophisticated studio sheen. Eric -- who as an actor appeared on TV's The Partridge Family as the pal of Snake (a biker played by a pre-Meathead Rob Reiner) -- apparently never recorded another album.

Tracklist:
A Midsummer's Day Dream
1. California Home - 2:31
2. Move With The Dawn - 2:46
3. Laura's Changing - 2:19
4. Where Do The Girls Of The Summer Go - 3:21
5. I'd Like To Talk To You - 2:56
6. Take Me With You - 3:04
7. Night Of The Lions - 2:41
8. Don't Cry Over Me - 2:49
9. We Live So Fast - 2:25
10.Sad Is The Way That I Feel - 3:05
11.Just Passing By - 2:49
1nn's Baby - 3:11
Bonus Tracks:
13.Place For The Summer - 2:34
14.Build Your Own Dreams - 3:42
15.Summer Goes This Way - 2:50
16.Goin' Native - 2:43
17.Night Of The Lions (45 Mono Mix) - 2:40
18.Don't Cry Over Me (45 Mono Mix) - 2:45
19.California Home (45 Mono Mix) - 2:46
20.Where Do The Girls Of The Summer Go? (45 Mono Mix) - 5:40