Rare very clean throughout for this 1968 mono releae on the grey tri-colored Atco label. Vinyl plays like new and LP cover is frame-ready aside from small hole punch that is nearly missed. Great folk rock/psych rock band had a hit w/this first release and then disbanded before the year ended. Easily recalls the '60s heyday of the Byrds guitars and the vocals from both the Byrds and the Mamas and Papas....
Band Profile:
The Rose Garden was an American folk rock musical group from Los Angeles, California which was active in 1967 and 1968.
The members were Diana DeRose on lead vocals and acoustic guitar, John Noreen on 12-string guitar and backup vocal, James Groshong on lead vocal and guitar, William Fleming on bass and Bruce Bowdin on drums. In 1967, they signed with Atco Records and had enjoyed a hit record with "Next Plane To London" which reached #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at the end of that year. They released their eponymous album in April 1968, which included the hit song. Subsequent releases were unsuccessful, and dissension within the group led to its break-up by the end of 1968.
The members were Diana DeRose on lead vocals and acoustic guitar, John Noreen on 12-string guitar and backup vocal, James Groshong on lead vocal and guitar, William Fleming on bass and Bruce Bowdin on drums. In 1967, they signed with Atco Records and had enjoyed a hit record with "Next Plane To London" which reached #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at the end of that year. They released their eponymous album in April 1968, which included the hit song. Subsequent releases were unsuccessful, and dissension within the group led to its break-up by the end of 1968.
