Jan and Dean Save for a Rainy Day Album Review
JAN Drupe — A SELECTED TIMELINE
By Marking A. Moore
Author of Dead Man'south Curve: The Rock 'north' Roll Life of January Berry
1967
• January 1967— Following a hard, on-going recovery from his motorcar accident January began gathering some of his pre-blow music tracks, including what became "Daughter, You're Bravado My Mind," to go along working on them.
Jan's Get-go Phase Advent After the Auto Blow
• February 1967—The Los Angeles Herald-Examiner reported a "dramatic moment" when Jan took the stage at The Other Place, a private club in Hollywood. Jan's friend Deane Hawley was performing and called Jan up onstage, which he accomplished "haltingly." January had written the arrangements and conducted the sessions for Hawley's "Queen of the Angels" and "You Conquered Me" (with label credit) in 1962.
Dean'southward Columbia Releases Halted by Screen Gems
• February 1967— Columbia released Dean Torrence's promising new production of "Yellow Balloon." Screen Gems, however, issued Dean a cease-and-desist order and the single was pulled for alienation of contract. Jan Berry's and Jan & Dean's pre-accident contracts with Screen Gems still governed the act.
• March 1967— As with"Yellow Balloon," Screen Gems stepped in to halt the Columbia / CBS Records release of the stereo version of Dean Torrence'due south Save For A Rainy 24-hour interval LP (issued equally "Jan & Dean"). Dean'due south cocky-released J&D Record Co. version of the album had already been nixed by Screen Gems in November 1966 . . . ( Save For A Rainy 24-hour interval was officially released past Sundazed Records in 1996).
• March 1967— "Yellow Balloon" bubbled under at #111 on Billboard before being pulled by Screen Gems for breach of contract.
Jan Returns to the Studio
• April-May 1967— In April, ane year to the calendar month later his automobile blow, Jan returned to the studio to brainstorm recording his newest compositions, including "Hawaii," "Fan Tan," and "Honey and Hate." Jan co-wrote these songs with Don Altfeld, Jill Gibson, and his current girlfriend Jan Hirsch. Jan likewise produced a partial backing track for a cover ofThe Doors' "Light My Fire." Music arrangers January worked with during the year included George Tipton, Bill Stafford, and Robert Porter. January was still unable to sing at this point, and studio vocalists he employed included Glen Campbell, Ron Hicklin'south quartet, and Jill Gibson, among others.
• May 1967 — Screen Gems issued a ane-year renewal of Jan's songwriting and producer contracts with the company.
• June 1967 — Jan attended the Monterey International Popular Festival in Monterey, California.
Jan'south First Post-Blow Releases
• July-Baronial 1967 — Jan self-released two singles on his custom Jan & Dean Label . . . "Hawaii" / "Tijuana" and "Fan Tan" / "Beloved and Hate." These discs featuring unfinished tracks were halted by Screen Gems for breach of contract. All the same, these songs (minus "Tijuana") would soon notice an official home.
On Tour with the Monkees
• August 1967 — Jan and Davy Jones had become good friends, and Davy invited January to accompany The Monkees on part of the band's 1967 North American bout. January didn't perform, just the idea was to boost his moral, get him abroad from hangers-on, and farther stoke his bulldoze to make new music. Like Jan & Dean, the Monkees were overseen by Screen Gems.
Jan & Dean Sign with Warner Bros.
• August 1967 — Warner Bros. Records purchased the masters for January Drupe's "Hawaii," "Fan Tan," and "Dearest and Hate."
• August 1967 — Warner Bros. Records initiated an creative person contract with Jan & Dean, subject to approval by Screen Gems. Subsequently a merger during the year, the label became known as Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Records.
• September 1967 — Jan prepared for studio time under the auspices of Warner Bros. The characterization gave him a decent budget, but with his impaired condition he would need aid to avert the exorbitant studio costs that had plagued his recording sessions in Apr and May.
• October 1967 —Due to restrictions past Screen Gems regarding the January & Dean name, Dean Torrence released his recording of "Vegetables" nether the band proper name The Laughing Gravy.
• October 1967 — Screen Gems approved Jan & Dean's artist contract withWarner Bros. The three-year deal for eighteen masters was revised to run through Oct 1970. The agreement also brought Dean Torrence in on the design stop, giving him the right to select and design the album covers, subject to approval by the label.
• November 1967 —Don Altfeld and Steve Zax formed a new production and management company, Zax-Altfeld & Associates. The company soon signed on to manage Jan & Dean. The firm later became Zax-Altfeld-Shapiro with the improver of Micky Shapiro.
• November 1967 —Warner Bros. Records released "Simply A Male child" / "Love and Hate," issued as "Jan & Dean." The A-Side featured pre-accident vocals past both January and Dean. Jan tweaked the track after the accident, while "Honey and Detest" was a new post-accident composition and recording with picayune or no involvement from Dean.
Dean Opens Kittyhawk Graphics
• November 1967 — Dean Torrence founded Kittyhawk Graphics in Hollywood with offices on Dusk Boulevard. The Embankment Boys, the Turtles, Republic of chad & Jeremy, and the Buckinghams were amidst Dean's first clients for graphics work.
The Bel Air Bandits — Jan's First Mail-Blow Band
• November 1967 — Jan began assembling a band called The Bel Air Bandits, named after the touch football team Jan & Dean had sponsored in L.A. before the accident. Jan and the band did some experimental recording at friend Brian Bruderlin'sParamount Recording Studiodue south on Santa Monica Boulevard, where Jan's brother Ken Berry and Dolph Rempp worked before starting their own company, Studio Instrument Rentals (SIR) . . . See Entry for March 1968.
• December 1967 — Screen Gems renewed and extended Jan's artist contract with the visitor, to run through May 1970.
• Dec 1967 — Equally he struggled to recover from the accident and overcome his handicaps, Jan had steadily written and recorded new music throughout the year. By December 1967, his original compositions in the pipeline included "Blowing My Listen" (under various titles), "Laurel & Hardy," "Grasshopper" ("Mulholland"), "Complimentary, Free, Free" ("I Know My Heed"), and "Deeper and Harder" ("Carnival of Audio"), amidst others. "Oldies" he had been tinkering with since before the blow included "Louisiana Man," "Stay," "In the Still of the Night," "Get A Job," "Don't Drop It," and "Yakety Yak."
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