Come Saturday Morning (The Sandpipers album)

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Come Saturday Morning
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1970
Genre Pop/Rock
Label A&M SP 4262 (US)
AMLS 99 (UK)
Producer Bob Alcivar
The Sandpipers chronology
Second Spanish Album
(1970)
Come Saturday Morning
(1970)
A Gift of Song
(1971)
Alternative cover
Sandpipers Come Saturday Morning LP Australia release.jpg
Australia release
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Come Saturday Morning was an LP album featuring The Sandpipers, released by A&M Records in August 1970. The album reached #96 on the Billboard charts.

Contents

The title track was also issued as a single and reached #17 on the Billboard charts. This was a different recording from the version released on the soundtrack album of the film The Sterile Cuckoo. The recording of "The Wonder of You" was the same recording as was included in the album of the same name. [2]

The August 8, 1970 issue of Billboard Magazine reviewed the album: [3]

The title tune put the smooth trio way up the singles chart, and is now spotlighted in this exceptional program which also features their new single, "Santo Domingo." Also included in this highly commercial package are top readings of "A Song of Joy," "Where There's a Heartache," and the film theme of "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls."

Another single release from the LP, "Free to Carry On," was also a chart hit, reaching #94 in the U.S. and #11 on the Easy Listening chart. It did best in Canada, where it reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. [4]

The catalog numbers were SP 4262 in the U.S. and Canada, and AMLS 99 in the U.K. Other international releases included Argentina (A&M 5133 6133, titled Ven El Sabado A La Mañana), Australia (World Record Club S-5488, different cover), Germany (A&M SP 4262), Italy (A&M SLAM 47.008), Japan (A&M AML-75), Mexico (A&M AMS-1053), Taiwan (Hua Sheng KHS-4266), and Venezuela (A&M LPS-77.675). The album was reissued in 1979 in the U.S. and Canada on the Pickwick label.

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Santo Domingo" (Rudi Lindt/Peter Poll/Michael Piano) - 2:48
  2. "The Long and Winding Road" (Lennon–McCartney) - 3:48
  3. "Free to Carry On" (Jim Brady/Dale Bobbitt) - 2:45
  4. "A Song of Joy" ( Miguel Ríos) - 4:22
  5. "Where There's a Heartache" (Burt Bacharach/Hal David) - 2:47
  6. "(He's Got the) Whole World In His Hands" (Traditional, Arr. & Adpt. Bob Alcivar) - 3:50

Side Two

  1. "The Drifter" (Paul Williams/Roger Nichols) - 2:40
  2. "Sound of Love" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb) - 3:30
  3. "Autumn Afternoon" (Dick & Don Addrisi) - 3:40
  4. "Come Saturday Morning" (Fred Karlin/Dory Previn) - 3:00
  5. "The Wonder of You" (Baker Knight) - 2:38
  6. "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" (Stu Phillips/Bob Stone) - 3:09

Musicians

Instrumentation by select members of The Wrecking Crew

Production

Reissues

The LP was reissued in 1979 by Pickwick Records on vinyl and cassette tape. This edition added a biographical liner note about the band, but changed the song order and omitted three songs ("Santo Domingo," "(He's Got the) Whole World In His Hands" and "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls"). [5] The only compact disc reissue of the LP to date was a Japanese version, now out of print.

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. The Sandpipers - Come Saturday Morning. Los Angeles: A&M Records. 1966. - images Discogs
  3. Billboard Magazine August 8, 1970
  4. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1970-12-19. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  5. Discogs