On this day in music history: June 24, 1968 - Time Peace: The Rascals Greatest Hits, the fifth album by The Rascals is released. Produced by The Rascals, Arif Mardin, Tom Dowd, it is the first greatest hits compilation from the New York based rock/R&B quartet. Featuring tracks recorded between 1965 and early 1968 from their first four albums and the recent stand alone single A Beautiful Morning (#3 Pop, #36 R&B). Surprisingly, the bands recently released single People Got To Be Free (#1 Pop) will be left off of the album and not issued on an LP until their next studio album Freedom Suite in March 1969. The original LP will be issued in a gatefold jacket featuring cover art with a comic strip styled illustration of the band that is inspired by pop artist Roy Lichtenstein. On the first run of LPs, Atlantic Records will also accidently press the records using the gold and purple Atco style stereo labels (Atlantic stereo labels are yellow-green and aqua blue) of the period. The error will be corrected on subsequent repressings. Time Peace: The Rascals Greatest Hits will spend one week at number one on the Billboard Top 200, and is certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:01:50 +0000
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