PARTS HARMONIOUS            PROGRAM NOTES In today's VINYL VIBRATIONS podcast, I tour LP records from the 1960s and 1970s in ROCK and POP that featured singing in multi-part harmonies. Today’s show, is called PARTS HARMONIOUS. There have been many TWO PART harmony songs recorded… so today, for further interest and in seeking out those more difficult or complex, we will focus on multi-part harmonious singing—songs having at least THREE vocal parts! INTRO to PARTS HARMONIOUS (narrate only the names of the groups) Today we hear multi-part harmonies from songs of these groups: M1 The Byrds, All I Really Want To Do, 1965 M2 The Beach Boys, Good Vibrations (1973 performance), 1966 M3 The Hollies, On A Carousel, 1967 M4 Three Dog Night, One, 1969 M5 The Guess Who, No Time, 1970 M6 Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Teach Your Children, 1970 M7 Poco, Kind Woman, 1971 M8 The Doobie Brothers, Livin’ On The Fault Line, 1977 In today's podcast we will hear eight examples of THREE (or more) PART HARMONIES, produced between 1965 and 1977.  Starting with…The Byrds M1 Song  All I Really Want To Do, Album (Single), Album Artist The Byrds, Composer Bob Dylan 1964, Year 1965 , Released By Columbia Bob Dylan wrote the song in 1964 and recorded it in one take. In 1965 Cher did a cover of this song, and it was the feature of her debut  SOLO album “All I Want To Do”. The Byrds single was rush-released by the band's record label, Columbia Records, when it became known that Cher was about to issue a rival cover version of the song on the Imperial label. The Byrds' version "All I Really Want to Do" was the second single by Byrds and was released in 1965 by Columbia Records  The song was also included on the band's debut album, Mr. Tambourine Man, which was also released in 1965… the single, which we will hear next, begins with Jim McGuinn's jangling guitar introduction (played on a 12-string Rickenbacker guitar), ascending melody progression in the chorus, the Byrds high-register harmonies – are clearly influenced by the West Coast surf sound...   M2 A live version of the song, GOOD VIBRATIONS taped in 1972-1973 and found on the album “The Beach Boys in Concert”  …the second official live album by The Beach Boys,  Song Good Vibrations, Album (Single) (backed with the instrumental "Let's Go Away For Awhile"), Album Artist Beach Boys, Composers Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Year 1966, Released By Capitol Records. The Beach Boys was formed in 1961, initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. The Beach Boys were managed by the Wilsons' father Murry, and signed to Capitol Records in 1962. The band's early music gained popularity across the United States for its close vocal harmonies . Brian Wilson and Mike Love composed "Good Vibrations" a single released in 1966. The song featured a complex, multi-layered sound. Brian Wilson described "Good Vibrations" as a "pocket symphony”. The song became the Beach Boys' biggest hit to date and a US and UK number-one single in 1966; Good Vibrations was reputed to have been the most expensive American single ever recorded at that time. The production of the song is reported to have spanned seventeen recording sessions at four different recording studios, and used over 90 hours of magnetic recording tape, with an eventual budget of $50,000.  The group members recall the "Good Vibrations" vocal sessions as among the most demanding of their career, and featured elaborate layers of vocal harmonies. M3 Song On A Carousel, Album (single), Album Artist The Hollies, Composers Alan Clarke, Graham Nash, Tony Hicks, Year 1967, recorded Abbey Road Studios, Released Parlophone and Imperial