The Mamas and the Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears (1966). butchT Greatest Albums of all Time

f You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears is the 1966 debut album by The Mamas & the Papas (spelled "The Mama's and the Papa's" on the cover). In 2003, it was ranked #127[1] on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
f You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears is one of the first albums to have several different covers. The first cover (shown at the right) featured the group in a bathroom sitting in a bathtub with a toilet in the corner. The album with this cover was pulled from stores after the toilet was declared indecent. The remaining covers featuring the toilet have since become collector's items. A second album cover was then released with a scroll over the toilet listing the presence of "California Dreamin'" on the album. Two more songs were later added to the scroll/box over the toilet. Still later, a Gold Record Award blurb was added (in black) to the left of the group. Finally, a later album cover was released with a closely cropped shot of the band surrounded by a black border that removed any hint that the picture was taken in a bathroom.

Released March 1966
Recorded 1965-66
Genre Pop rock, folk rock, psychedelic pop, sunshine pop
Length 33:42
Label Dunhill
Producer Lou Adler


Denny Doherty – vocals
Cass Elliot – vocals
John Phillips – vocals, guitar
Michelle Phillips – vocals
P.F. Sloan - guitars, vocals
Larry Knechtel - keyboards, bass guitar
Hal Blaine - drums
Joe Osborn - bass guitar
Peter Pilafian - electric violin
Lou Adler - producer
Bones Howe - engineer

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The Mamas & the Papas

John Phillips
Denny Doherty
Michelle Phillips
Cass Elliot
Scott McKenzie
Jill Gibson

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