May 9, 2024

JAN & DEAN – Jan Berry Official Site

Life can have a higher meaning in a Carnival of Sound

Discography ’66-’68

Discography

JAN’S AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT — APRIL 12, 1966

SINGLES

1966

California Lullaby

Summertime, Summertime / California Lullabye — J&D Record Co. JD-001 (July)
(Jameson – Feller) / (Torrence)
Produced by Dean Torrence
Issued as “Jan and Dean”
Halted by Screen Gems for breach of contract

Summertime, Summertime / California Lullabye — Magic Lamp ML-401-S (August)
(Jameson – Feller) / (Torrence)
Produced by Dean Torrence
Issued as “Jan and Dean”
Halted by Screen Gems for breach of contract

Summertime / California Lullabye — J&D Record Co. JD401 (August)
(Jameson – Feller) / (Torrence)
Produced by Dean Torrence
Issued as “Jan and Dean”
Halted by Screen Gems for breach of contract

Like a Summer Rain

Like A Summer Rain / Louisiana Man — J&D Record Co. J&D 402 (October) (Three pressings)
(Zekley – M. Dean) / (Kershaw – Kershaw)
Produced by Dean Torrence
Track for “Louisiana Man” produced by Jan Berry
Issued as “Jan and Dean”
Halted by Screen Gems for breach of contract

1967

Yellow Balloon

Yellow Balloon / Taste of Rain — Columbia 4-44036 (February)
( Zekley – St. John – Lee) / (Ormsby [Torrence])
Produced by Dean Torrence
Issued as “Jan & Dean”
Halted by Screen Gems for breach of contract
CHARTS: BILLBOARD #111

Hawaii / Tijuana — Jan & Dean 10 (July and August)
(Berry – Gibson) / (Berry – Altfeld – Christian)
Arranged and Produced by Jan Berry (with assistance)
Vocals by session singers and friends
Released as “Jan & Dean”
Halted by Screen Gems for breach of contract

Fan Tan

Fan Tan / Love and Hate — Jan & Dean 11 (July and August)
(Berry – Gibson – Altfeld) / (Berry – Gibson – Hirsch)
Arranged and Produced by Jan Berry (with assistance)
Vocals by session singers and friends
Released as “Jan & Dean”
Halted by Screen Gems for breach of contract

Vegetables / Snow Flakes on Laughing Gravy’s Whiskers — White Whale, WW-261 (October)
(Wilson – Parks) / (Laughing Gravy)
A Laughing Gravy Production (Dean Torrence)
Issued as “The Laughing Gravy”

Love and Hate

Only A Boy / Love and Hate — Warner Bros. 7151 (December)
(Berry – Wieder – Altfeld) / (Berry – Gibson – Hirsch)
Arranged and Produced by Jan Berry (with assistance)
“Only A Boy” produced by Jan Berry pre-accident
Vocals for “Love & Hate” provided by session singers and friends
Issued as “Jan & Dean”

1968

I Know My Mind / Laurel and Hardy — Warner Bros.-Seven Arts 7219 (June)
Berry – Christian) / (Berry – Christian)
Arranged & Produced by Jan Berry (with assistance)
Vocals by session singers and friends
Issued as “Jan & Dean”

I Know My Mind

Girl, You’re Blowing My Mind / In the Still of the Night — Warner Bros.-Seven Arts 7240 (October)
(Berry – Freese – Gaines) / (Paris)
“In the Still of the Night” Spoken Interlude By Davy Jones
Arranged and Produced by Jan Berry (with assistance)
Vocals by session singers and friends
Release Cancelled — Would have been issued as “Jan & Dean”

ALBUMS

1966

Save For A Rainy Day

SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY — J&D Record Co. JD-101 Mono (November)

SIDE 1

  1. Yellow Balloon — (Zekley – St. John – Lee)
  2. Here Comes the Rain — (Ormsby [Torrence])
  3. Pocket Full of Rainbows — (Weisman – Wise)
  4. When Sunny Gets Blue — (Segal – Fisher)
  5. Like A Summer Rain — (Zekley – M. Dean)

SIDE 2

  1. Rain Drops — (Clark)
  2. Rain on the Roof — (Sebastian)
  3. Cryin’ in the Rain — (Greenfield – King)
  4. Taste of Rain — (Ormsby [Torrence])
  5. Save For A Rainy Day Theme — (Knechtel)

Arrangers: Joe Osborn, Larry Knechtel, Dean Torrence
Produced by Dean Torrence
Issued as “Jan & Dean”
Halted by Screen Gems for breach of contract

Reissued in 1996
Sundazed SC 11035

 

1967

Save For A Rainy Day

SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY — Columbia, CL-2661; CS-9461 (March)

SIDE 1

  1. Yellow Balloon — (Zekley – St. John – Lee)
  2. Here Comes the Rain — (Ormsby [Torrence])
  3. Lullaby in the Rain — (Ormsby [Torrence])
  4. Pocket Full of Rainbows — (Weisman – Wise)
  5. When Sunny Gets Blue — (Segal – Fisher)
  6. Like A Summer Rain — (Zekley – M. Dean)

SIDE 2

  1. Rain Drops — (Clark)
  2. Rain on the Roof — (Sebastian)
  3. Cryin’ in the Rain — (Greenfield – King)
  4. Taste of Rain — (Ormsby [Torrence])
  5. Save For A Rainy Day Theme — (Knechtel)

Arrangers: Joe Osborn, Larry Knechtel, Dean Torrence
Produced by Dean Torrence
Issued as “Jan & Dean”
Halted by Screen Gems for breach of contract

Reissued  in 1996
Sundazed SC 11035
Liner notes by Elliot Kendall and Jud Cost

 

1968

Carnival of Sound - Side 1

CARNIVAL OF SOUND — Warner Bros. (Release Cancelled)

SIDE 1

  1. Blowin’ My Mind — (Berry – Freese – Gaines)
  2. He’s Only A Boy — (Berry – Wieder – Altfeld)
  3. Stay — (Williams)
  4. Mulholland — (Berry – Christian)
  5. I Know My Mind — (Berry – Christian)
  6. In the Still of the Night (Paris)

SIDE 2

Carnival of Sound - Side 2

  1. Carnival of Sound — (Berry – Christian – Weiss)
  2. Hawaii — (Berry – Gibson)
  3. Louisiana Man — (Kershaw)
  4. Love & Hate — (Berry – Gibson – Hirsch)
  5. Fan Tan — (Berry – Gibson – Altfeld)
  6. Laurel & Hardy — (Berry – Christian)

Arranged and Produced by Jan Berry (with assistance)
Vocals for provided by session singers and friends (including Ron Hicklin, Tom Bahler, Glen Campbell, and others)

“In the Still of the Night” spoken interlude by Davy Jones
Album would have been issued as “Jan & Dean”

Carnival of Sound

Officially Released in 2010
1 CD / 1 LP Set — Rhino Handmade RHM1 521997
CD — Rhino Handmade RHM2 521476
Liner notes by Mark A. Moore, Andrew Sandoval, and Domenic Priore
Album design by Dean Torrence for Kittyhawk Graphics

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