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Title: We used to play in Joe's garage
Review: This is the first Jan & Dean album recorded after Jan Berry's horrific car crash. Previous Jan & Dean albums had been produced by Jan, so with Jan layed up in the hospital, Dean Torrence produced this album. He actually ended up making a minor masterpiece. But to backtrack a little, the album actually started when Dean heard a demo of the song "Yellow Balloon". Dean loved the song, and he decided to make it the next Jan & Dean single. Then he decided to record a whole album based around "Yellow Balloon", with all the songs having a "rain" theme. He even went so far as to include rain sound effects between all the songs. There were ten songs on the original album; five originals and five covers. The CD version features the complete original album in mono, plus 13 bonus tracks of stereo versions, alternate takes and backing tracks. Recommended for fans of the California sound.
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