STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - THE 5TH DIMENSION - THE AGE OF AQUARIUS

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Good morning audiophiles and wel;come to the Sunday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. On this day, 29 years ago, psychedelic sunshine pop vocal group, The 5th Dimension, received their star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. To commemorate the date, we spotlight their fourth album, The Age Of Aquarius. The LP was released in May 1969 on the Soul city label and produced by Bones Howe. It peaked at #2 on both the Billboard 200 and the R&B Albums charts and has been certified Gold, making it their most successful album to date. The record gave birth to 4 singles;  "Medley: Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)"(#11 UK, #6 R&B, #4 Australia, #1 Canada, US Adult Contemporary, Hot 100), "Wedding Bell Blues" (#23 R&B, #20 Australia, #16 UK, #1 New Zealand, Adult Contemporary, Hot 100), "Workin' On A Groovy Thing" (#48 Australia, #20 Hot 100, #17 Canada, #15 R&B, #9 Adult Contemporary) and "Blowing Away" (#55 Australia, #24 Canada, #21 Hot 100, #18 New Zealand, #7 Adult Contemporary). 

"Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" (Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni) – 4:51

"Blowing Away" (Laura Nyro) – 2:32

"Skinny Man" (Michael Kollander, Ginger Kollander) – 2:51

"Wedding Bell Blues" (Laura Nyro) – 2:44

"Don'tcha Hear Me Callin' to Ya" (Rudy Stevenson) – 3:56

"The Hideaway" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:45

Side Two

"Workin' On a Groovy Thing" (Roger Atkins, Neil Sedaka) – 3:10

"Let It Be Me" (Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoë) – 3:54

"Sunshine of Your Love" (Pete Brown, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton) – 3:18

"The Winds of Heaven" (Bob Dorough, Fran Landesman) – 3:14

"Those Were the Days" (Gene Raskin) – 3:03

"Let the Sunshine In (Reprise)" (MacDermot, Rado, Ragni) – 1:29

Billy Davis, Jr. - lead vocals (tracks 1, 8), background vocals
Florence LaRue - lead vocals (track 2), background vocals
Marilyn McCoo - lead vocals (tracks 2, 4), background vocals
Lamonte McLemore - background vocals
Ron Townson - background vocals

With :

Dennis Budimir- guitar
Mike Deasy - guitar
Bill Fulton - guitar
Tommy Tedesco - guitar

Joe Osborn - bass
Hal Blaine - drums, percussion
Larry Bunker - mallets, congas, percussion
Milt Holland - percussion

Pete Jolly - keyboards
Larry Knechtel - keyboards
Jimmy Rowles - keyboards
Bill Holman - Strings & Brass - string section, horn section

Producer: Bones Howe
Engineer: Bones Howe
Mastering: Elliot Federman
Digital transfers: Mike Hartry

Reissue producer: Rob Santos
Production coordination: Jeremy Holiday
Production assistant: Ann McClelland, Tom Tierney, Russ Wapensky

Project coordinator: Arlessa Barnes, Glenn Delgado, Christina DeSimone, Robin Diamond, Karyn Friedland, Felicia Gearhart, Laura Gregory, Robin Manning, Brooke Nochomson, Ed Osborne, Larry Parra, Dana Renert, Bill Stafford, Steve Strauss

Archives coordinator: Joanne Feltman, Glenn Korman
Musical arrangements: Bob Alcivar, Bill Holman, Bones Howe
Vocal arrangement: Bob Alcivar

Art direction: Ron Wolin
Design: Mathieu Bitton, Ron Wolin
Photography: Ed Caraeff
Liner notes: Mike Ragogna