The Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine (1967) 4K

The Lemon Pipers performing “Green Tambourine“, released originally in 1967. It reached #1 in the US Billboard Hot 100, #1 in the US Cash Box 100, #1 in Canada Top Singles, #2 in Australian Charts, #3 in New Zealand Charts and #7 in UK Singles Chart. “Green Tambourine“ tells the story of a young busker or street musician who is prepared to play any song on his green tambourine in order to earn a few pennies. The Indian tones and haunting sitar music playing in the background gave the song a special atmosphere which obviously captured the imagination of the record buying public of the time. The vocals are accentuated by a heavily emphasized tape echo every time the word play appears. The Lemon Pipers weren’t too comfortable being made over into a bubblegum act; they wanted to make sophisticated psych-rock. None of their successive singles really hit, and they got into royalty disputes with the label. They left Buddah in 1968 and broke up soon af