Gabor Szabo And The California Dreamers - Wind, Sky and Diamonds (1967) LP

Tracklist:

01. San Franciscan Nights (Burdon-Briggs-Weider-Jenkins-McCulloch) - 3:22
02. A Day in the Life (Lennon-McCartney) - 3:23
03. Twelve-Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon) (Phillips) - 3:03
04. To Sir with Love (Black-London) - 2:31
05. White Rabbit (Slick) - 2:34
06. Guantanamera (Marti-Angulo-Seeger) - 3:10
07. Saigon Bride (Baez-Duscheck) - 3:11
08. The End of Life (Bahler-Bahler-Szabo-Copeland) - 2:59
09. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (Lennon-McCartney) - 3:16
10. Are You There? (Szabo-Allen) - 3:35
11. W.C. Fields (Bahler-Bahler-Copeland) - 3:42

Wind, Sky and Diamonds celebrates much of what was important to the guitarist -- the new world of rock music, the lure of California and the hope and inspiration of the "Summer of Love." But, at best, it's an ill-conceived jazz-rock concoction. Talent like Howard Roberts, Dennis Budimer, Herb Ellis, Mike Melvoin, Victor Feldman and Emil Richards is negligible here and subjugated to terrible vocalists, corny arrangements and occasional hints of Szabo's unique playing. Contains a stirring, heartfelt version of "Guantanamera" but little more.