The Yellow Balloon - The Yellow Balloon (2023) [Hi-Res]

A songwriting assignment from Dean Torrence led to a rich musical career for Los Angeles pop-genius Gary Zekley. Zekley - a man whose body of work stands up to any of the precocious Brill Building bunch from five years earlier - originally penned the song "Yellow Balloon" for Jan and Dean, but also recorded the tune himself. When Zekley's version went Top Thirty in April of 1967, he assembled a band, called the Yellow Balloon (natch), with the likes of lead singer Alex Valdez and multi-talented drummer/vocalist Don Grady, already a TV superstar as Robbie, Fred MacMurray's oldest kid on My Three Sons.

The Yellow Balloon album itself, is a day-glo gem- a wispy bridge spanning the lush yet trippy studio wizardry of Sagittarius and the mindbending delights of The Beach Boys' Smile-era recordings.

Tracklist:
1.01 - The Yellow Balloon - How Can I Be Down (2:18)
1.02 - The Yellow Balloon - Stained Glass Window (2:08)
1.03 - The Yellow Balloon - Baby Baby It's You (2:01)
1.04 - The Yellow Balloon - Panama Red (1:38)
1.05 - The Yellow Balloon - I've Got a Feeling for Love (2:22)
1.06 - The Yellow Balloon - Yellow Balloon (2:20)
1.07 - Don Grady & The Windupwatchband - The Children of St. Monica (3:14)
1.08 - Don Grady - Impressions With Syvonne (2:54)
1.09 - The Yellow Balloon - Good Feelin' Time (2:17)
1.10 - The Yellow Balloon - Follow the Sunshine (2:39)
1.11 - The Yellow Balloon - Springtime Girl (2:10)
1.12 - The Yellow Balloon - Can't Get Enough of Your Love (2:20)
1.13 - The Yellow Balloon - Junk Master Shoppe (2:41)
1.14 - Don Grady & The Windupwatchband - A Good Man to Have Around the House (2:28)
1.15 - Don Grady - Leaving It Up to You (2:14)
1.16 - The Yellow Balloon - Noollab Wolley (2:21)