Artist: Hearts And Flowers Title Of Album: The Complete Hearts And Flowers Year Of Release: (1967-68) 2002 Label: Collectors' Choice Music Country: US Genre: Folk rock Audio codec: FLAC | lossless

In 1967 and 1968, Hearts and Flowers stood at the intersection between folk, country, and rock. The band recorded two albums, Now Is the Time for Hearts and Flowers in 1967 and Of Horses, Kids and Forgotten Women in 1968, and then disappeared. The Complete Hearts and Flowers collects both of these albums and enough extras (13 songs) for another album. In 2003, over 30 years after these albums were recorded, it will surprise many listeners -- who've never heard of the group -- how well Hearts and Flowers' eclectic blend of California folk/country/rock has held up. Like the Dillards and the Byrds, one quickly notices the band's high-flown harmony and mixture of acoustic and electric instruments. While cuts like "Save Some Time" and Donovan's "Try for the Sun" show their folk revival roots, "Rain, Rain" takes a psychedelic turn and "The View From Ward 3" adds a touch of country. The straight production of the early material expands to tasteful string arrangements on the second album. This leads to a dreamy take on "Second-Hand Sundown Queen" and trippy pop fare like "She Sang Hymns out of Tune." The extra material comes from several scattered sessions, and by and large delves more deeply into country-rock. These bonus tracks hold up well to the officially released material, sounding a lot like a lost album. The Complete Hearts and Flowers offers a pleasing musical time capsule to the fertile L.A. scene in the late '60s.

Tracks Disc 1

1. Now Is The Time (Larry Murray) - 1:26
2. Save Some Time (Martin James Cooper) - 2:43
3. Try For The Sun (Donovan Leitch) - 2:46
4. Rain Rain (Larry Murray) - 2:36
5. The View From Ward 3 (Martin James Cooper) - 3:00
6. Rock And Roll Gypsies (Roger Tillison) - 2:23
7. Reason To Believe (Tim Hardin) - 2:10
8. Please (Mark Freedman, David Feldthouse) - 3:02
9. 1-3 Rhyme In Carnivour Thyme (Rick Cunha) - 2:17 10.I'm A Lonesome Fugitive (Casey Anderson, Liz Anderson) - 2:48 11.Road To Nowhere (Carole King, Gerry Goffin) - 3:30 12.10,000 Sunsets (Hoyt Axton) - 2:37 13.Now Is The Time For Hearts And Flowers (Larry Murray) - 1:27 14.Highway In The Wind (Arlo Guthrie) - 4:07 15.Second Hand Sundown Queen (Larry Murray) - 3:41 16.She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune (Jesse Lee Kincaid) - 3:07 17.Ode To A Tin Angel (Larry Murray) - 4:26 18.When I Was A Cowboy (Bernie Leadon, Dave Dawson, Larry Murray) - 3:36 19.Legend Of Ol' Tenbrookes (Bernie Leadon, Dave Dawson, Larry Murray) - 3:12 20.Colour Your Daytime (James Flemming) - 3:53 21.Two Little Boys (Bernie Leadon, Dave Dawson, Larry Murray) - 3:09 22.Extra Extra-Rock And Roll Gypsies-Extra Extra (Bernie Leadon, Larry Murray, Roger Tillison) - 3:54 Tracks 1-12 from "Now Is The Time For Hearts And Flowers" 1967 Tracks 13-22 from "Of Horses, Kids, And Forgotten Women" 1968

Disc 2

1. Rosana (Larry Murray) - 2:12
2. Extra Extra (Bernie Leadon, Dave Dawson, Larry Murray) - 1:51
3. Walls (Gordon Lightfoot) - 2:14
4. She Likes Her Loving Like I Like Mine (Unknown) - 2:38
5. Six White Horses (Larry Murray) - 3:12
6. Flower Lady (Phil Ochs) - 2:59
7. When I'm With You (Harry Revel, Mack Gordon) - 2:01
8. Gypsy Blue (Tina Brooks) - 3:30
9. Everybody's Talkin' (Fred Neil) - 2:47 10.California Sunshine Girl (Marty Cooper) - 3:05 11.Jones Vs. Jones (Jerry Fuller) - 2:50 12.Brandy (Unknown) - 2:37 13.Other Side Of This Life (Fred Neil) - 2:54 Disc 2 contains previously unreleased material