[Free Shipping] Rain Song Collection Omnibus CD 2 Pieces [RHYTHM OF THE RAN] + [Save for a Rainy Day/Jan & Dean]

[Free Shipping] I am offering an omnibus CD of 60s-70s Western music (mostly American) with songs on the theme of 'rain'. It is not a rental. I will also include [SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY] released by Jan & Dean in 1966, but this is treated as a [junk item] because the jacket got wet in the rain during a typhoon and stuck to the case. The CD is clean and can be listened to without any problems.

① [RHYTHM OF THE RAN・20 CLASSIC RAINY DAY HITS/ V.A.] 20 songs in total VSD-5534 CD released in 1994 US edition

*For detailed track list, please see image 5.

② [SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY / JAN & DEAN] 23 songs, 1966 work VSCD1003, CD release in 1996, domestic version (sanded version)

*For detailed track list, please see image 6.

① is a CD project of "rain songs" across various labels. The songs are mainly from the 60s and 70s, so it covers the main masterpieces from oldies to 70s American pop. If I could be greedy, I would have liked it to be packed to the full 80 minutes, but I guess it's the nature of Western music fans to think of closing with P. McCartney's repertoire "SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN/Dinah Washington" and "Walking in the Rain/Johnny Ray", and if they've covered songs from the 70s, "Have You Ever Seen the Rain/CCR" to "RIDERS ON THE STORM/THE DOORS". The 14th track, "WALKING IN THE RAIN/JAY & THE AMERICANS," seems to be a 1969 song, but the original was released by The Ronettes in 1964, so this one is better... Also, if "Who Did They Done to the Rain" by The Seekers or The Searchers was included... Yes, I'd like to include "Rainy Days and Sundays" by The Carpenters... Also, looking at it this way, I realize that European pop music has more songs about rain because of the climate... And so on.

Yes, I have to include "Rain" by the great Beatles. And in that case, PPM's "Early Morning Rain" too. But Dylan's "Heavy Rain" has a different atmosphere. A pop fanatic's imagination runs wild. The longshot is "BUS STOP" by The Hollies, which doesn't have "rain" in the title, but sings about a young man and woman who meet on a rainy day.

② is, "For surf music/American pop fans, the long-held dream since 1970 has been the release of the Beach Boys' Smile. And the legendary album featured here. Now that Smile has become a reality, it might be nice to compare the two albums, or to embrace them together. This is the definitive edition, including 13 bonus tracks." From the liner notes attached to the album. "When it was first released on CD about nine years ago, this beach soft rock masterpiece was so popular that stores were selling out one after another, and it has been reissued again. It was recorded in 1966. It was scheduled to be released by Columbia the following year, but it was canceled just before that, and it became a phantom album. The album includes Gary Zexy's masterpiece "Yellow Balloon," and other pop songs about rain, led by the sound effects of rain. The melancholic sound is a little sad, like the heart of a boy waiting for a rain shower to pass. Summer men who are tired from swimming, like them and Brian Wilson, often leave behind masterpieces like this one. 』

Record Collectors May 2005 issue, liner notes by Yoshiaki Katajima

『If there is a genre called 'rainy music,' this is the first masterpiece that comes to mind. It includes covers of "Crying in the Rain," written by Carol King and made a hit by the Everly Brothers, and "Rain in the Roof" by the Lovin' Spoonful, and the songs are all about rain. It was released in 1968 on their own J&D label, but although it is under the name of Jan & Dean, Jan Perry, who was hospitalized after a traffic accident, did not participate, and Dean Torrence was the main producer.』

Record Collectors February 2008 issue, liner notes by Shinichi Ogawa

I am listing these as a stock adjustment, but please purchase them as a set of two. The surface is clean, but ② is in the condition described above, so please refrain from purchasing if you are sensitive about this. No claims or returns please. I will try to ship quickly.