This New York, USA-based quintet - Ivan Browne (vocals/rhythm guitar), Bill Bartlett (lead guitar), R.G. (Reg) Nave (organ), Steve Walmsley (bass) and Bill Albuagh (drums) - made its debut in 1967 with "Turn Around And Take A Look". Its rudimentary style was then replaced by the measured approach of aspiring songwriting/production team, Paul Leka and Shelly Pinz. Together they created a distinctive Lemon Pipers sound, a sparkling m‚lange of sweeping strings and percussive vibraslaps exemplified on the group's million-selling hit, "Green Tambourine". The attendant album contained several songs - "Rice Is Nice", "Shoeshine Boy" - which were recorded in a similar style, but the set also contained the startling "Through With You", an extended tour de force for Bartlett's rampaging guitar work and a surprise for those anticipating easy-on-the-ear fare. Subsequent recordings failed to match their early success, and although a second album, Jungle Marmalade, offered several inventive moments, the Lemon Pipers were tarred as a bubblegum attraction on the strength of that first hit. The group broke up in 1969, although Bartlett later found success as a member of Ram Jam.

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