Incense & Peppermints 50th Anniversary Recording - The Strawberry Alarm Clock

[@markcassel3392]

I need more cowbell.

[@jackieguccione94]

Ten YEARS old in 67 use to go around the corner to a pizza store and this WOULD be playing i could see it like it was yesterday GETTING OLD SUCKS big TIME

[@pbatommy]

Greg Munford sounds the same as he did 56 years ago. This is awesome!

[@marcusbell5383]

Man just top notch still a classic

[@JohnBassarcticsoundstudios]

There recording production was above most of the other on the radio at the time. Incense & Peppermints song was way ahead of it time.

[@davidkent2804]

This is timeless, and surprisingly tight as revived by the original members.

[@michaelbillington6039]

All i can say is WOW.Great job guys

[@johnjamesminster3155]

Grooved to this when it first hit radio and have ever since. One of my top 20 all-time favorite songs and still in my listening rotation. I have the original vinyl.

[@debbieedwards711]

OMG This sounds like the same young kids as the 60's. Good for them! Great Great song!!! Loved it for more than 50 years. "Sha la la" Thank you for this perfect new recording.❤

[@delbazemore9580]

Excellent...sounds the very same as when it was a new song. Have been a fan since the 60's.

[@MrTodd2000]

yep , because they got the original singer that never joined the band.

[@LeifGrahamsson]

Exceptionally brilliant

[@kurtcpi5670]

Most of us who were around when this was a hit became aware at some point that the lead vocal in the studio recording was done by a non-bandmember. The first thing I thought when this started was, "Wow, that sure does sound like the studio vocalist". So I guess it's no surprise that it actually is! Old rockers never die, they just do 50th anniversary get togethers. Great stuff. One of my all-time favorite songs from my youth, and right at the top of the iconic song list defining a generation and an era. There are some great recent stereo-enhanced "remasters" of Incense and Peppermints that make the original sound almost like it was recorded last week.

[@MegaCraptacular]

Thought the same thing! Nice to see Greg singing.

[@panthercombo9647]

I've played combo organs since the late 60s. This is by far my favorite, I still have my Panther Combo Organ from back then and now have a nice collection of Farfisa, Panther, and Vox Combo organs,

[@ChristineC-sh9tz]

👏👏 Still incredible sound! !! Great memories of the psychedelic 60’s!

[@lovetai9401]

Love this song!!!

[@DavidTraband]

Great old song.

[@bellasaggarios8668]

Still one of my favorite all time bands. I also know the Drummer personally. Great guy. You guys rock so hard!

[@lindaharold4349]

Still sounds great!!!!

[@Mr60smusicman]

Sounds great, thank you for posting this classic musical gem!!

[@genarofan]

unique best cover in town thanks

[@100fortay]

LOVE THIS! 💖

[@eddielovemusic]

This is incredible!! Stoked for their new album!! 🍓⏰

[@philc8575]

Awesome job Brothers!! The first album I bought with my own money at 12!!!!

[@gregorysharp]

This is great! Perfect. ❤❤❤

[@StreetCarNamedLuLu]

Man alive, you guys sound amazing after all these years.

[@michaelfuria4257]

A treasure!

[@lookoutforfrankie2611]

Wow, This is great. Luv it!!!

[@vickaply639]

Great job! Love it.

[@DEREKBROWN-e8z]

Excellent

[@BandBoxParade]

Great then. Superb now!

[@paguardian3123]

Love the cowbell!

[@jimmyhankins7487]

This is fantastic! I’m fortunate enough to have seen them live a number of times in the past decade and they’re great live still! I’m so happy this exists!

[@jeffclark4388]

Since I used to hang out with Greg I once met up with him at his agent's house and listened to a demo recording of the pre-lyrics instrument tracks of what would later become Incense and Peppermints. I think the demo was titled, "The Happy Hobo". Greg was Not a member of the Alarm Clock (or even Thee Sixpence), but was available to record the lead when members of the Alarm Clock bowed out.

[@gregorymunford5308]

Hey Jeff! Good memory! Probably with Richard or Chris Carter. We were young!

[@jjs490]

Hey Jeff is that Greg singing here, at the 50th Anniversary performance? I'm thinking it has to be because he sounds just like the record .

[@josephscovitch2701]

Superb copycat remake. Such archive history of psycho rock. Got us thru college, depression, riots, and the Vietnam war. Tuff miracle rock song. So comforting to hear at the ending. Never forgotten. Often used on AB and WTAI. Vive the Alarm Clock & psychedelic rock forever ....

[@vintagestudiolive]

How can it be a "copycat" if its the real guys? A "re-recording " is a better term.

[@jkp33fromny]

Great to hear the piano near the beginning. Never noticed a piano on the original recording.

[@josephscovitch2701]

Maybe it was really a moog sitar sound, if i recall correctly. Check it. JS

[@vintagestudiolive]

@@josephscovitch2701 Nope. It was a piano.

[@bobburroughs6241]

Wonderful.

[@goatcheeta]

They played at a movie theatre in Fredericksburg, VA in the late 1960's. The only major act that came to this little town at the time. The new recording is great!

[@morbid_corner]

Y'all rock!

[@alimazimmer3819]

love it!!!!!

[@Meister1551]

Awesome sound and great performance too. Its wonderful to be able to do something like this. Bravo and congrats on the continued exitance of SAC!

[@dondavis331]

Love it

[@vancosten]

Fantastic! And it is so clear and clean! Thank you for sharing this with everyone! Looking forward to the release of the new album!

[@keith9786]

OMG I miss the sixties

[@salzers]

Love it! Dig the Jim Salzer Presents poster in the background of the show he put on with them and Jimi Hendrix!

[@bigfan-o5v]

Love this

[@bigfan-o5v]

Awesome!!

[@christinekinneywork351]

This is amazing!!!

[@BikeMyRoute-gj6id]

I Love Them

[@TheCoreyLight]

Woah!!!!! Good job guys!

[@BigBishop1]

very well done all around!

[@metalmickey6314]

Organ sound so sixties soo good

[@jelau4851]

Oustanding, you guis rock.

[@howardanderson3061]

Nice Job Ken!

[@stevetriantafillou1644]

nice

[@howardanderson3061]

The Sea La Las sound amazing...

[@namcat53]

sha la la

[@howardanderson3061]

@@namcat53 lol yeah right

[@markhoffman2132]

Even has the real lead singer

[@zazaranger5]

Great job guys! Just needs a little more Cowbell...lol

[@RobertAshton-z5z]

IIRC, it was Gary Lovetro, and not George Bunnell, who played bass on "Incense and Peppermints".

[@vintagestudiolive]

Well, here is a quote from Mark Weitz regarding your comment: Total Ed 100% ! Gary Lovetro only DREAMED he could play that great! More misinformation! I seem to have read that somewhere myself, Gene, and Ed were the only three musicians on that record!

[@RobertAshton-z5z]

@@vintagestudiolive Oh, so Ed King played bass and guitar (lead and rhythm)? No Lee Freeman on the recording?

[@vintagestudiolive]

@@RobertAshton-z5z Nope..

[@RobertAshton-z5z]

Nope it wasn't Ed King on all guitars or nope there was no Lee Freeman? Or both? I'm confused.

[@vintagestudiolive]

@@RobertAshton-z5zMark said : myself, Gene, and Ed were the only three musicians on that record!

[@CH67guy1]

Why is the bass player, at the very far left in the opening video, to the left of Randy on bongos… …why is he not recognized by name at the end? In the ending video this bass player is to the left of Randy on bongos.

[@vintagestudiolive]

Gary Lovetro. He is not held in any high regard by the other members of the band and they wanted nothing to do with him being involved. He didn't record on the original anyway.

[@CH67guy1]

@@vintagestudiolive Thank you for your explanation!

[@VIBRATO1]

Excellent take,all....Was that Ed Kings' original,fuzz drenched solo on this updated version?

[@vintagestudiolive]

Yes, that is Ed playing the guitar part. Probably his last studio session before he passed away.

[@VIBRATO1]

Thanks..He will remain yet another guitar treasure from the 60s,70s and beyond. Rest in peace,Ed King.

[@johnmitchelljr]

Thank you. Very well done.

[@garywimberley4394]

Better than original if that's even possible❤!

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

#1 hit and the singer wasn't even in the band. Greg Munford should have joined.

[@mistersixties]

I'm confused. On the video linked below, is that Greg Munford on drums? Or, is it someone else lip-syncing to his voice? kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqPaYpJ8g8msY7s

[@vintagestudiolive]

Greg didn't want to join the band. He didn't know it was going to be a massive hit. Randy, who played neither drums nor did lead vocals covered both bases. He is an amazingly talented person who sings lead, plays drums and plays vibes. Randy did backing vocals on the recording. He is here on backing vocals. He got stuck lip-syncing for all the TV and Film appearances.

[@jjs490]

The lead singer here , does anybody know who it is? It can't be Greg Munford , can it. Greg was the original lead singer when they cut the record but he never performed with a group he was with in another group, he was 17 years old when he recorded it. This lead singer sounds so much like him, wow . Unbelievable 50 years after the song Hit and the Band still sounds great.. I think this is Ed King here also the unbelievable great great guitarist. It is Greg Munford, and Ed King. Goosebumps!!!

[@vintagestudiolive]

Yes, that IS Greg Munford. Ed King was very helpful in getting him involved. Greg was very cool to work with. It wouldn't be I&P without him.

[@jjs490]

Thanks I thought it might be him because it sounded just like him very similar to the record.. wow it gives me goosebumps, and to know that Ed King was instrumental in getting him it's icing on the cake. Ed Kings is iconic !

[@jjs490]

​@@vintagestudiolive The song never gets old the combination of the Fantastic guitar and electric organ is otherworldly, thanks for posting this, I love watching this, over and over again singing at the top of my lungs.!