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Crimson & Clover is the sixth studio album by American rock band Tommy James and the Shondells. It features the #1 hit, its title track as well as the #2 hit "Crystal Blue Persuasion". The album Crimson & Clover was released in December 1968 and reached a peak of #8 on the Billboard 200. Based on suggestions from radio stations the group chose to create an extended five-and-a-half minute long version of the title song for the album. The first two verses were copied without lead vocals, and then overdubbed with guitar solos by Shondells guitarist Ed Gray using steel guitars and fuzz guitars, as well as an extended one-minute wah-wah pedal finish. During tape copying a slight speed error was inadvertently introduced. This resulted in a small drop in pitch during the new guitar solo sections, which went unfixed. The group had toured with Vice President Hubert Humphrey during his 1968 presidential campaign. Humphrey showed his appreciation by writing the liner notes for the Crimson & Clover album. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
