Songs for Rainy Day Lovers
| Songs for Rainy Day Lovers | |||||
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| Released | 1967; reissued 1978 as America the Beautiful; reissued 2002 (together with Extension) on CD as America the Beautiful | ||||
| Recorded | August 16, 1966 Los Angeles, California | ||||
| Genre | Jazz | ||||
| Length | 33 min | ||||
| Label | Columbia (CL 2691 / CS 9491) Discovery (Discovery 786) Clare Fischer Productions/CD Baby (CFP-05756252) | ||||
| Producer | Albert Marx | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
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| Billboard | "Special Merit Pick" |
| Boston Globe | favorable |
| Down Beat | |
Songs for Rainy Day Lovers is an album by American keyboardist/composer-arranger Clare Fischer, recorded in August 1966 and released in September 1967 by Columbia Records. It would be reissued in 1978 on the Discovery label as America the Beautiful, and in 2002 on CD (together with the 1963 album Extension) under the same name by Clare Fischer Productions.
Having provided his distinctive string backgrounds for albums by several artists over the previous decade, including Donald Byrd, Cal Tjader, and the Hi-Lo's, the 37-year-old Fischer finally had an opportunity to provide the same service for himself, as a string orchestra and rhythm section combine to support the leader as featured piano soloist.