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It's A Beautiful Day — Bombay Calling
Album: It's A Beautiful Day
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Released: 1968
Length: 4:23
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A most pleasant stop on the 'hippie highway'. 
Posted 2 months ago by dxnerd86    [ Reply ]
My favorite cut on this classic album.
Posted 3 months ago by scubasteve    [ Reply ]
What a JAM! Such classic sounds of the day; a lot like QSMS and Jeff Air, for sure... I love the trippy interplay of the violin and synth-work in this, too -- something that Kansas used to great effect in early jams such as "Can I Tell You," "Bringing It Back," and "Belexes."
Posted 5 months ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 Photoman15 wrote:

I recall reading that Jon Lord (Deep Purple) and a member of IABD were either dating or married at the time and they traded songs. IABD wrote "Bombay Calling" and Purple took the riff and made "Child In Time" and Purple wrote "Hard Road (Wring That Neck)" and IABD took that one and made it "Don and Dewey".


Thank You for the info!
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Ha! Only just read the older part of thread {#Cheesygrin}

Oh well, one for the "Covers better than the original" collection.
Posted 6 years ago by cjs73661    [ Reply ]
Jethro Tull? Not really.
Deep Purple "Child In time" yes.
Posted 6 years ago by cjs73661    [ Reply ]
 Calling My Arse...Bombay have ripped this from Jethro Tull.
 
Posted 6 years ago by nickw60177    [ Reply ]
I recall reading that Jon Lord (Deep Purple) and a member of IABD were either dating or married at the time and they traded songs. IABD wrote "Bombay Calling" and Purple took the riff and made "Child In Time" and Purple wrote "Hard Road (Wring That Neck)" and IABD took that one and made it "Don and Dewey".
Posted 17 years ago by Photoman15    [ Reply ]
Even if Deep Purple `stole' it, I prefer their version over this. If this were a cover of Deep Purple's version, they'd get a 1. Now that this looks to be the original, I even more like the way DP adopted the song to give it the body they gave it to survive time. This tune does not. Sorry.
Posted 20 years ago by Tux    [ Reply ]
sparke wrote:
I just made the same comment to some one else, it is a blatatn rip off by Deep Purple and the kicker is I had the album It's a Beautiful Day, back in the day and listened to it a million times and never put it toghether until today! Hope you get this post in that you posted your original months ago. Sparke
Deep Purple's "Child in Time" first appeared on an album released in 1970--this song appeared on an album released in 1969. Now I gotta backscroll to see if someone's covered this already. . . EDIT: As someone did. Ah, well.
Posted 20 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
Leslie wrote:
Here you go: Sticken in mine haken sticken in mine haut fugen mine gas mit mine auss pucken straighten zee nicht mit einem duetsch venn zee mewden sint. Mine auto fairt ser schnell aber ess rast gegen-mawen Ya das ben mine ya das ben du du das ben ich fair zuc ess
This must be the hooked on phonics version.
Posted 20 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Bullets flying taking toll
Posted 20 years ago by ottonorse    [ Reply ]
I used to love this album! I had an original copy in vinyl (wish I still had it, worth about $75 now) but really this stuff hasn't aged very well. After the Seattle Invasion, this stuff got kinda lame.
Posted 20 years ago by samiyam    [ Reply ]
cpmwi wrote:
oops my bad - i should read the posts...
I just made the same comment to some one else, it is a blatatn rip off by Deep Purple and the kicker is I had the album It's a Beautiful Day, back in the day and listened to it a million times and never put it toghether until today! Hope you get this post in that you posted your original months ago. Sparke
Posted 20 years ago by sparke    [ Reply ]
RoyalTS wrote:
Whats this? Sounds like one of those ringtones for handys... :|
Is it me or did I just hear a classic 60's californian band get ripped off. That sounded an awful lot like Deep Purples "Child In time"!!! Almost blatant!!! I was a failiar with Beautiful day esp. White Bird but not with this song, bring back the the times so I can be young again.
Posted 20 years ago by sparke    [ Reply ]
Whats this? Sounds like one of those ringtones for handys... :|
Posted 20 years ago by RoyalTS    [ Reply ]
aharamanx wrote:
1969. What more can you say?
well, how about "scientology?"
Posted 20 years ago by bluedot    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by cpmwi: Can anyone else hear Deep Purple in here? Child In Time?
oops my bad - i should read the posts...
Posted 21 years ago by cpmwi    [ Reply ]
Can anyone else hear Deep Purple in here? Child In Time?
Posted 21 years ago by cpmwi    [ Reply ]
This one is an \"11\" IMHO.
Posted 21 years ago by BC_Night_Heron    [ Reply ]
thanks indeed for the flashback--to beautiful spring mornings in wood frame apartments in the student/hippie ghetto of Madison,Wisconsin circa 1970. Somehow the name of the band tended to suggest itself as the appropriate soundtrack for near perfect moments, and I actually preferred this cut to \"White Bird\" , whose lyrics were a bit intrusive for background music.
Posted 21 years ago by philarktos    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Amazon: classic psychedelia -- thanks for the flashback the more NON- "best of" cuts you play, the more you endear this station to me, Bill -- not that I don't like plenty of the other stuff you play :p speaking of tunes of endearment, is there any way you might have/play Grace Slick's "Never Argue With A Germen When You're Tired" off the Airplane's "Bark" album? and can you send me a copy of the lyrics? I'm nurturing a fantasy where I do NAWAGWYT for some silly talent show some day.
Here you go: Sticken in mine haken sticken in mine haut fugen mine gas mit mine auss pucken straighten zee nicht mit einem duetsch venn zee mewden sint. Mine auto fairt ser schnell aber ess rast gegen-mawen Ya das ben mine ya das ben du du das ben ich fair zuc ess
Posted 21 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
There were a couple of other good not-whitebird songs on that LP. Bulgaria, and the Girl With No Eyes as I remember. Once the LaFlammes broke up it they never did much of note. I just read the Amazon notes: very funny!
Posted 21 years ago by gstark33    [ Reply ]
classic psychedelia -- thanks for the flashback the more NON- \"best of\" cuts you play, the more you endear this station to me, Bill -- not that I don\'t like plenty of the other stuff you play :p speaking of tunes of endearment, is there any way you might have/play Grace Slick\'s \"Never Argue With A Germen When You\'re Tired\" off the Airplane\'s \"Bark\" album? and can you send me a copy of the lyrics? I\'m nurturing a fantasy where I do NAWAGWYT for some silly talent show some day.
Posted 21 years ago by Amazon    [ Reply ]
Love this song. Please play \"White Bird\" some time. I know it\'s the track that everyone has heard, but it\'s still great. I have the original vinyl. I\'m old.
Posted 22 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
Psychedelic relic? That\'ll be Uri Geller.
Posted 22 years ago by Mack    [ Reply ]
Bombay Calling was first. Check out the link below to a recent interview https://www.btinternet.com/~db.illustrations/review-files/mumbai-gillan-interview.htm It\'s a good track (brings back memories )
Posted 22 years ago by thatch    [ Reply ]
To the below comments - who cares? Its just a fun air guitar song. Pass the patchouli, Starshine! :D
Posted 22 years ago by Flying_Donut    [ Reply ]
If I\'m not mistaken, this was released BEFORE \'Child In Time\'... and although I was a HUGE Deep Purple fan; I think this piece has something over \'Child\'....
Posted 22 years ago by keenevision    [ Reply ]