DESCRIPTION:
With Susanna Hoffs, Kendra Smith,Vicki Peterson,Michael Quercio,Karl Precoda,Will Glenn, Steven Roback, Matthew Piucci, Dennis Duck. David Roback's 1984 album project collaborating with many musicians from Paisley Underground L.A. bands.

Originally released as a Vinyl L.P. in 1984. In 1989 Rough Trade
issued it on CD. This recording originated from a FLAC file ripped from the CD (Thanks go to the uploader who upped it as a torrent file & kindly made it available online).

The Paisley Underground scene of L.A. bands of the 1980s, of which David Roback's bands Rain Parade, Clay Allison, Opal, & Mazzy Star were a part, was in part inspired by 1960s rock/psychedelia. This Rainy Day album was David's project. It contains covers of 8 of his favourite songs from the 1960s,&one from the 1970s(Holocaust).He enlisted musicians & singers from a variety of Paisley Underground bands to collaborate on the album. David produced, & is the only musician to appear on every track.

Here's an informative article on the Paisley Underground with special reference to
David Roback, & the Rainy Day project,
"One Nation Underground: The Story of the Paisley Underground":
http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2001/05...

Tracklisting (A or B means a song's from the A-side or B-side of the original L.P.)
A1 I'll Keep It With Mine (Bob Dylan), start at 0.00
Guitar, Tambourine, Vocals -- David Roback; Violin -- Will Glenn; Bass-Michael
Quercio; Lead Vocals -- Susanna Hoffs

A2 John Riley, 3.24 (B. Gibson, R. Neff. A folk song The Byrds covered in 1966)
Drums -- Dennis Duck; Guitar [Acoustic 12-string] -- Matthew Piucci;
Guitar[Electric 12 String], Vocals -- David Roback; Violin, Vocals -- Will Glenn;
Lead Vocals, Bass -- Michael Quercio

A3 Flying On The Ground Is Wrong, 6.38 (Neil Young. A Buffalo Springfield song)
Guitar -- David Roback; Lead & Background Vocals -- Kendra Smith; Background
Vocals: Susanna Hoffs

A4 Sloop John B., 9.58 (Traditional. The Beach Boys had a 1966 hit with their arrangement)
Drums -- Dennis Duck; Guitar, Congas -- David Roback; Keyboards -- Ethan James;
Lead Vocals, Bass, Percussion -- Michael Quercio

A5 Soon Be Home, 14.21 (Pete Townshend. A Who song)
Bass, Drums -- Michael Quercio; Tambourine -- "Spock";
Background Vocals -- Susanna Hoffs, Vicki Peterson; Lead Vocals,
Guitar -- David Roback

B1 Holocaust, 18.30 (Alex Chilton. A Big Star song)
Cello, Violin -- Will Glenn; Guitar -- David Roback; Piano -- Steven Roback;
Piano [Backwards] -- Ethan James;
Vocals -- Kendra Smith

B2 On The Way Home, 22.24 (Neil Young. A Buffalo Springfield song)
Vocals, Guitar -- David Roback

B3 I'll Be Your Mirror, 25.17 (Lou Reed. A Velvet Underground song)
Guitar, Bass, Tambourine -- David Roback; Background Vocals -- Kendra
Smith; Lead Vocals, Guitar -- Susanna Hoffs

B4 Rainy Day, Dream Away, 27.52(Jimi Hendrix)
Bass, Keyboards -- Ethan James; Drums -- Dennis Duck; Guitar -- Karl Precoda;
Congas -- David Roback; Lead Vocals -- Michael Quercio

Artwork -- Kendra Smith
Engineer -- Ethan James
Mastered by -- Eddy Schreyer
Producer -- David Roback

Bands musicians were from:
-Susanna Hoffs & Vicki Peterson: THE BANGLES
-Michael Quercio: THE 3 O'CLOCK
-Kendra Smith, Dennis Duck, & Karl Precoda: THE DREAM SYNDICATE
(Kendra also sang with David in his band project Clay Allison,
which was later named Opal)
-David Roback,Steven Roback,Matt Piucci,&Will Glenn: RAIN PARADE
-Ethan James: Had been a musician in 1960s group BLUE CHEER
but by the 1980s&the time of the Paisley Underground scene he owned L.A.'s Radio Tokyo Studios &engineered bands there,including Rainy Day,Rain Parade,The Bangles, &The Minutemen.

Song Trivia: There's an interesting link between the Bob Dylan song here "I'll Keep It With Mine" & the song here "I'll Be Your Mirror". Bob reportedly wrote his song about Nico with whom he had a mid-1960s affair. Nico often sang it in her shows. And Nico sings the original version of "I'll Be Your Mirror" on the first V.U. album, a song Lou wrote for Nico!

Last I checked, other YouTubers had uploaded Rainy Day as individual songs, but with one song missing."Rainy Day, Dream Away" wasn't available. Other Rainy Day YT uploads I believe were all various rips from vinyl LPs. Vinyl rips can sound good,but there's a hit or miss aspect as many turntables don't play at precisely 33&1/3 RPM speed, but play slightly fast (sharp) or slow (flat), & thus distort the audio. A good thing about the CD rip here is it plays at the right speed, "in tune".

Download an audio file of this album in lossless FLAC (CD quality), here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzgPlYMkoTYTaFkyOU40YTJfUWc/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-JDJQrDYIae2lWRdZ1PSxuw