The Mamas & the Papas discography
The Mamas & the Papas were a vocal group from Los Angeles, California that was active from 1966 to 1969. Their discography consists of a total of five albums and seventeen singles, six of which made the Billboard top ten, and sold close to 40 million records worldwide.[1]
| The Mamas & the Papas discography | |
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 The Mamas and the Papas in 1967. | |
| Studio albums | 5 |
| Compilation albums | 11 |
| Singles | 17 |
The Mamas and the Papas' recordings were released on Dunhill Records until 1967, when the company was sold and the label became ABC-Dunhill.[2] Around 1973, ABC-Dunhill discarded all multi-track session recordings and mono masters because they were deemed obsolete and too expensive to store.[3] The original recordings of The Mamas and the Papas, and of labelmates such as Three Dog Night, are therefore lost, and it has been necessary to create digital versions from the stereo album masters, often second- or third-generation tapes. This is why the sound quality of Mamas and Papas' reissues does not match the best from the 1960s. In 2012, Sundazed Records located a mono master of If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears in the UK and released it on 180-gram vinyl and a limited edition of 500 compact discs.[4]
The singles "California Dreamin'" and "Monday, Monday" have both been certified as gold records by the RIAA.[5]
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Catalog number (U.S.) | U.S. Billboard 200[6] | U.S. Cashbox | UK[7] | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears | Dunhill D 50006 (Mono)/DS 50006 (Stereo) | 1 | 2 | 3 | US: Platinum[8] |
| 1966 | The Mamas & the Papas | Dunhill D 50010/DS 50010 | 4 | 5 | 24 | US: Gold[9] |
| 1967 | The Mamas & The Papas Deliver | Dunhill D 50014/DS 50014 | 2 | 1 | 4 | US: Gold[10] |
| 1968 | The Papas & the Mamas | Dunhill DS 50031 | 15 | 10 | – | – |
| 1971 | People Like Us | Dunhill DSX 50106 | 84 | 45 | – | – |
Live albums
| Year | Album | Catalog number (U.S.) | U.S. Billboard 200[6] | U.S. Cashbox | UK[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Historic Performances Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival | Dunhill DSX 50100 | – | – | – |
Charting compilations
| Year | Album | Catalog number (U.S.) | U.S. Billboard 200[6] | U.S. Cashbox | AUS[11] | UK[7] | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | The Best of the Mamas and the Papas: Farewell to the First Golden Era | Dunhill D 50025/DS 50025 | 5 | 5 | – | – | US: Gold[12] |
| 1968 | Golden Era Vol. 2 | Dunhill DS 50038 | 53 | 41 | – | – | – |
| 1969 | Hits of Gold | Stateside 5007 | – | – | – | 7 | – |
| 1969 | 16 of Their Greatest Hits | Dunhill DS 50064 | 61 | 72 | 13 | – | – |
| 1973 | 20 Golden Hits | Dunhill DSX 50145 | 186 | 161 | – | – | – |
| 1977 | The Best of the Mamas and the Papas | Arcade ADEP 30 | – | – | – | 7 | – |
| 1982 | The Best of the Mamas and the Papas | MCA MCA 2 6019 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1995 | California Dreamin': The Very Best of the Mamas and the Papas | Polygram 5239732 | – | – | – | 14 | – |
| 1997 | California Dreamin': The Greatest Hits of the Mamas and the Papas | Telstar TTVCD 2931 | – | – | – | 30 | – |
| 1998 | Greatest Hits | MCA Records MCAD-11740 | 123 | – | – | – | – |
| 2006 | California Dreamin': The Best of the Mamas and the Papas | Universal TV 9841715 | – | – | – | 21 | – |
Singles
| Year | Titles (A-side, B-side) Both sides from same album except where indicated. Some singles had the band's name misspelled as "The Mama's And The Papa's". |
Catalog number (U.S. unless otherwise indicated) | Chart positions | Certification | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard[6] | U.S. Cashbox[13] | UK[7] | AU | |||||
| 1965 | "Go Where You Wanna Go" B-side: "Somebody Groovy" |
– | – | – | – | If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears | ||
| "California Dreamin'" B-side: "Somebody Groovy" |
9 (1997) |
US: Gold[14] | ||||||
| 1966 | "Monday, Monday" B-side: "Got A Feelin" |
US: Gold[14] | ||||||
| "I Saw Her Again" B-side: "Even If I Could" |
The Mamas and the Papas | |||||||
| "Look Through My Window" B-side: "Once Was A Time I Thought" (from The Mamas and the Papas) |
Deliver | |||||||
| "Words of Love" / | The Mamas and the Papas | |||||||
| "Dancing in the Street" | ||||||||
| "Words of Love" B-side: "I Can't Wait" (UK-only) |
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| 1967 | "Dedicated to the One I Love" B-side: "Free Advice" |
Deliver | ||||||
| "Creeque Alley" B-side: "Did You Ever Want To Cry" |
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| "Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon)" / | Dunhill 4099 | The Papas & the Mamas | ||||||
| "Straight Shooter" | If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears | |||||||
| "Glad to Be Unhappy" / | Dunhill 4107 | Golden Era Vol. 2 | ||||||
| "Hey Girl" | If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears | |||||||
| "Dancing Bear" B-side: "John's Music Box" (from Deliver) |
The Mamas and the Papas | |||||||
| 1968 | "Safe in My Garden" B-side: "Too Late" |
The Papas & the Mamas | ||||||
| "Dream a Little Dream of Me" B-side: "Midnight Voyage" Peaked at No. 2 US Adult Contemporary |
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| "For the Love of Ivy" B-side: "Strange Young Girls" (from The Mamas and the Papas) |
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| "Do You Wanna Dance" B-side: "My Girl" (from Deliver) |
If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears | |||||||
| 1972 | "Step Out" B-side: "Shooting Star" Peaked at No. 25 US Adult Contemporary |
People Like Us | ||||||
See also
References
- "The Mamas and the Papas", Last.fm. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- "Bobby [Roberts] and Lou [Adler], some time earlier, had come to us and begged us to give them a two-year extension on our contract...based on that we agreed to the extension, and we woke up two days later to read in the trades that Dunhill had been sold. Maybe for business reasons, whatever, we could not be told. At any rate we were sold, and it was a real nasty piece of business. Bobby, Lou, and Jay [Lasker] picked up a million apiece – we got nothing. We would one day look back and see that it was the beginning of the end for our recording, really. ABC did not understand us at all". Michelle Phillips, California Dreamin' , pp. 128–129.
- "ABC-Paramount Records Story". Bsnpubs.com. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
- "The Mamas and the Papas: If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears". Sundazed.com. Retrieved on 15 April 2012.
- RIAA website Gold & Platinum retrieved 22 July 2016
- The Mamas and the Papas Chart Positions, Allmusic. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- Official Charts Company Archive. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- "American album certifications – The Mamas and the Papas – If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 22, 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.
- "American album certifications – The Mamas and the Papas – The Mamas and the Papas". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 22, 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.
- "American album certifications – The Mamas and the Papas – The Mamas & The Papas Deliver". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 22, 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.
- Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 190. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- "American album certifications – The Mamas and the Papas – Farewell to the First Golden Era". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 22, 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.
- "Cash Box Top Singles". cashboxmagazine.com. Retrieved 2015-08-19.
- "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
External links
- The Mamas & the Papas discography at AllMusic
- The Mamas & the Papas discography discography at Discogs
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