Acapulco Gold-Arnie Wong .. the John Lamb collection

[cliffwalkinfool]

Stations soon learned of its subject and the song sadly died. The band's story is tragic. My copy of the CDs was printed in Spain and sounds great. It's prolly from a wet* LP, a reel or even a Muntz 4-track. I cherish my 45 and have played my it only once (on the radio)! The LP's a mix of offkey covers of Soul, and some cool Garage.

*To play vinyl wet, dedicate a 3gm Stanton and shell. Make a ring of distilled water so the Stanton literally floats in it. Photoflow is optional: 1 drop per cup.

[MrSlipguy]

the person who drew the cartoon is my design teacher.....how gold is that

[MrSlipguy]

hello?



[kar120cc]

First time I ever saw this was in 1974, at chruch. No kidding :P

[3080Peter]

I love it! This was Top 40 stuff in the day. Also there was David Peal and the Lower East Side with "I Like Marijuana" sung to the old tune "Peanut Butter".

I am hoping someone can help me with the title and artist of another old pot classic that is slow and lyrics start with the line: "South of the California border grows a magic weed from Mexico..." I have been looking all over creation for that tune and nobody has it on their list, not even this song. Let me know if you know it, please.

[cafe9802]

The 4/20 is next week, where you can feel free to light up, in back of and obviously around the Vancouver Art Gallery, without the cops intervening. They actually don't mingle with the huge crowd that will probably once again overflow onto Howe steet and even one lane of the very busy Georgia St. The cops are there just in case of trouble and for traffic problems that arise. At 4 o'clock there will once gain be a large plume of smoke if the winds don't blow, check it out on youtube,

[Ezdduf4kuZ]

@cafe9802 You don't say! Anyway I'm a staying away from any 4/20 we'll be having here, not that there's anything of the sort going on here(rally for weed to be legalized). Even if there is, I don't plan on inhaling anybody elses 2nd hand weed.........I'M DOING IT FOR MY FRIEND!

[Ezdduf4kuZ]

This was a top 10 hit? here in vancouver canada back in '67. It's the original sung by Rainy Daze. It's an unusually different song(lyricwise)....however it tied in nicely with other songs like.. light my fire, the flower children, episle to dippy, round round, san fransico, white rabbit and so on...they all had flower power going for them. There was however a whole lot of competition during(1967) this the height of the so called british invasion. Thanks for sharing flower power! lol

[sparkyization]

$65 @ kilo in Santa Monica, 1968

"Follow the yellow brick road". Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band

[aquelquemon]

funny I like it...... If you go to my videos you can see it in better quality with the "HD" choice

[austinstein]

the hd choice looks great..a little color correction on the yelo side would make it darn near perfect...the clarity is bueno!....btw ..how did you obtain a copy of this...just curious

[aquelquemon]

A Friend gave me the DVD years ago.. Don't know where she got it.

[dean810]

Wow! I remember hearing this song on top 40 radio then it came out. Things have changed...

[Nothingpersonalmovie]

It was so fucking cool to see these cartoons with 5 summer storys and a buzz 72

[ubeumbe]

this is a great find, thank you for sharing it. This Rainy Daze's Acapulco Gold song was also the title name of their only album, 1967. Wich, by the way, contains some little gems like "In my mind lives a forest", "Out of a calico dream", "Snow and ice and burning sand"... suggested! cheers

[musicologygirl]

Wait. You were 17 and DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT? Now I get it.

[musicologygirl]

9838ean, you're really a drag. Do you spend all your time cruising YouTube for videos that will let you rant about your brand of morality? Find another venue. How about politics? I don't care how healthy you are, you're a real downer. I'm gonna go get high.

[9838ean]

When I first heard this song at 17 I had no idea what they were talking about. I loved the song nonetheless, and have not heard the song since.(until today). Now I wish they would have used other lyrics to such a cute melody. I have never used the stuff, or any other drugs for that matter. that's why I still have my health at 58!

[tlfreeman2]

I bought the DVD a few years back... great party flick

[GereDJ]

In 1967 when I had to spend two weekends in the L.A. County jail for speeding on my Triumph motorcycle in Whittier, the turn-keys used to play KRLA on the overhead in the afternoon and "That Acapulco Gold" would come on sometimes.

I think this is a fantastic cartoon/animation and should be re-released to share this fine piece of period Americana with the World. "Where the streets are lined with bricks of....Apapulco Gold"

[quigisinjail]

i used to watch this in jail. makes me kinda homesik for mine boyfrend Tito and his brand of jailhouse loving-

[austinstein]

hahahahah

[nashvilletexas]

hahaha, i have the tune on a 45 single, it was by the Rainy Daze, anyone wanna buy it? hehehe

[austinstein]

Thanx... I've been racking my brain trying to recall that bands name. How many 45's you got? I may want one for my juke box..!

[nashvilletexas]

I only have one of this song.  But I have a couple of hundred from this era that I was going to look into placing on ebay. Let me know if you have continued interest, Thanks

[jfw657]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! I saw the movie this is from around 1974. I've been looking for this animation clip all over the place. Thanks!!!

[meanoljack]

I remember seeing this in the movie theater, circa 1976! Dig the dog with the bloodshot eyes - and imagine trying to get this past the censors today... DOH! Nice work John Lamb!