The Appletree Theatre - I Wonder If Louise Is Home

The Appletree Theatre was a studio group of American musicians who released the album Playback in 1967.

The project was set up by brothers Terry and John Boylan, with leading jazz session musicians including Larry Coryell and Eric Gale. The album was essentially a loosely-woven concept album, comprising a collage of interlaced vocal narratives, sound effects, song fragments, and quality pop songs such as "Hightower Square" and "I Wonder If Louise Is Home". It was issued on the Verve Forecast label, and was finally reissued on CD in 2007. John Lennon referred to it as one of his favourite albums.

In the wake of the set's commercial failure Terry went solo, releasing three albums as a singer/songwriter, while John reappeared as a member of the short-lived Hamilton Streetcar before turning his attention to production with the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, and others. 1968 US

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• Psych
• Pop
• 1968
• The
• Appletree
• Theatre
• Wonder
• If
• Louise
• Is
• Home

[firstvoodoochild]

yes, the guy(1)knocks at the door, someone (2)opening. 1: is Louise here? 2:Louise... I think she' s up in the kitchen, Louise.. come on in... 1: no , I just wondered were she is .. 2:she lives here, we all live here, do you live here? come on in,... 1no, I have to catch a train to Queens... 2: Queens,, oh groovy, Queens,,, have a nice trip, man! 1: thank you, good by.! 2: what a freak... well that's how I remember it.Was a long time ago, about 1972, I thought it is verry funny!

[StringRamblerBale]

@firstvoodoochild lol :) its uploaded ... in video reposes .. enjoy

[TellYerMa]

Yes! I remember hearing this on KFMK in Houston about 1968 and never knowing who it was -- and haven't heard it since. They played that longer version with the conversation at the door. It'd be great to hear that version again.

[StringRamblerBale]

@TellYerMa oh I misspelled responses... check out Video Responses.... thats the conversation part uploaded afterwords.

[Cabinessance]

I remember this being played one night on "Sounds of the Seventies", a BBC FM Prog-rock series that ran from 22:00 - 24:00 Monday to Friday.

There were different DJ's and I recall that the night this was played was probably a Monday, Alan Black and Bob Harris!

broadened my mind, they played the talking part too.

First heard so much of The Beach Boys Love You on that programme.

Forgot to add, wasn't she, "Louise Blake"?

"She lives here, we all live here, do you live here?"

" NO!"

[Cabinessance]

I remember this being played one night on "Sounds of the Seventies", a BBC FM Prog-rock series of programmes that ran from 22:00 - 24:00 Monday to Friday.

There were different DJ's and I recall that the night this was played was probably a Monday, Alan Black and Bob Harris!

broadened my mind, they played the talking part too.

First heard so much of The Beach Boys Love You on that programme.

[thesyd1975]

On The conversation that follows this song,the guy who wonder's if Louise is home has a talk with Louise's Flatmate Or Whoever he is ( Sum Hippie Cat In The Crashpad they live i Think) He asks if she lives there and say's that" she probably doesnt remember me anyway" The Hippie Cat Replys" Yeah,she doesn't remember much of anything,SHE'S REAL GROOVY!!! " I love this album,and only discovered it here on youtube!! Great Stuff!!

[nathanzad]

My childhood!! My childhood!!

[altonmiller]

The non-music "coda" that firstvoodoochild accurately recalls is a part, I think, of "E-Train," the next cut on

the album. This great album, recently re-released on CD was commended by John Lennon who called it his favorite album of that year, or favorite US album, or some such. IMHO you really have to listen to the album, not track following track, since the tracks mostly blend into one another and the separations (like this one) seem arbitrary.