Gilbert and Carter added lyrics and a new melody, titling the finished song "Incense and Peppermints." Thee Sixpence cut the new tune, renamed themselves the Strawberry Alarm Clock immediately thereafter, and in late 1967 topped the Billboard pop charts. However, by this time Gilbert and Carter were earning notice as a crack songwriting duo, and via Slay earned a crack at revamping a demo track cut by an unknown psych-pop outfit known as Thee Sixpence. After an LP, That Acapulco Gold, and a Tim Gilbert solo single, "Early October," UNI dropped the group. release but still failing to crack pop radio. The follow-up, "Fe Fi Fo," was quickly deleted and reissued under the new and improved title "Blood of Oblivion," even securing a U.K. The Rainy Daze quickly resurfaced with "Discount City," which went nowhere. Once radio programmers finally intuited the song's pro-marijuana content, it was pulled from play lists coast to coast. When the single caught fire locally the fledgling UNI label snapped up national distribution rights, but with "That Acapulco Gold" at number 70 on the Billboard charts, the bottom fell out. A massive publicity campaign was in the planning stages when the spectacular failure of his magnum opus, Ike & Tina Turner's "River Deep, Mountain High," left Spector's career in shambles the Rainy Daze were among the collateral damage, and only in 1967 did their debut single, "That Acapulco Gold" - written by Tim Gilbert in collaboration with his college roommate John Carter - appear on Denver producer Frank Slay's Chicory label. Comprised of singer/guitarist Tim Gilbert, his brother Kip on drums, lead guitarist Mac Ferris, bassist Sam Fuller, and keyboardist Bob Heckendorf, the group started as little more than a covers act, nevertheless parlaying a string of frat party gigs into a local television appearance that reportedly caught the attention of famed producer Phil Spector, who extended a management contract. ![]() You can save to the photo roll and/or email or post to Facebook.Psychedelic pop combo the Rainy Daze formed in Denver, CO, in 1965.Superfast preview mode to immediately see edit results, with large image rendered at save. ![]() Easy-to-use slider controls to adjust light, contrast and texture just how you want it.The addictive JixiPix Randomizer – so much fun!.The ability to create personal-favorite custom presets using the "Save" menu.Loads of presets, to get you started fast.The ability to darken the sky with clouds.Just head to the App Store and – Make it rain. You can (do a rain) dance if you want to, but it's not necessary. Each style allows you to adjust the rain from a light drizzle to a heavy shower, change the angle of the rain, and change the length of the rain from short drops to long streaks. Rain Shower slightly darkens the scene for an appearance of an overcast day, Romantic Rain brings a soft romantic glow, and Vintage Rain gives a toned, aged appearance. Each unique style applies an advanced tonal technique to give your photos the feel of a rainy day. The Rainy Daze photo app comes loaded with three powerful styles: Rain Shower, Romantic Rain and Vintage Rain. Whether you're a graphic artist, professional photographer, or a budding iPhoneographer, use Rainy Daze to bring some rain to your photos and the response from your viewers will be subconscious, immediate, and visceral. Or, sweet-smelling soft dreaminess, romance and peace - a delicate kiss alight in the air. Some things you might like to shoot for: bright and clean, regenerative, renewing, glistening powerful, ominous, thunderbolt and lightening, cascading in waves – horizontal. And since there are as many emotions of rain as there are types of rain, the artistic uses for your photography are virtually endless. It’s not something anyone needs to be taught - we just feel it. ![]() ![]() Is it possible for a photo to make your body ache?īecause, along with the moisture, rain drops emotion - strong, instinctive emotions. With it, you have the power to envelop your photos in a soft mist's romantic glow, wash your landscapes clean of imperfection, and bring drops of meaning, large and small, fast or smooth, to your personal expression. The JixiPix Rainy Daze photo app puts the power, emotion and uses of rain at your fingertips.
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