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The unusual title was decided before a song had been written for
it. The combination of unknown meaning came to James as he was
waking up, comprising his favorite color - crimson - and his
favorite flower - clover. "Crimson And Clover" was recorded in
late 1968 in about five hours and is one of the earliest songs
recorded on 16-track equipment. Tommy James played most of the
instruments. The song contains a tremolo effect on the guitar, set
so that it vibrated in time with the song's rhythm. Near the end
of the recording, the band had an idea of utilizing the tremolo
effect with vocals. To achive this, the voice microphone was
plugged into an Ampeg guitar amplifier with tremolo turned on, and
the output from the amplifier was recorded while James sang
'...crimson and clover, over and over...'. The genius psychedelic
rock song went to the top position in the United States, Canada,
Germany, Switzerland and New Zealand. |
