The Merry-Go-Round Review by Tim Sendra
The Merry-Go-Round's self-titled 1967 album is a breathtaking blend of chiming folk-rock guitars, British Invasion harmony vocals, baroque pop arrangements, and pure pop songcraft ...The Beatles are a huge influence ..You can hear the Byrds a bit, some Left Banke ...But there are some songs that are quite unique and original like "Time Will Show the Wiser" with its otherworldly sped up and backward guitars and enchanting melody..the overall quality of the songs and the group's loose and earthy playing, help lift the album above the pack and should lead to it being mentioned in the same breath as Love's first album or Buffalo Springfield's first when talking about classic American debut albums of the '60s.
Time Will Show The Wiser was covered by Fairport Convetion on their debut and they still play it live to this day.
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