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Fronted by then-up-and-coming \u003cstrong\u003ePaul Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e and produced by \u003cstrong\u003eRichard Perry\u003c\/strong\u003e (two personalities who would soon define the musical tones of the Seventies), Perry tapped Williams to record his own album after featuring Williams' \"Fill Your Heart\" (Co-written with \u003cstrong\u003eBiff Rose\u003c\/strong\u003e) on the flip-side of \u003cstrong\u003eTiny Tim's\u003c\/strong\u003e hit \"Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me.\" Part music album and part like the soundtrack to a lost sub-culture movie, \u003cem\u003eThe Holy Mackerel\u003c\/em\u003e traverses the spectrum of Sixties-synonymous musical sounds; psych-rock to sunshine pop to folk rock to country rock to AM pop - it's all here. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStandouts include the organ-driven, haunting \"Scorpio Red,\" the Chicago-esque \"Bitter Honey\" (written by Williams and Roger Nichols prior to their smash-hits \"Rainy Days and Mondays\" and \"We've Only Just Begun\") and an early, folk version of \"The Lady Is Waiting\" (Williams re-recorded the song on his 1972 album\u003cem\u003e Life Goes On\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe group's original line up was as eclectic as the album's song selection: joining \u003cstrong\u003ePaul Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e was his brother Mentor Williams (who would go on to author \u003cstrong\u003eDobie Gray's\u003c\/strong\u003e hit \"Drift Away\"), original \u003cstrong\u003eJefferson Airplane\u003c\/strong\u003e bassist \u003cstrong\u003eBob Harvey\u003c\/strong\u003e (who contributed \"Wildflowers\" to the album), guitarist \u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Hiller\u003c\/strong\u003e (who later played on Williams' 1970 solo-debut \u003cem\u003eSomeday Man\u003c\/em\u003e), flautist \u003cstrong\u003eCynthia Fitzpatrick\u003c\/strong\u003e, and former \u003cstrong\u003eTurtles\u003c\/strong\u003e drummer \u003cstrong\u003eDon Murray\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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