Harmony Grass — “I’ve Seen to Dream”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 24, 2025

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD

1,631) Harmony Grass — “I’ve Seen to Dream”

Here is an “excellent example of blissed-out UK soft pop”. (anthonykimball7463, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEgRa0F74vo) I bliss out whenever I hear it.

Richie Unterberger opines that “at their best, which was usually on [Tony] Rivers’ original tunes, they offer some decent melodic pop/rock with intricate harmonies and melodies, as on [“Dream”] (which shows a 1966-era Beach Boys fixation)”. (https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-tony-rivers-collection-vol-2-mw0000953358)

Vernon Joynson calls Harmony Grass’ LP “something of a harmony pop classic, echoing the work of US musicians such as Love and Curt Boettcher, with strong melodies and breathtaking vocal arrangements.” (The Tapestry of Delights Revisited)

As to Harmony Grass, Bruce Eder writes:

A late-’60s band that anticipated Prelude’s highly commercial harmony vocals, Harmony Grass evolved out of Tony Rivers & the Castaways. They were signed to RCA a year after being formed in Essex, and scored a Top 30 British hit with “Move in a Little Closer Baby.” They were unable to repeat this success, despite which they still got one LP released . . . on RCA (U.K.). They were good enough to rate supporting act status at the Marquee Club in London, but by 1970, the group had broken up.

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/harmony-grass-mn0000665709#biography

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