The Parade were Murray MacLeod (also a member of The Roger Nichols Trio/Small Circle of Friends), Jerry Riopelle (Phil Spector protégé and former Philles staff producer), and Smokey Roberds (songwriter and actor). Originally signed to A&M Records, and recorded with session legends including drummer Hal Blaine, bassist Carol Kaye and saxophonist Steve Douglas, “Sunshine Girl” cracked the Billboard Top 20 in 1967, emerging as one of the first and most successful records to embody the summery, harmony-rich sound that would later be dubbed “Sunshine Pop”. Other than Curt Boettcher, and his groups Sagittarius and Millennium – The Parade was it. The Parade was very talented and highly commercial without being completely derivative. Most aspects of the Sunshine Pop era (1967-1968) live on in today’s power pop artists. I’ve owned a rare UK import CD of the first album, and here it’s been remastered and sounds even better. This new re-release includes a pile of bonus tracks. You can get this album at most retailers now (Not Lame and Itunes included).