In the spring of 1972 David Cassidy posed nude for Rolling Stone, the issue hitting store shelves shortly after his sellout concert at Madison Square Garden and Shopping Bag would become the 5th gold album for the family.
PF Music Producer Wes Farrell had launched his own label in January (Chelsea Records) and much earlier, had spoken to David about eventually working together. But David passed because he didn't feel that he and Wes were in sync, musically.
Bell Records president Larry Uttal, who didn't believe in spending a lot on album design, put more money into Shopping Bag than any other PF album based on the astronomical sales success of the PF.
The musical design of the album was an attempted twin to the earlier Sound Magazine, with a few distinguishing differences. Brilliant vocal arranger John Bähler recognized the importance of the "family" sound of the lp's and this album contains more "family" vocal intros on the songs than any previous LP. Songwriter Bobby Hart saw his favorite PF song recorded--"Girl, You Make My Day." David Cassidy saw his third and last PF songwriting effort, the revealing "There'll Come A Time" appear on the album, and Tony Romeo gave us another top 40 hit with "(Yes Love) It's One of Those Nights."
What a bag it was!
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