The Mamas and the Papas: If You Can't Believe Your Ears

If You Can't Believe Your Eyes And Ears

If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears is the 1966 debut album by The Mamas & the Papas (spelled "The Mama's and the Papa's" on the cover). In 2003, the album was ranked number 127 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. This album is included in its entirety on All the Leaves are Brown, a retrospective compilation of the band's first four albums and various singles. If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears is one of the first albums to have several different covers. The first cover featured the group in a bathroom sitting in a bathtub with a toilet in the corner. The album with this cover was pulled from stores after the toilet was declared indecent. The remaining covers featuring the toilet have since become collector's items. A second album cover was then released with a scroll over the toilet listing the presence of "California Dreamin'" on the album. Two more songs were later added to the scroll/box over the toilet. Still later, a Gold Record Award blurb was added (in black) to the left of the group. Finally, a later album covers were released with a closely cropped shot of the band surrounded by a black border that removed any hint that the picture was taken in a bathroom.

Dunhill Records 1966 - Pop/Rock Music