I always thought the solo on Wild Thing was an ocarina for some
reason.

- Greg

Marty Rudnick wrote:
> Ok, (excluding Sonny & Cher & Ringo) my favorite examples:
> 
> The vocal on Gale Garnett's "We'll Sing In The Sunshine"
> The flute solo on Mamas & Papas' "California Dreaming"
> The flute solo on The Troggs' "Wild Thing"
> 
> All badly and consistently off-key
> 
> I had thought it was possibly because in olden days they often had to link up and synchronize multiple tape machines to add tracks, and that sometimes there would be a speed difference between two tape machines that resulted in a tuning problem.
> 
> It does amaze me that these were deemed as passable in such GREAT songs.
> 
> Marty
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