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This musically (and lyrically) brilliant parody of Sixties psychedelia via an imaginary West Coast band The Fraternal Order of The All - allegedly recorded "between August 2 1967 and August 2 1968" - is in reality Andrew Gold's homage to many of his Sixties US and UK musical influences. This inspired album was first released in 1998, but is now reissued as a result of growing interest worldwide from fans of Sixties music who have discovered Gold's clever pastiche. "I got the idea from listening to XTC as The Dukes of Stratosphear. I thought it was fun to disguise yourself as a Sixties group," says Gold. "Since my influences are showing most of the time I thought I'd indulge myself to the nth degree and imagine I'd actually been in these bands." With help from just a couple of friends - members of California Sixties cover band The Bellbottoms - Andrew otherwise sings and performs everything on the album.