Looking Glass : Looking Glass / Subway Serenade

BRANDY, YOU'RE A FINE GIRL

(YOU'RE A FINE GIRL)

WHAT A GOOD WIFE YOU WOULD BE

(SUCH A FINE GIRL)

BUT MY LIFE,

MY LOVE,

AND MY LADY 

IS THE SEA

Looking Glass

is the self-titled 

debut album 

released by the band

Looking Glass 

in 1972.

Background

The group had been playing

 all up and down

 the East Coast in clubs,

 and one night they

 were spotted by

 Clive Davis 

at

 the Whisky a Go Go. 

Davis, 

who at the time was

the president of 

Columbia Records, 

signed them to

 the Epic Records label. 

After trying to record 

two times

 (once with Steve Cropper in Memphis), 

the band began working 

with

 Bob Liftin

 and recorded 

"Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)". 

It was not released 

as the single's A-side, 

but as the B-side to 

"Don't It Make You Feel Good"

 in early 1972.

 The song went

 unnoticed by most,

 but not by 

Harv Moore,

 a disc jockey 

in Washington, D.C. 

The song would go on

 to peak 6 months 

after its release, 

and the album charted 

for 16 weeks

 in the U.S.

 Subway Serenade

was the

 second 

and final album

 released by the band

Looking Glass 

It contained their

 second charting single, 

"Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne". 

Following the departure

 of vocalist 

Elliot Lurie

 to pursue a

 solo career, 

the band would release 

one final single called

 "Highway to Hollywood" 

(written by keyboardist Larry Gonsky)

 under the slightly 

altered name of 

"Lookinglass"

 in 1974 

before drastically 

reforming their lineup 

and style into 

the heavy metal/power 

pop group

Starz.

TRACKLIST

Jenny-Lynne

Brandy

 (You're A Fine Girl)

Catherine Street

Don't It Make You Feel Good

Golden Rainbow

Dealin' With The Devil

From Stanton Station

One By One

Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne

City Lady

For Skipper

Sweet Somethin'

Who's Gonna Sing My Rock 'N' Roll Song

Are You Dreamin' 

(Money In My Pockets)

Rainbow Man

Wait

Sweet Jeremiah

Wooly Eyes

Brandy

 (You're A Fine Girl)

 (Remix) [*]

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