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28th Feb 2021, 12:13 AM
	OrionsRecordCollection1998 On Buddah Records, Of Course! Member since Mar 2014 102 Points	I'm not sure if this has been discussed on here already, but might as well in case anybody is interested in talking about it. For those who may or may not know, there was a 6th album released sometime in 1970/1971. Also around this time there was a single released in Germany with the tracks Lawdy, Lawdy b/w The Clock. Although, a Japanese pressing had Happy Song as the B side instead of The Clock. I've known about the tracks Lawdy, Lawdy and The Clock existing for a long time already (since 2014 or 2015?) Once I knew about them, that's when I heard about a 6th album existing. As time went on, I eventually discovered that the album was released in a few countries. As of writing this, German, French, and Japanese pressings exist. After digging a bit further, turns out the album might've had a name. The German pressing has the title Happy Songs while the Japanese pressing calls it Happy Song. However, the French pressing is self-titled. Here's some interesting information I found out about the Japanese pressing of the album and single: turns out the single had the lyrics to Lawdy, Lawdy and Happy Song and the album contained all of the lyrics to the songs that appear on the album (listed as "words.") Both the single and album might have some liner notes, however they're in Japanese. So that could be a good lead and might give us some clues. (Note: The lyrics are typed in English.) What's alluded me the most about this album if the album was released in the US or any other countries throughout the world. As far as I know, there isn't a lot of information aside from a rumored US release of Lawdy, Lawdy/The Clock on the Attack label. Here are some Discogs links of the aforementioned releases of these singles and albums: German pressing of Lawdy, Lawdy/The Clock Japanese pressing of Lawdy, Lawdy/Happy Song French, German, and Japanese pressings of the album