''Part One'' is the second album by the American
psychedelic rock
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group
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
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, and was released in February 1967 on
Reprise Records
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Artists currently signed to Reprise Records include Enya, Michael ...
. It features compositions by Bob Johnston,
Frank Zappa
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,
Baker Knight
Thomas Baker Knight Jr. (July 4, 1933 – October 12, 2005) was an American songwriter and musician. His best known compositions were "Lonesome Town", "The Wonder of You", and " Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time". His songs have b ...
, P.F. Sloan and Van Dyke Parks with input from studio drummer
Hal Blaine
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. It has a song most well known as "
Morning Dew
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" composed by Bonnie Dobson with arrangement by Danny Harris. This is the first album with input from guitarist Ron Morgan.
The song "I Won't Hurt You" was later featured in the 2018
stop motion
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animated film, ''