Strawberry Alarm Clock contributed two new songs to the soundtrack of the 1971 Russ Meyers movie Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls. The songs are “Girl From The City” and “I’m Comin’ Home”, both with latter-era vocalist Paul Marshall. (“Incense And Peppermints” is also in the movie, though not on the soundtrack album.) Besides Strawberry Alarm Clock, the album has songs by the Sandpipers, and by Stu Phillips sung by Carrie Nations, among others.
The soundtrack album for Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls is readily available from new and used vinyl LP vendors, and an expanded CD version with bonus tracks is in print and widely available. “Girl From The City” is in fact available on the Japanese bonus-track version of the Good Morning Starshine CD; however, “I’m Comin’ Home” is only available on this soundtrack, so a copy of Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls on LP or CD is necessary for Strawberry Alarm Clock collectors or completists.
Sadly, Beyond The Valley of The Dolls is the last project Strawberry Alarm Clock was involved with until their 21st-century resurgence; soon after this the fractured band finally split up for good, at least until some 1980s reunion tours.
Track listing
Vinyl LP
The original vinyl Lp version of the Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls soundtrack featured twelve songs from four different artists.
Side A
- “Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls” – The Sandpipers
- “Come With The Gentle People” – Carrie Nations
- “Look On Up At The Bottom” – Carrie Nations
- “Girl From The City” – Strawberry Alarm Clock
- “In The Long Run” – Carrie Nations
- “Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (Instrumental)” – Stu Phillips
Side B
- “Sweet Talkin’ Candy Man – Carrie Nations
- “Find It” – Carrie Nations
- “Ampersand (Instrumental)” – Stu Phillips
- “Once I Had A Love” – Carrie Nations
- “I’m Comin’ Home” – Strawberry Alarm Clock
- “Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls” – The Sandpipers
CD version
The CD version of the album included a totally different track listing, with the addition of several pieces not found on the vinyl LP. Both Strawberry Alarm Clock songs are still there. The “Carrie Nations” songs that survived (that being a fictional band in the film) are now credited to the actual performers, Lynn Carey and Barbara Robinson.
All pieces in this list of CD tracks are credited to Stu Phillips unless otherwise specified:
- “Main Title Sequence”
- “Find It”
- “Come With The Gentle People” [first version]
- “Dinner Party”
- “Girl From The City” – Strawberry Alarm Clock
- “I’m Comin’ Home” – Strawberry Alarm Clock
- “Ampersand (&)”
- “Sweet Talking Candyman” [first version]
- “In The Long Run”
- “Back Stage”
- “Hang Cool Teddybear!”
- “Late Night Visit”
- “Look On Up At The Bottom” [first version]
- “Find It” – Lynn Carey and Barbara Robinson
- “Randy Throws In The Towel”
- “I Need You So Very Much/Checkmate”
- “Let The Games Begin!”
- “Methinks You Remind Me Of Certain Things…”
- “I Am Superwoman!”
- “Murder On The Beach”
- “Gun Stroke”
- “Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls Theme”
- “Sweet Talking Candyman” – Lynn Carey and Barbara Robinson
- “Come With The Gentle People” – Lynn Carey and Barbara Robinson
- “Look On Up At The Bottom” – Lynn Carey and Barbara Robinson