For all the drugs and debauchery, The Mamas & the Papas somehow managed to make some wonderful music. This song was originally written by John Lennon and released by the Beatles on their Long Tall Sally EP in 1964. The Mamas & the Papas covered it for their first album, If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears, which came out just two years later in 1968.
You have to give them some credit for their idiosyncratic album covers:
That's more than enough background, though. Here is "I Call Your Name," as performed at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967:
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