Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
"Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" is a psychedelic rock song written by Mickey Newbury and best known from a version by The First Edition, recorded in 1967 and released to popular success in 1968. Said to reflect the LSD experience, the song was intended to be a warning about the dangers of using the drug, and came to be associated with the counterculture of the 1960s. The song was first recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis, backed by members of "The Memphis Boys", the  chart-topping rhythm section at Chips Moman's American Sounds Studio in Memphis, on May 9, 1967. The song appeared on Lewis' album "Soul My Way," released November 1, 1967. Before Lewis' record was issued, on October 10, 1967, it was recorded by Teddy Hill & the Southern Soul as a single on Rice Records (Rice 5028 b/w "Stagger Lee") and produced by Norro Wilson. The First Edition version. "Just Dropped In ..." was recorded by The First Edition (with Kenny Rogers on lead vocals) in October 1967, and peaked at number five on the "Billboard" charts. It was Rogers' first  top ten hit. The song captures the psychedelic era of the late 1960s in stark contrast to the country folk harmonies that characterized most of The First Edition's catalog, and it garnered the group's first national TV audience on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour". It was the group's second single from their eponymous album, "The First Edition". Producer Mike Post reversed a few riffs to create the intro; the solo played by Glen Campbell was heavily compressed and a tremolo effect was used to achieve its sound. Another studio guitarist, Mike Deasy, provided the acoustic lead guitar  parts. The track was recorded by Jimmy Valentine at "Valentine Recording Studios" located in Valley Village California. When Rogers signed with United Artists Records, in the mid-1970s after the group split, he re-recorded the track for his "Ten Years of Gold" album. The First Edition version appears in: