In 1965, the Sons of Champlin were a
garage band. After re-investing earnings from a
Kingston trio's success into a properties and music-related corporations in the San Francisco Bay Area, one of which was Trident Productions, Frank Werber signed Sons of Champlin in 1966. Werber sent the band into Trident's own Columbus Recorders with producer Randy Steirling in late 1966 to work on a full album via a lease deal with MGM
Verve. Due to a variety of difficulties, it never happened and the Sons unhappily left Trident in June 1967. The split resulted in only two songs on
Fat City that had been previously released, "Sing Me a Rainbow" and "Fat City", which they still perform. The remaining 18 tracks are covers. ==Track listing==