Leírás
Psychedelic Rock, Psych Pop/Rock, 1969-es album.
Remaszterizált Limited edition SZÍNES 180 grammos bakelit lemez LP újra kiadás, 2012.
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This self-titled album by The Growing Concern curiously first saw the light of day in 1969 on Bob Shad‘s Mainstream label, an imprint more familiar to jazz and blues fans than devotees of psych/pop. Shad, who had worked as an A&R man for Mercury, Savoy and Emarcy in the ’50s, working with the likes of Sarah Vaughan, Blue Mitchell and Curtis Fuller, had the fortune to sign the then-unknown Big Brother And The Holding Company, whose contract, along with that of the band’s vocalist Janis Joplin, Shad wisely sold for a not-insignificant sum to Columbia.
Although virtually nothing is known of Growing Concern, their only album (Mainstream, 1969) is an enjoyable piece of West Coast psychedelic pop. The opening track ‘Hard, Hard Year’ sets the tone for the album: it opens with melodic guitar work, which is joined first by bass, then by excellent keyboards; it also features beautiful female vocal harmonies from group members Bonnie MacDonald and Mary Garstki. ‘Edge Of Time’ features excellent lead guitar work, as does ‘Tomorrow Has Been Cancelled’; ‘A Boy I Once Knew Well’ is a folky lament, which again features fine vocal harmonies, keyboards, and guitar work. Overall, quite a good blend of folk rock, pop, and psychedelia. The album is brilliantly recorded, and is of a consistently high musical quality. The band surely deserved a better fate than the obscurity to which they were consigned by the bizarre business practices of the Mainstream label.
Felvételek :
A1. Hard Hard Year 4:25
A2. Edge Of Time 4:28
A3. Tomorrow Has Been Cancelled 2:44
A4. A Boy I Once Knew Well 4:24
A5. All I Really Want 2:20
B1. Mister You’re A Better Man Than I 4:50
B2. What Kind Of Life 2:58
B3. Other Side Of Life 4:57
B4. I Know A Girl 2:36
B5. Sit Down I Think I Love You 2:24
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