FOLK-ROCK (60s-70s) Archives - Guerssen Records https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product-category/folk-rock-60s-70s/ Guerssen Records Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:20:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-isotip-32x32.png FOLK-ROCK (60s-70s) Archives - Guerssen Records https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product-category/folk-rock-60s-70s/ 32 32 Edip Akbayram (1974) (CD) https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/edip-akbayram-1974-cd/ Thu, 08 May 2014 22:00:00 +0000 http://guerssen.hl1097.dinaserver.com/product/edip-akbayram-1974-cd/ Edip Akbayram's a frail guy who spent his childhood unable to walk, but once he grew up he was on Istanbul TV in a whitey-fro and knee length colored robes. Akbayram's voice is big & open, and it took him all across Turkey at the height of Anatolian psychedelia.
This 1st album collects precious singles from 1972-74, with dark melodies that descend in loose spirals, seemingly forever. Tunes taken from mystic Sufi poets who played the ba?lama, but retrofitted with hard plowing electric bass lines, funky drums, fuzz-wah guitars and keyboards.

 

Remastered sound, insert / booklet with photos and liner notes by Angela Sawyer (Weirdo Records).

 

Tracklist:Ince Ince Bir Kar YaGar - Degmen Benim Gamli Yasl? Gönlüme - Dumanli Dumanli Oy Bizim Eller - Anam Aglar Basucumda Oturur - Bosu Bosuna - Daglar Dagladi Beni - Yakar Inceden Inceden - Deniz Üstü Köpürür - Sev Beni Beni - Kükredi Çimenler

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Edip Akbayram’s a frail guy who spent his childhood unable to walk, but once he grew up he was on Istanbul TV in a whitey-fro and knee length colored robes. Akbayram’s voice is big & open, and it took him all across Turkey at the height of Anatolian psychedelia.
This 1st album collects precious singles from 1972-74, with dark melodies that descend in loose spirals, seemingly forever. Tunes taken from mystic Sufi poets who played the ba?lama, but retrofitted with hard plowing electric bass lines, funky drums, fuzz-wah guitars and keyboards.

Remastered sound, insert / booklet with photos and liner notes by Angela Sawyer (Weirdo Records).

Tracklist:Ince Ince Bir Kar YaGar – Degmen Benim Gamli Yasl? Gönlüme – Dumanli Dumanli Oy Bizim Eller – Anam Aglar Basucumda Oturur – Bosu Bosuna – Daglar Dagladi Beni – Yakar Inceden Inceden – Deniz Üstü Köpürür – Sev Beni Beni – Kükredi Çimenler

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Nedir Ne Degildir? (CD) https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/nedir-ne-degildir-cd/ Wed, 03 Sep 2014 22:00:00 +0000 http://guerssen.hl1097.dinaserver.com/product/nedir-ne-degildir-cd/ As Turkey's political factions turned more and more violent in the late 1970s, Buscemi-eyed Edip Akbayram was nearly beaten up by rioting audiences for daring to sing about rural points of view that were naturally critical of Istanbul's political leaders. This second album of Anatolian psychedelia, originally released in 1977, showed defiance even in its gatefold art, with a drawing of the band members seeming to grow straight out the ground, covered in plant tendrils.

 

Akbayram poached members of Mo?ollar and Bari? Manço's Kurtalan Ekspres to get the best fuzz breaks and hammond slams & put 'em straight in your ears. The band also tried out some mixes that pushed the vocals or a particular instrument way up front, and of course long, low, reverberant welcomes from Edip's echo-covered voice.

 

Remastered sound, booklet with photos and liner notes by Angela Sawyer (Weirdo Records).

 

Tracklist:

 

Yaralarim - Arabam Kaldi Yolda - Adam Olmak Dile Kolay - Dar Agaci - Kolum Nerden Aldin Zinciri - Ayrilik - Birak Beni - Haberin Varmi - Mehmet Emmi - Ka?larin Karasina

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As Turkey’s political factions turned more and more violent in the late 1970s, Buscemi-eyed Edip Akbayram was nearly beaten up by rioting audiences for daring to sing about rural points of view that were naturally critical of Istanbul’s political leaders. This second album of Anatolian psychedelia, originally released in 1977, showed defiance even in its gatefold art, with a drawing of the band members seeming to grow straight out the ground, covered in plant tendrils.

Akbayram poached members of Mo?ollar and Bari? Manço’s Kurtalan Ekspres to get the best fuzz breaks and hammond slams & put ’em straight in your ears. The band also tried out some mixes that pushed the vocals or a particular instrument way up front, and of course long, low, reverberant welcomes from Edip’s echo-covered voice.

Remastered sound, booklet with photos and liner notes by Angela Sawyer (Weirdo Records).

Tracklist:

Yaralarim – Arabam Kaldi Yolda – Adam Olmak Dile Kolay – Dar Agaci – Kolum Nerden Aldin Zinciri – Ayrilik – Birak Beni – Haberin Varmi – Mehmet Emmi – Ka?larin Karasina

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Yekte (CD) https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/yekte-cd/ Mon, 26 Aug 2013 22:00:00 +0000 http://guerssen.hl1097.dinaserver.com/product/yekte-cd/ In Turkey, psychedelia wasn't just some fleeting fad. Fuzzed-out guitar shredding genuinely intersected with some of the goals of traditional folk & classical music. As a result, even former twist singers & folk balladeers explored some fascinating & wild territory. Meet Alpay, the soccer player turned lawyer turned singer who started matching local lyrics to Western arrangements even before the mid-60s countrywide battle of the bands concerts. These early 70s singles lay down doleful Anatolian melodies, and they're simply soaking in heavy & wah-ed out guitar solos. If you're ready to go beyond Baris & Erkin, this is the perfect spot.

 

Remastered Sound, insert / booklet with liner notes by Angela Sawyer (Weirdo Records)

 

Tracklist: Can Karagözlüm (1973) - Ask Böyledir (1972) - Daglarin Gözyaslari (1972) - Ben Armudu Dislerim (1974) - Suna (1971) - Denizciler (1970) - Akça Kizlar (1971) - Bak Kalbim (1974) - Gönüllerde Bahar (1972) - Toprak (1970) - Yekte (1973) - Seni Dileniyorum (1973)

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In Turkey, psychedelia wasn’t just some fleeting fad. Fuzzed-out guitar shredding genuinely intersected with some of the goals of traditional folk & classical music. As a result, even former twist singers & folk balladeers explored some fascinating & wild territory. Meet Alpay, the soccer player turned lawyer turned singer who started matching local lyrics to Western arrangements even before the mid-60s countrywide battle of the bands concerts. These early 70s singles lay down doleful Anatolian melodies, and they’re simply soaking in heavy & wah-ed out guitar solos. If you’re ready to go beyond Baris & Erkin, this is the perfect spot.

Remastered Sound, insert / booklet with liner notes by Angela Sawyer (Weirdo Records)

Tracklist: Can Karagözlüm (1973) – Ask Böyledir (1972) – Daglarin Gözyaslari (1972) – Ben Armudu Dislerim (1974) – Suna (1971) – Denizciler (1970) – Akça Kizlar (1971) – Bak Kalbim (1974) – Gönüllerde Bahar (1972) – Toprak (1970) – Yekte (1973) – Seni Dileniyorum (1973)

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Es Lebe Der Zentralfriedhof https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/es-lebe-der-zentralfriedhof/ Sun, 16 Mar 2025 23:00:00 +0000 https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/es-lebe-der-zentralfriedhof/ Remastered version of this bues rock album from 1975.

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Remastered version of this bues rock album from 1975.

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Inside out: the demos 1973-77 (CD) https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/inside-out-the-demos-1973-77-cd/ Sun, 13 Jul 2014 22:00:00 +0000 http://guerssen.hl1097.dinaserver.com/product/inside-out-the-demos-1973-77-cd/ The follow-up to our acclaimed "Flashback" (Guess110), finds Athanor (the duo formed by Greg Herriges and Rick Vittenson) digging deeper into their archives and coming out with and amazing set of previously unreleased recordings, done at their state-of-the-art home studio back at the time.
Captivating Beatle'esque, fuzzed-out psychedelia & folk-rock full of Lennon-esque vocals and 12-string Rickenbackers by '70s Chicago wunderkind duo.
1973-1977 recordings plus one '70s-era track cut in 2014 with Jeff Murphy (Shoes) on backup vocals.
Basement psych-pop and proto-power pop has rarely sounded better!
Remastered sound from the original tapes, booklet with rare photos and detailed liner notes by Jeremy Cargill (Ugly Things/Got Kinda Lost) and Jeff Murphy (Shoes).

 

"...These aren't longing, writing demos with tossed-off guide attempts, but instead full-form creations... The pulsating waves of snaking fuzz opening the set with "Love Shining" prepare you for the trip with an indelible riff, while moments of soul exorcism lay bare elsewhere" - Jeremy Cargill

 

Tracklist: Love Shining - I Feel So Bad - Inside Out - No Long Song - Something That's Coming - Behind a Cloud - Moral Sense - Die - You Look at Me - Somehow, Someway - Dead in the Rain - Roll Me like the Ocean (Writing Demo) - Roll Me like the Ocean (2014) - You Look at Me (Reprise) / Drayevarg

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The follow-up to our acclaimed “Flashback” (Guess110), finds Athanor (the duo formed by Greg Herriges and Rick Vittenson) digging deeper into their archives and coming out with and amazing set of previously unreleased recordings, done at their state-of-the-art home studio back at the time.
Captivating Beatle’esque, fuzzed-out psychedelia & folk-rock full of Lennon-esque vocals and 12-string Rickenbackers by ’70s Chicago wunderkind duo.
1973-1977 recordings plus one ’70s-era track cut in 2014 with Jeff Murphy (Shoes) on backup vocals.
Basement psych-pop and proto-power pop has rarely sounded better!
Remastered sound from the original tapes, booklet with rare photos and detailed liner notes by Jeremy Cargill (Ugly Things/Got Kinda Lost) and Jeff Murphy (Shoes).

“…These aren’t longing, writing demos with tossed-off guide attempts, but instead full-form creations… The pulsating waves of snaking fuzz opening the set with “Love Shining” prepare you for the trip with an indelible riff, while moments of soul exorcism lay bare elsewhere” – Jeremy Cargill

Tracklist: Love Shining – I Feel So Bad – Inside Out – No Long Song – Something That’s Coming – Behind a Cloud – Moral Sense – Die – You Look at Me – Somehow, Someway – Dead in the Rain – Roll Me like the Ocean (Writing Demo) – Roll Me like the Ocean (2014) – You Look at Me (Reprise) / Drayevarg

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Perseverance kills our game (CD) https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/perseverance-kills-our-game-cd/ Sun, 11 Jan 2015 23:00:00 +0000 http://guerssen.hl1097.dinaserver.com/product/perseverance-kills-our-game-cd/ Absolute masterpiece when talking about progressive / psychedelic folk-rock from Europe. Dutch band Avalanche was formed in the early 70s and recorded their only album in 1979. "Perseverance kills our game" was released as a private edition of 500 copies, which were only distributed among friends and relatives. Despite being a home-made project (the album was recorded in just one day!) the result was stunning.

 

Totally early 70s sounding electric folk-rock with flute, piano, bass, drums, and killer fuzz guitar. Mostly instrumental with a few vocals in English. It alternates delicate acoustic passages with devastating fuzz leads, sounding like Fairport Convention jamming with early Ash Ra Tempel. The album closes with an extended 11 minute track on which guitar player Daan Slaman starts playing leads like a madman, creating layers and layers of liquid acid-fuzz guitar. It has to be heard to be believed!

 

First ever LP / CD reissue, done in cooperation with the original band members.

 

Insert / booklet with rare photos and liner notes by Richard Allen.

 

Carefully remastered from original vinyl (the masters were destroyed long ago) using state-of-the-art equipment, resulting in stunning sound quality.

 

Tracklist:

 

Lodalientje - Cola-Tik - Hymn On Wind And Water - Maiden Voyage - Gimmick For Twenty Fingers - Transcendence (for Leo)- Images Of Long Gone By - Oblivion

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Absolute masterpiece when talking about progressive / psychedelic folk-rock from Europe. Dutch band Avalanche was formed in the early 70s and recorded their only album in 1979. “Perseverance kills our game” was released as a private edition of 500 copies, which were only distributed among friends and relatives. Despite being a home-made project (the album was recorded in just one day!) the result was stunning.

Totally early 70s sounding electric folk-rock with flute, piano, bass, drums, and killer fuzz guitar. Mostly instrumental with a few vocals in English. It alternates delicate acoustic passages with devastating fuzz leads, sounding like Fairport Convention jamming with early Ash Ra Tempel. The album closes with an extended 11 minute track on which guitar player Daan Slaman starts playing leads like a madman, creating layers and layers of liquid acid-fuzz guitar. It has to be heard to be believed!

First ever LP / CD reissue, done in cooperation with the original band members.

Insert / booklet with rare photos and liner notes by Richard Allen.

Carefully remastered from original vinyl (the masters were destroyed long ago) using state-of-the-art equipment, resulting in stunning sound quality.

Tracklist:

Lodalientje – Cola-Tik – Hymn On Wind And Water – Maiden Voyage – Gimmick For Twenty Fingers – Transcendence (for Leo)- Images Of Long Gone By – Oblivion

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Hoje há conquilhas amanha nao sabemos https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/hoje-ha-conquilhas-amanha-nao-sabemos/ Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:00:00 +0000 http://guerssen.hl1097.dinaserver.com/product/hoje-ha-conquilhas-amanha-nao-sabemos/ For the first time, Portuguese prog folk outfit Banda do Casaco's third album is finally available in CD. Acclaimed in 1977 as best record of the year in its own country, "Hoje Há Conquilhas Amanhã Sabemos" has long been unavailable in any format. In more recent years, worldwide acclaim has been recognised to this masterpiece, which resulted in the original vinyl version changing hands for high values.
Banda do Casaco was originally formed in 1973 by musicians from various musical areas, and the group always maintained a changing line-up. However, four names have played an essential role in their history: Nuno Rodrigues (ex-member of Música Novarum and Family Fair, composer and today a label manager), António Avelar Pinho (lyricist, who had previously written for Portuguese psychedelic group Filarmónica Fraude and nowadays an author of children's books), Celso de Carvalho (classically trained cellist, also a member of avant-garde group Plexus, who died in 1998) and José Fortes (sound engineer, one of the best in Portugal in those times and still today). All of these names were present in this record, apart from a full hand of other musicians.
Originally released in 1977, one year after Banda do Casaco's second LP, "Coisas do Arco da Velha", this record marked the debut within the group of guitar player and flutist Tó Pinheiro da Silva (then-member of prog rock group Perspectiva). Violin player Mena Amaro, nowadays a classical singer, came from the previous line-up, but all the other members were new: Miguel Coelho (violin), Carlos Barretto (a famous jazz bassist) and Jorge Paganini, who completed the trio of violin players in this record.
Basing part of their repertoire in the traditional folk songs of Portugal, Banda do Casaco presents here one of their best works in reinventing this rich legacy. The subversion of the canons of what we normally know as folk song reaches surrealistic edges in tracks like "Geringonça" or "Despique". In other ones, like the great "País: Portugal", there are acute musical and lyrical portraits of Portugal and its capital city Lisbon (as the lyrics state, "giant and poor-thinking head that is born between the legs of river Tagus"), as both entities keep drowned in their colective ghosts and fear to free themselves from this state of apathy.
The complex sounds constructed here place Banda do Casaco among the best folk rock made internationally in 1977 - Steeleye Span's "Storm Force 10", Jethro Tull's "Songs From the Wood", Gryphon's "Treason" or Brittany's cherished treasures like Malicorne's homonymous fourth album and Alan Stivell's "Before Landing".
Pioneers in Portugal in many aspects (no Portuguese group up to then and very few since managed to publish seven studio albums in a discographic career of 10 years), Banda do Casaco always knew how to reinvent themselves, never giving what the public seemed to demand and driving their career on the outskirts of the political intervention that led Portugal on the years after the 25th April revolution. However, this never prevented them from satirising and criticising all sceneries they wished to. But what matters is that "Hoje Há Conquilhas Amanhã Não Sabemos" is finally available in CD, for all to enjoy!

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For the first time, Portuguese prog folk outfit Banda do Casaco’s third album is finally available in CD. Acclaimed in 1977 as best record of the year in its own country, “Hoje Há Conquilhas Amanhã Sabemos” has long been unavailable in any format. In more recent years, worldwide acclaim has been recognised to this masterpiece, which resulted in the original vinyl version changing hands for high values.
Banda do Casaco was originally formed in 1973 by musicians from various musical areas, and the group always maintained a changing line-up. However, four names have played an essential role in their history: Nuno Rodrigues (ex-member of Música Novarum and Family Fair, composer and today a label manager), António Avelar Pinho (lyricist, who had previously written for Portuguese psychedelic group Filarmónica Fraude and nowadays an author of children’s books), Celso de Carvalho (classically trained cellist, also a member of avant-garde group Plexus, who died in 1998) and José Fortes (sound engineer, one of the best in Portugal in those times and still today). All of these names were present in this record, apart from a full hand of other musicians.
Originally released in 1977, one year after Banda do Casaco’s second LP, “Coisas do Arco da Velha”, this record marked the debut within the group of guitar player and flutist Tó Pinheiro da Silva (then-member of prog rock group Perspectiva). Violin player Mena Amaro, nowadays a classical singer, came from the previous line-up, but all the other members were new: Miguel Coelho (violin), Carlos Barretto (a famous jazz bassist) and Jorge Paganini, who completed the trio of violin players in this record.
Basing part of their repertoire in the traditional folk songs of Portugal, Banda do Casaco presents here one of their best works in reinventing this rich legacy. The subversion of the canons of what we normally know as folk song reaches surrealistic edges in tracks like “Geringonça” or “Despique”. In other ones, like the great “País: Portugal”, there are acute musical and lyrical portraits of Portugal and its capital city Lisbon (as the lyrics state, “giant and poor-thinking head that is born between the legs of river Tagus”), as both entities keep drowned in their colective ghosts and fear to free themselves from this state of apathy.
The complex sounds constructed here place Banda do Casaco among the best folk rock made internationally in 1977 – Steeleye Span’s “Storm Force 10”, Jethro Tull’s “Songs From the Wood”, Gryphon’s “Treason” or Brittany’s cherished treasures like Malicorne’s homonymous fourth album and Alan Stivell’s “Before Landing”.
Pioneers in Portugal in many aspects (no Portuguese group up to then and very few since managed to publish seven studio albums in a discographic career of 10 years), Banda do Casaco always knew how to reinvent themselves, never giving what the public seemed to demand and driving their career on the outskirts of the political intervention that led Portugal on the years after the 25th April revolution. However, this never prevented them from satirising and criticising all sceneries they wished to. But what matters is that “Hoje Há Conquilhas Amanhã Não Sabemos” is finally available in CD, for all to enjoy!

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Satori https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/satori-2/ Sun, 22 Aug 2021 22:00:00 +0000 https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/satori-2/ Super rare psychedelic folk lp from 1969, which with Shide & Acorn and Parameter is one of only three genuine Psychedelic Folk lp privately issued in england in that authentic era. only 70 copies were made by Hollick and Taylors custom pressing plant. very little was known about this lp and until this edition and it had been thought of as a solo folk lp, very very WRONG, its a band, and completely in the hallucinogenic and magical english Incredible String Band and Donovan style, with mystical lyrics, flutes, and a serene vibe throughout. the original 48 page booklet of lyrics and poems is reproduced, and errors by the original printers, such as the use of the wrong font on the cover, have been corrected according to the bands original wishes. for any fans of ISB, classic Donovan (Gift From A Flower era), Dr Strangely Strange and Shide & Acorn this lp is manna from heaven. Their unusual name was inspired during a train trip on magic mushrooms when a band member saw a poster from the train window depicting a lion and three similar words, emblazoned above the image, the lion appeared wreathed in flames and spoke to him as he passed. Originals are valued in excess of PS1500-2000

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Super rare psychedelic folk lp from 1969, which with Shide & Acorn and Parameter is one of only three genuine Psychedelic Folk lp privately issued in england in that authentic era. only 70 copies were made by Hollick and Taylors custom pressing plant. very little was known about this lp and until this edition and it had been thought of as a solo folk lp, very very WRONG, its a band, and completely in the hallucinogenic and magical english Incredible String Band and Donovan style, with mystical lyrics, flutes, and a serene vibe throughout. the original 48 page booklet of lyrics and poems is reproduced, and errors by the original printers, such as the use of the wrong font on the cover, have been corrected according to the bands original wishes. for any fans of ISB, classic Donovan (Gift From A Flower era), Dr Strangely Strange and Shide & Acorn this lp is manna from heaven. Their unusual name was inspired during a train trip on magic mushrooms when a band member saw a poster from the train window depicting a lion and three similar words, emblazoned above the image, the lion appeared wreathed in flames and spoke to him as he passed. Originals are valued in excess of PS1500-2000

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David Blue https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/david-blue/ Mon, 15 May 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/david-blue/ - First ever vinyl reissue of classic 1966 folk-rock album
- Includes four-page color insert with notes by author and musician Mark Brend
- Limited edition of 500 copies.

 

These days, singer-songwriter and actor David Blue tends to be remembered only in relation to Bob Dylan. A member of the supporting cast in mid-60s Greenwich Village and The Rolling Thunder Revue. Yet to categorise Blue in this way is reductionist, and does him an injustice. He was something of an archetype of the 60s generation of Greenwich Village singer-songwriters. Yet, esteemed by his peers, he was overlooked. He released seven albums in a decade, and his acting career was shaping up when he died suddenly at the age of just 41.

 

His passing was barely noted in the rock press, and in the subsequent years Blue was all but forgotten. Of late, though, that's changed. His albums started to reappear on CD on small labels and, in 2020, both Rolling Stone and Mojo magazines published major reappraisals. Blue - at last - was getting the attention denied him in life.

 

It wasn't until 1965 that Blue, as Dave Cohen, released his first recordings - three songs on Elektra's Singer Songwriter Project. All betrayed a debt to pre-electric Dylan. But then again, so did much else coming out of Greenwich Village at the time. Elektra contracted Blue to do his own album, and in 1966 "David Blue" was released - his first recording to appear under that name. Electric folk rock with a garage band attitude, somewhat in debt to Highway 61, it didn't sell well. Shortly after the album's release Blue formed and toured with The American Patrol, a four-piece rock band, recording an album for Elektra that was never released.

 

Now, for the first time, Hanky Panky and Mapache release those historical abandoned American Patrol recordings, along with the three tracks included on Elektra's 1965 LP Singer Songwriter Project, as David Blue And The American Patrol "The Lost 1967 Elektra Recordings & More" and "David Blue", his self-titled 1966 debut album, on two exclusive vinyl editions limited to 500 copies each.

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– First ever vinyl reissue of classic 1966 folk-rock album
– Includes four-page color insert with notes by author and musician Mark Brend
– Limited edition of 500 copies.

These days, singer-songwriter and actor David Blue tends to be remembered only in relation to Bob Dylan. A member of the supporting cast in mid-60s Greenwich Village and The Rolling Thunder Revue. Yet to categorise Blue in this way is reductionist, and does him an injustice. He was something of an archetype of the 60s generation of Greenwich Village singer-songwriters. Yet, esteemed by his peers, he was overlooked. He released seven albums in a decade, and his acting career was shaping up when he died suddenly at the age of just 41.

His passing was barely noted in the rock press, and in the subsequent years Blue was all but forgotten. Of late, though, that’s changed. His albums started to reappear on CD on small labels and, in 2020, both Rolling Stone and Mojo magazines published major reappraisals. Blue – at last – was getting the attention denied him in life.

It wasn’t until 1965 that Blue, as Dave Cohen, released his first recordings – three songs on Elektra’s Singer Songwriter Project. All betrayed a debt to pre-electric Dylan. But then again, so did much else coming out of Greenwich Village at the time. Elektra contracted Blue to do his own album, and in 1966 “David Blue” was released – his first recording to appear under that name. Electric folk rock with a garage band attitude, somewhat in debt to Highway 61, it didn’t sell well. Shortly after the album’s release Blue formed and toured with The American Patrol, a four-piece rock band, recording an album for Elektra that was never released.

Now, for the first time, Hanky Panky and Mapache release those historical abandoned American Patrol recordings, along with the three tracks included on Elektra’s 1965 LP Singer Songwriter Project, as David Blue And The American Patrol “The Lost 1967 Elektra Recordings & More” and “David Blue”, his self-titled 1966 debut album, on two exclusive vinyl editions limited to 500 copies each.

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The Lost 1967 Elektra Recordings & More https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/the-lost-1967-elektra-recordings-more/ Mon, 15 May 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://wpguerssen-test.odoo.rgbconsulting.com/product/the-lost-1967-elektra-recordings-more/ - For the first time, Hanky Panky and Mapache release these historical abandoned American Patrol recordings - along with the three solo tracks included on Elektra's 1965 LP Singer Songwriter Project
- Includes four-page color insert with notes by author and musician Mark Brend.
- Limited edition of 500 copies.

 

These days, singer-songwriter and actor David Blue tends to be remembered only in relation to Bob Dylan. A member of the supporting cast in mid-60s Greenwich Village and The Rolling Thunder Revue. Yet to categorise Blue in this way is reductionist, and does him an injustice. He was something of an archetype of the 60s generation of Greenwich Village singer-songwriters. Yet, esteemed by his peers, he was overlooked. He released seven albums in a decade, and his acting career was shaping up when he died suddenly at the age of just 41.

 

His passing was barely noted in the rock press, and in the subsequent years Blue was all but forgotten. Of late, though, that's changed. His albums started to reappear on CD on small labels and, in 2020, both Rolling Stone and Mojo magazines published major reappraisals. Blue - at last - was getting the attention denied him in life.

 

It wasn't until 1965 that Blue, as Dave Cohen, released his first recordings - three songs on Elektra's Singer Songwriter Project. All betrayed a debt to pre-electric Dylan. But then again, so did much else coming out of Greenwich Village at the time. Elektra contracted Blue to do his own album, and in 1966 "David Blue" was released - his first recording to appear under that name. Electric folk rock with a garage band attitude, somewhat in debt to Highway 61, it didn't sell well. Shortly after the album's release Blue formed and toured with The American Patrol, a four-piece rock band, recording an album for Elektra that was never released.

 

Now, for the first time, Hanky Panky and Mapache release those historical abandoned American Patrol recordings, along with the three tracks included on Elektra's 1965 LP Singer Songwriter Project, as David Blue And The American Patrol "The Lost 1967 Elektra Recordings & More" and "David Blue", his self-titled 1966 debut album, on two exclusive vinyl editions limited to 500 copies each.

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– For the first time, Hanky Panky and Mapache release these historical abandoned American Patrol recordings – along with the three solo tracks included on Elektra’s 1965 LP Singer Songwriter Project
– Includes four-page color insert with notes by author and musician Mark Brend.
– Limited edition of 500 copies.

These days, singer-songwriter and actor David Blue tends to be remembered only in relation to Bob Dylan. A member of the supporting cast in mid-60s Greenwich Village and The Rolling Thunder Revue. Yet to categorise Blue in this way is reductionist, and does him an injustice. He was something of an archetype of the 60s generation of Greenwich Village singer-songwriters. Yet, esteemed by his peers, he was overlooked. He released seven albums in a decade, and his acting career was shaping up when he died suddenly at the age of just 41.

His passing was barely noted in the rock press, and in the subsequent years Blue was all but forgotten. Of late, though, that’s changed. His albums started to reappear on CD on small labels and, in 2020, both Rolling Stone and Mojo magazines published major reappraisals. Blue – at last – was getting the attention denied him in life.

It wasn’t until 1965 that Blue, as Dave Cohen, released his first recordings – three songs on Elektra’s Singer Songwriter Project. All betrayed a debt to pre-electric Dylan. But then again, so did much else coming out of Greenwich Village at the time. Elektra contracted Blue to do his own album, and in 1966 “David Blue” was released – his first recording to appear under that name. Electric folk rock with a garage band attitude, somewhat in debt to Highway 61, it didn’t sell well. Shortly after the album’s release Blue formed and toured with The American Patrol, a four-piece rock band, recording an album for Elektra that was never released.

Now, for the first time, Hanky Panky and Mapache release those historical abandoned American Patrol recordings, along with the three tracks included on Elektra’s 1965 LP Singer Songwriter Project, as David Blue And The American Patrol “The Lost 1967 Elektra Recordings & More” and “David Blue”, his self-titled 1966 debut album, on two exclusive vinyl editions limited to 500 copies each.

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