Can we talk about early-mid70s West Coast post-psych/pop/rock/folk-rock/country-rock?

i have the yellow moon band 45, it's great. see also fab labelmates starless & bible black

these two records are next to each other on my shelf

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(this is my fave dylan record)

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I just picked this up. It's pretty darn good. Help Yourself had a West Coast/proto-pub rock thing going on.

Anyone heard Bobby Darin's "commitment" LP from 1970? Some really great tracks on there, especially the first one. Kinda psychedelic (with lots of smokin mentions) and pretty folky. Nice grooves and even a few funky folk breakbeats. It's definitely a side of Bob Darin that I hadn't heard until a few days ago.

Class from the Pop-Rock division:

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Anyone heard Bobby Darin's "commitment" LP from 1970?
I LOVE Darin's indie years. Direction Records was run out of a trailer, I think. The other Direction lp, Born Walden Robert Cassotto, is just about as good as Commitment.

i picked up Maria Muldaur's "Sweet Harmony" yesterday for a buck thinking it was gonna be an LA session singer songwriter record w/jazzy touches like joni or something. earl palmer was on drums, so i thought there'd be a bit of funk. put it on and skipped through the songs and was pretty disappointed. put it back on today to actually listen to it and it's a kinda nice, mellow country/folk/gospel album. definitely worth the dollar i spent on it.

I started a Maria thread that no one responded to. still curious about some of those later albums after the 1st one

Maria Muldaur - Classic or Dud?

If you like Earl -- and who doesn't?? -- I think I've sung the praises of Bonnie Raitt's Takin' My Time on here before, he's all over it...

my best friend was dating his daughter for a while (think she's half filipino)

weird. i did a search and came up w/nothing.

i picked up that john phillips deal, jack of diamonds. it's a real mixed bag as you would expect from an aborted solo album, but it has some decent tunes.

really digging this today:

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such a great space cowboy record.

digging this too:

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Re: Tantamount to Treason. "Lazy Lady" came up when I did a random ten earlier... here

I've been wanting to hear that Sir Douglas record but have never found it. Synopsis?

Also, I happened to put up two songs this week that would fit this category. First, Judee Sill was for a time a big Laurel Canyon figure. Jesus Was a Crossmaker was produced by Graham Nash and was covered by the Hollies I think, so you might have heard it. Second, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band were namechecked right at the beginning of this thread and they're awesome. All I listen to the last few days.

Augie Meyer's Western Head Band! Sir Douglas keyboardist gets downhome.

<3 Sopwith Camel's "The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon." Sounds like a completely different band than the one that did "Hello, Hello."

"I've been wanting to hear that Sir Douglas record but have never found it. Synopsis?"

very bluesy and very cool. and also kinda all over the place. it's actually divided by sides. blues side is side one and the texmex/country side is side two. which is unique. lots of horns. lots of everything. one track will have accordion, dr.john, and a sax solo by david fathead newman on it. atlantic spent good money on the production. sounds great. half produced by doug and half produced by jerry wexler. great soulful vocals by doug too. possibly the only record i own that features jimmy knepper AND david bromberg.

the last two songs on side one of that nesmith album, gaaaaawd, how beautiful and stoned. such amazing vocals by mike. "you are my one" and "in the afternoon".

past few months or so ian matthew's version of "these days" has been keeping me happy.

and i just been getting into the (first? only?) Ken Lauber record. Some good cosmic country moments on there, and some sadman ballads too.

he is a busy dude

http://www.kenlauber.net/home.htm

like i said elsewhere, i've been digging this curt newbury album a bunch:

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doesn't really belong here maybe. more of a psych/folk thing. but what the hell, maybe he's mickey newbury's brother.

my gf went out with nesmith's son for a bit

never met the nez himself though

I got kind of obsessed with "Wax Minute" for awhile. It's got the same tune as another, more famous song, but I've never been able to put my finger on which one. It'll come to me eventually.

also, doesn't dylan play on the doug sahm album or did I make that up?

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i've been digging this the past few days. It's got some Band, Dead, Poco, Nitty Gritty, and Allmans mixed in there. It also has some acid-tinged hillbilly jams with heavy echo and tape loops.

Ian Matthews' version of "These Days" is gorgeous. He is one of the great interpreters.

doesn't dylan play on the doug sahm album or did I make that up?

Almost. Dylan is on the Doug Sahm and Band album which came out earlier in '73. The Wexler trax on Texas Tornado were leftovers from the DSaB sessions, but Dylan isn't on 'em. Both records were reissued with about an albums worth of additional outtakes in a box entitled The Genuine Texas Groover by Rhino Handmade. Sadly, it's OOP and really expensive now. Rhino's also OOP Sahm on Atlantic "Best of" has another 4 unreleased songs that aren't on the box.

Actually I have to take part of that back. Dylan plays harmonica on "Tennessee Blues" off TT.

OMG-Poco on a boat!

Thanks for the Poco video. Ridiculous. I almost can't believe it. I think my buddy has that doug sahm handmade box, that's what I need to get.

I downloaded that curt newbury album. not sure I love it yet but it's solid. Can't help wondering every time I play it if he's really a pedophile!

what's the deal with the Ron Nagel "Bad Rice" album? i see it in stores and on ebay for 30-50$. i found a copy of it for a quarter a few years ago and picked it up because jack nitzsche was producing it. i guess it's "important" because of ry cooder being on it, but it's not very good.

http://www.littlehits.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/ron-nagle.jpg

well you wouldn't know it from the cover

I picked up an armload of this stuff cheap on vinyl at a sale a couple months back, including some early Poco, the first American Flyer LP, Glenn Campbell’s Reunion, Graham Nash’s first solo album, both of the S.H.F Band’s efforts, and J.D. Souther’s first three albums. Even at this late date, I’m still wading through ‘em, but I would like to single out Souther’s self-titled debut for praise. Released in ’72 (one of the first LPs on asylum), it’s nice set of stripped down country-rock, perhaps a little more autumn-like in mood than some of his contemporaries. Has the original versions of “Run Like A Thief” (which Bonnie Raitt covered) and “How Long” (which is now the new Eagles single). A lost classic methinks, and totally worth the dollar I spent on it.

After a quick search - I can't figure out the ambivalence or downright sodding of The Byrds Untitled/Unissued release. The Columbia Legacy re-release is a good package - the psych freakout, side long 'Eight Miles High,' the fun swamp rock of 'Lover of the Bayou' and 'All the Things' and 'Chestnut Mare' are among Byrds best. Clarence White had some fun guitar lines and he plays as a good counter-element to McGuinn.

I think most of the people that diss Untitled are the same folks that wish they had packed it in when Gram Parsons left. Which is wrong. That said, I myself am not that enthralled w/the live half, aside from "Lover..." and the "EMH" jam. The studio stuff is pretty good. "You All Look Alike" is a personal fave.

"Untitled" is the first Byrds album I ever owned, I think because I found it at a used CD store. So it's been a personal favorite for years and years.

And Lover Of The Bayou is enthralling enough on its own, isn't it?

Digging this today:

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For a buncha Limeys, they had the West Coast Pop-Rock sound down to a T.

How Long (and the Lipps Inc version) is my jam

Can someone fill in what Ace was apart from "How Long"?

Ace: Mid to late-era pub rock, with strong overtones of The Band, Leon Russell, Little Feat, JJ Cale, Steely Dan, and the Doobie Bros. Released three albums before splitting, none of which have been properly released on CD.* "How Long" was an obvious single for them, slicker and more radio-friendly than the rest of that first album. Altough the opening cut on side 2, "Why", is faster number in the "How Long" mold. Apparently on their other albums (which I haven't heard), they adjusted their sound in a more mainstream Pop direction in hopes of landing another hit, but it wasn't to be. Thanks to the hit, Five-A-Side can be easily found used on vinyl for a few bucks.

*Well, Five-A-Side has been done, but copies are very hard to find and ergo quite expensive when found.

I used to think Bob Weir's Ace LP was by the band Ace.

C. Grisso/McCain: Many thanks!!

I couldn't quite hack Curt Newbury's perpetual quaveriness. But some of the music is nice.

Also, can the Stalk Forrest Group live on this thread? What Is Quicksand is such a beaut!

I was well pleased to hear the curt newbury, but yeah, it's not an instant classic for me.

This early Voice piece on the Byrds--and related artists/bands--by a relatively young, pre-CG xgau may amuse some of you; and quite possibly horrify others; but them's the breaks. Just read it myself--and even though it was published mid-69, I think that it’s relevant to what this thread is all about, regardless. Here’s the link:

http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/news/byrds-69.php

his blessed memory will love on in all of us, rip