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

"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

and live on, too

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This Lambert & Nuttycombe album rules my world lately. it is very pretty, but so small-scaled. Exceptionally reserved. Kinda like a cross btw nick drake and jj cale.

don't know if i brought this up before. but the one and only - i think - album by mike corbett & jay hirsh on atco from 1971 is really good. nice blend of hippie stuff, great harmonies, country twang, folk, folk-rock, and even sitar. and children singing. anyway, it belongs here. if you ever see it cheap, definitely pick it up. great production too. my promo copy sounds awesome.

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/388417.jpg

Ooh i'd really like to get my hands on that one.

truly fine citizen by moby grape is sooooooo good. i get "contact high" just listening to its woozy grooves

been listening to this a lot lately too. i think it fits this thread, there's kind of a jazzy feel to it as well.

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listening to ned doheny debut on asylum. i guess they were hoping for another jackson browne. it's nice though. VERY light and mellow el lay southern/folk/jazz/rock. very california.

http://www.bluedesert.dk/doheny/Doheny73.jpg

i love that danny o'keefe album. i talked about him on some thread. can't remember which. i love breezy stories and i love his global blues album from 1979. after finally hearing it, i wasn't that impressed by his 72 album with his big hit on it goodtime charlies got the blues.

i don't know wear danny belongs. breezy stories is just an awesome album.

the edition of breezy stories on rhapsody has "good time charlie" tacked on at the end, i love that song.

this album has jaxon written all over it. flutes, bongos, country-rock, chris hillman, and incongrous ARP synth action:

http://users.skynet.be/fa388247/robertssheis.jpg

I just snagged Mason Proffit's debut for $5, pretty darn good price. At first I thought these guys were pretty cool. Now I'm just blown away by them. They really nailed the epic outlaw/native american/rural christian thing.

both early 70's rick roberts albums are west coast extravaganzas. rick was in the burritos at the end.

from the german westcoast blog:

"Windmills" LP fea. Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, Randy Meisner, Jackson Browne, Al Perkins, Chris Hillman...

"She Is A Song" LP feat. Al Perkins, George Grantham, Joe Walsh, Joe Lala, Chris Hillman, Joe Vitale, Rusty Young...

So both albums feat. ex-members and members from The Eagles, The Byrds, Manassas and Poco.

http://noted.blogs.com/westcoastmusic/2005/03/rick_roberts_wi.html

oops, i meant french westcoast blog. not german.

http://www.forcedexposure.com/product_images/r/RD015LP.JPEG

I also paid the $$$ for this Country Weather anthology. Insane packaging: low budget yet lavish, if that's possible. Pretty good. It's kind of like the rural Bay Area's answer to Obscured by Clouds-era Floyd.

Thanks for the link, Scott.

I also recently bought the Blue Mountain Eagle reissue on Fallout:

http://www.forcedexposure.com/product_images/f/FO2080CD.JPEG

It hasn't blown my mind right away, probably because some of the you-got-me-down-baby lyrics are pretty darn hokey. But the West Coast jamming is pretty convincing. The twin guitarists do smoke, some chunky fuzz.

i hate to break it to you, but there is an ilx-wide ban on all radioactive/fallout bootlegs. they are slime. what they have put people like george brigman through would make you weep:

http://www.nothingexceptional.com/records/radioactive.html

just kidding about the ilx-wide ban, but i tell as many people as i can not to give these people their money. and you should tell any record stores that carry their stuff not to carry it.

anyway, i was looking for a heads hands & feet album cover and i came across this list and talk about weeping!

http://rateyourmusic.com/lists/list_view?list_id=76676&show=100&start=0

what a year. *sigh*. alright, fine, maybe by 1975 the world needed the pistols, but 1973? sheesh, so inventive. so creative. just worlds within worlds within worlds. entire galaxies of sound and inspiration. and that's just one list! and i haven't even heard most of the stuff on that list! i want to hear them all before i die. 1970 to 1973 was some sort of amazing astonishing moment in time. all bets were off! you could do anything! and frequently get someone to pay you to do it!