1970 Brummels RON ELLIOT Folk psych RY COODER + INSERT

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Very rare 1970 VINYL co-leader of the "BEAU BRUMMELS"   

+  Lyrics booklet!       

                    RON ELLIOT

           The Candlestick Maker              

...USA - Warner Brothers - WS 1833

VERY hard to find RARE VINYL 1970 first pressing on the old olive green W.B. label ~ top collectible! includes original 1970 W.B. inner sleeve PLUS very rare multi-foldout lyrics/photo insert (never seen this before!)

Featuring future Burrito Brother Chris Ethridge and all-world musician Ry Cooder among other top-notch LA sessionmen, 'The Candlestickmaker' delved deeper into the rootsy, reflective vein of the Beau Brummels’ last two LPs, especially on side one’s songs 'Molly in the Middle; Lazy Day; All Time Green; To the City, to the Sea', and 'Deep River Runs Blue'. Side two, however, takes a more experimental tack with its sidelong 'Candlestickmaker Suite', which is divided into sections entitled "Dark into Dawn" and "Questions," and is the most single ambitious effort by one of the ‘Sixties’ most underrated songwriters, it is a essential listening cult classic.

As the chief songwriter and guitarist of the Beau Brummels, Ron Elliott was the prime creative force behind one of the most underrated rock groups of the 1960s. He was not the chief voice of the group, however, which usually backed the outstanding lead vocals of Sal Valentino. That may have been one of the reasons that Elliott's sole solo album, The Candlestickmaker, sank without a trace when it was released as the 1960s turned into the 1970s. The rare LP was the culmination of Elliott's journey from pop-rock hitmaker to subdued rural-folk-rock singer-songwriter, using many top-level L.A. session players on a record that put his own singing front and center for the first time. For The Candlestickmaker, a pretty astonishing team of Southern Californian musicians was assembled to support Elliott's guitar and vocals, though the lineup varied from track to track. Among the crew were bassist Chris Ethridge, an original member of the Flying Burrito Brothers, who also played on notable late-'60s folk-rock albums. Ex-Beau Brummels singer Sal Valentino even participated, but not on vocals, instead bashing tambourine on a few songs. Perhaps the most distinctive sideman contribution was Ry Cooder's instantly identifiable bluesy guitar on "Deep River Runs Blue."

    Elliott's songwriting had always had a serious and somber tone, but probably never more so than on The Candlestickmaker. Nor had anything the Beau Brummels recorded been as laidback and mellow, and the album was in keeping with the mood of Warners Los Angeles studio rock as the 1970s loomed. The five songs on side one were very much in this reflective groove, three of them co-written by Elliott with Gary Downey, who co-produced the LP with Ron. Elliott was by no means a stranger to such collaborations, having written many of his Beau Brummels songs with collaborators, particularly his high school friend Bob Durand and (on much of Triangle and Bradley's Barn) Sal Valentino.

    Far less conventional, however, was the 15-minute "The Candlestickmaker Suite," which took up all of side two, divided into "Dark Into Dawn" and "Questions" segments. "It's a story about the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker and I," Elliott said in a 1999 interview. "All of these forces around this guy going through this madness. It has a healing quality to it. Years later, I had some guy walk up to me after a gig. He said he was in Vietnam, and he played that album every day, and it saved his life. And that's the kind of album it is. I always thought it should have been in a documentary of Vietnam or something for vets. It was fun doing. But hardly popular."

    Judging from how hard it is to turn up an original copy of the LP, one wonders whether copies ever got out of the warehouse, let alone how one managed to get over to Vietnam. It would be Elliott's only solo outing, though he subsequently did session work for Randy Newman, Van Morrison, and Little Feat, and participated in 1970s albums by a reunited Beau Brummels. With the Beau Brummels receiving belated recognition as San Francisco rock innovators, this rare original LP of The Candlestick Maker rounds out the view of Ron Elliott's impressive body of work as one of the most underappreciated singer-songwriters of the 1960s.

1. Molly In The Middle

2. Lazy Day

3. All Time Green

4. To The City,to The Sea

5. Deep River Runs Blue

6. The Candlestick Maker Suite

7. A. Dark Into Dawn

8. B Questions

CONDITION: The cover is about NEVER found clean even IF found with the dark color tones...this copy has been pretty well saved over the past 38 years, having just slight light wear beginning. VG++ no seam splits, no bends and no writing anywhere.

The vinyl is all glossy, both sides, smooth M- ...someone is going to love this rarity!

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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