GENTLE SOUL - AMERICAN VINYL DEMO LP IN MINT CONDITION - EPIC BN 23674 - RARITY
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Description
The Gentle Soul biography
The GENTLE SOUL were a California folk duo made up of singers/songwriters Rick Stanley and Pamela Polland who released one album in 1968. Surrounding themselves with talented musicians such as RY COODER, TAJ MAHAL and VAN DYKE PARKS to name a few, their music more or less bridged the folk-rock and singer-songwriter/soft rock eras. Their self-titled album was released to little fanfare and then quickly descended into obscurity. Although not a major work, it has become a classic of the sort and the LP version is extremely rare (and expensive).
This is gentle, acoustic-flavoured and very conventional folk by today's standards: safe vibes, soft rock of the PETER, PAUL AND MARY and CAT STEVENS category. The high harmonies of Pollard and Stanley, however, are impeccable. The 11-track album, deftly produced by Terry Melcher (The BYRDS, PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS), features some dreamy orchestral instrumentation such as harpsichord, flute and cello, and Ry Cooder makes his presence felt on some very gutsy/bluesy tunes. The overall feel, however, is extremely mellow. As for the nine bonus tracks of the CD re-release, they are much poppier than the rest, sometimes showing influences from The BYRDS and The MAMMAS & THE PAPPAS in the harmonies and guitar parts. The CD, by the way, was digitally recorded from the LP and sounds a little dated.
Fans of The STONE PONEY will definitely like this, as will those of folk-rock duo BLACKBURN & SNOW.
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Label: Epic ?– BN 26374 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, StereoCountry: US Released: Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country Style: Psychedelic Rock, Folk Rock
Tracklist
A1 Overture 4:33 A2 Marcus 2:51 A3 Song For Eolia 2:12 A4 Young Man Blue 2:30 A5 Renaissance 3:11 A6 See My Love (Song For Greg) 3:55 B1 Love Is Always Real 2:54 B2 Empty Wine 2:35 B3 Through A Dream 3:50 B4 Reelin' 3:16 B5 Dance 3:23Credits
- Bass – Bill Plummer
- Cello – Ted Michel
- Flute – Paul Horn
- Guitar – Mike Deasy, Ry Cooder
- Harp – Gayle Levant
- Harpsichord – Van Dyke Parks
- Organ – Larry Knechtel
- Producer – Terry Melcher
- Tabla [Table] – Tony Cohan
Notes
Early 2000s reissue, possibly unofficialBarcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A): XSB 136214
- Matrix / Runout (Side B): XSB 136215
- Rights Society: ASCAP
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