HARVEY MANDEL Cristo Redentor LP PHILIPS 1968 US orig GRAHAM BOND-C. MUSSELWHITE
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HARVEY MANDEL
with PETE DRAKE, KENNY BUTTERY, BOB MOORE,
plus BOB JONES, NICK DE CARO, CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE, BARRY GOLDBERG, STEVE MILLER, GRAHAM BOND, etc.
In the mold of Jeff Beck, Carlos Santana, and Mike Bloomfield, Mandel is an extremely creative rock guitarist
with heavy blues and jazz influences. And like those guitarists, his vocal abilities are basically nonexistent, though Mandel,
unlike some similar musicians, has always known this, and concentrated on recordings
that are entirely instrumental, or feature other singers. A minor figure most known for auditioning unsuccessfully
for the Rolling Stones, he recorded some intriguing (though erratic) work on his own that anticipated some
of the better elements of jazz-rock fusion, showcasing his concise chops, his command
of a multitude of tone pedal controls, and an eclecticism that found him working with string orchestras
and country steel guitar wizards. Mandel got his first toehold in the fertile Chicago white blues-rock scene
of the mid-'60s (which cultivated talents like Paul Butterfield, Mike Bloomfield, and Steve Miller),
and made his first recordings as the lead guitarist for harmonica virtuoso Charlie Musselwhite
"CRISTO REDENTOR"
1968 LP PHILIPS RECORDS STEREO PHS 600-281
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL PRESSING
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
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LABEL: PHILIPS - BLACK/RAINBOW LABEL w/BLUE LOGO - SILVER TEXT
Catalog on cover: PHS 600-281
Catalog on labels: PHS-600-281
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): PHS600281A-M3 (Etched): II-I 3D M.R.
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): PHS600281B-M3 (Etched): I-II 3D MR
On labels: Arranged by Nick De Caro
On Back Sleeve: tracklist and credits
A Product of Mercury Record Productions, Inc......
tracklisting
Side 1: CRISTO REDENTOR - BEFORE SIX
THE LARK - SNAKE - LONG WAIT
Side 2: WADE IN THE WATER - LIGHTS OUT
BRADLEY'S BARN - YOU CAN'T TELL ME - NASHVILLE 1 A.M.
grading
RECORD NEAR EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Mandel's debut remains his best early work, introducing an accomplished blues-rock guitarist capable
of producing smooth, fluid lines and a variety of tasteful distortion and buzzing via an assortment
of tone pedals and customized amplifiers. He augmented his flash with an adventurous appetite
for orchestrated, quasi-classical strings (especially in the eerie symphonic title cut),
jazz-blues-rock fusion in the mold of the Electric Flag (as on "Before Six"),
and even a bit of country in the presence of top steel guitarist Pete Drake...(AllMusic)
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