TINA & DAVID MELTZER Poet Song V Rare Orig US 1969 SF Folk Psych Serpent Power
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Tina & David Meltzer
Poet Song
Very Rare original US LP released on Vanguard Records in 1969. 1st US pressing.
Tina & David Meltzer's late-'60s album is a pleasing, though not great, entry in the large field of San Francisco Bay Area psych-folk-rock. Naturally there are similarities to the 1967 album by the Serpent Power, which the Meltzers fronted. But the mood here is more subdued, folky, and occasionally orchestrated, with some violins, cello, mandolin, French horns, clarinet, and sax in addition to the folk-rock guitars. The cops from the likes of Country Joe & the Fish and the Jefferson Airplane are toned way down, and the music is broken up by a half-dozen spoken poems by David Meltzer with gentle guitar backup. Tina Meltzer takes the lead vocals more often than David Meltzer on the purely musical selections -- a wise choice as she has the better voice, her rich and clear tones and phrasing suitable for the contemplative, wistful mood of the songs. The mood is nicely varied by the darkly comic, theatrical "I'm a Lover" (on which David Meltzer takes lead), the Latin rhythms and exuberant flute of "It Is for You," and the classical orchestration of "I'll Forget You." It's a good record for sunny, solitary mornings.
Tracks Are :-
Side One
1 I´m The Early Morning Racer ( Poem )
2 I´ll Forget You
3 The Bath
4 I´m A Lover
5 Ravel Blues
6 The Blackest Rose
7 It Is For You
8 Lullabye
Side Two
1 I´m So Wlling
2 Lamentation For Hank Williams
3 Hymn To Love
4 Confessin´( Poem )
5 Pure White Place
6 Poem For My Wife ( Poem )
7 For Tina
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Released on Vanguard Records in 1969
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Catalogue Number VSD 6519
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Record is in Vg + condition (light surface marks)
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Sleeve is in Ex ++ condition
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