WENDY & BONNIE Genesis LP SKYE RECORDS 1969 US reissue LARRY CARLTON-JIM KELTNER
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LATE-90s(?) US REPRESSING on SKYE 'Black label & White logo". SINGLE COVER. The cover is in EX condition. normal wear and without any major deterioration BUT very light discolouration/wear on corners, surface sticker mark on rear (top right corner), left spine is fully readable, for details see photos. The vinyl is in EXcondition [barely played].
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WENDY & BONNIE
with JIM KELTNER drums, LARRY CARLTON guitar, RANDY CIERLY bass,
MICHAEL LANG & MIKE MELVOIN organ & piano
The sister duo of Wendy Flower and Bonnie Flower (their real names, not aliases), Wendy & Bonnie recorded one album in the late '60s. Genesis is pleasant, if naïve, harmonized light rock with psychedelic, jazz, and folk influences. It is impressive given their tender ages -- Wendy Flower was just 17, and Bonnie Flower only 13, when it was recorded in late 1968, and the pair wrote all of the material on the LP. The Flowers grew up in a musical family in the San Francisco Bay Area, and prior to recording on their own, did a couple of garage-psychedelic singles as part of Crystal Fountain; Wendy sang lead, and Bonnie played drums. Jazz star Cal Tjader put them to the attention of a jazz label he recorded for, Skye, which made the Wendy & Bonnie LP its lone venture into rock. Genesis was pretty sparsely produced, the arrangements highlighting their harmonies and pensive paisley tunes, but did benefit from backing by some top Los Angeles session musicians, including drummer Jim Keltner and guitarist Larry Carlton. The album was released in 1969, but stalled when Skye Records folded the following year. The death of producer Gary McFarland in 1971 further discouraged the duo. Although they did sing backup vocals on a couple of Tjader albums and some jingles and background vocals at Fantasy Records, they never recorded their own material again, and broke up in the early '70s. They did perform music separately in the subsequent decades, Wendy Flower issuing a children's music cassette, and Bonnie Flower once rejecting an invitation to join the Bangles...(AllMusic)
"GENESIS"
<reissue, originally published 1969>
LP SKYE RECORDS STEREO SK-1006D
PRINTED IN U.S.A. LATE-90s(?) REPRESSING
SINGLE SLEEVE (HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: AMOS - BLACK LABEL w/WHITE COMPANY LOGO & TEXT
Catalog on cover: (front) SK-1006 D (rear) SK-1006D
Catalog on labels: SK 1006D
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): SK-1006-D A DMM H.P.
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): SK-1006-D B DMM H.P.
On labels: All Selections.........(BMI)
On Back Sleeve: Tracklist + Credits + Notes
Skye Discovery Series
tracklisting: please, for tracklist see pictures
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RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
A soft folk psyche duet, on the label founded by the jazzmen Gary McFarland and Gabor Szabo. The two sisters, Wendy and Bonny Flower, tenderly aged 18 and 15, write and sing on all the tracks on what is a very typical period piece. Luckily the producer avoids the trap of over-orchestration and so comes up with a flowery and soothing bunch of songs, sometimes bordering on the sugary, but mostly rendering a peaceful and harmonic atmosphere. The voices of the sisters blend beautifully, the backing is unobtrusive but qualified. Naturally this drips innocence all over, but infrequently rises to the occasion and reaches real expresiveness, though often subdued, as on Five O'Clock In The Morning and Endless Pathway. Evidently, the last four tracks on side two are the best, which show more commitment than those on side one and also boast sharp cutting acid-guitar on The Winter Is Cold. These four cuts are above average and should be heard by anyone with interest in female vocals in lighly psychedelic settings. The cover shot of the pair shows the very personification of naivete. The album is now rare and sought-after...(Fuzz Acid & Flowers)
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