WLPro SUGAR CREEK Jonathan Edwards Please Tell a Friend

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SUGAR CREEK
Please Tell a Friend
Metromedia MD1020

VINYL: VG++
COVER: G (MAJOR DAMAGE ALL ALONG BOTTOM 1 INCH )

WHITE LABEL PROMO

JONATHAN EDWARDS & JOE DOLCE's ( SHUDDUP  YOU FACE)
1ST GROUP PRE SOLO CAREERS

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1.) A Million Years   (John Edwards - Joe Dolce) - 2:31

2.) Old House   (Joe Dolce) - 2:36

3.) Who Do You Think You Are   (Malcolm McKinney) - 2:48

4.) Where Do You Find The Answer   (Malcolm McKinney) - 6:43

5.) Woman   (Malcolm McKinney) - 2:38

 

 (side 2)

1.) Heavenly Road   (Malcolm McKinney) - 2:50

2.) Memory Tree   (Malcolm McKinney) - 5:20

3.) Miss You  (John Edwards) - 4:24

4.) Lady Linda  (John Edwards) - 2:02

5.) Night Flash   (Malcolm McKinney) - 3:17

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A psychedelic blues-rock outfit whose only album, 1969's Please Tell a Friend, has enough interesting moments, given the era's production quirks, to make it a highly sought after period piece, Sugar Creek originated when John Edwards (who later, as Jonathan Edwards, had a big hit in 1971 with "Sunshine") and guitarist Malcolm McKinney met while both were attending Ohio University. The two drafted in Malcolm's brother Tod McKinney and began playing music together as St. James Doornob, becoming the Infinite Doornob when Joe Dolce and Gary Gans came over to join from the Finite Minds. Moving east to Boston, the band built a fair following on the New England/New York club circuit, changing its name yet again, this time to Headstone Circus, and eventually settled in as Sugar Creek. That was the name under which they recorded the Please Tell a Friend LP in 1969 with producer Peter Casperson in New York, releasing it on Metromedia Records (Dolce had left the band by this time and his name does not appear on the album jacket.). A curious mix of blues and rock with the frequent psychedelic touches that were so popular with the various West Coast's acid folk and harmony bands (Moby Grape, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, et. al) at the time, Please Tell a Friend has become somewhat of a lost period treasure over the past decades. Fallout Records finally reissued the LP on disc in 2008. Edwards tired of the club circuit and went in a more acoustic direction when he went solo, eventually hitting big in 1971 with the bright and folky "Sunshine." ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi

 

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Remember your elementary teachers telling you 'never judge a book by its cover'?  Well forget what it is one of rock's uglier covers (apologies to John Edwards), and you're in for a major treat. 

 

Remember a guy by the name of Jonathan Edwards who had a hit back in 1971 with 'Sunshine'?  If you're actually reading this stuff there's probably a pretty good chance that you do.  Well, this is Edward's pre-solo career band.  I've owned a couple of Edwards solo albums for years (they're fairly easy to locate in Northern Virginia since he lived in this area for quite some time), but never made the connection between the two entities.  Anyhow, here's a little blurb I lifted off of Edward's website (the URL is listed below): "I started getting electric about the time Dylan did, doing electric folk music. I joined bands by saying 'Can I be in your band?', and they'd ask, 'What do you play?', and I'd say 'What do you need?' I'm still that way. I still love to play different instruments. It helps me understand production techniques and performance capabilities". Instead of graduating from college, he decided to give music a shot. He sold the car that his father was lending him, bought a van for his band, and headed for the music scene in Boston.  The band soon found work, playing "6-40" jobs--six 40-minute sets per night--all over New England. They played cover tunes as well as their own country blues originals under various names, including the Headstone Circus, St. James Doorknob, and the Finite Minds, and they made an album for Metromedia Records as Sugar Creek."

 

 A little more information on the group.  In 1965  Edwards was studying art at Ohio University when he met fellow student/guitarist Malcolm McKinney.  The pair quickly decided to form a band recruiting McKinney's brother Todd.  As St. James Doorknob the group became quite popular playing dances, parties and clubs around Athens, Ohio.  At the same time fellow students Joe Dolce and Gary Gans were playing in The Finite Minds.  When the Finite Minds lost their lead singer, Dolce and Gans were invited to join St. James Doorknob, which quickly mutated into The Infinite Doorknob and then The Headstone Circus.  In June 1967 the band decided to take a shot at the big time. With the rest of America decamping for San Francisco, Edwards sold the car his father had lent him for school, bought a breaktruck/van and headed for Boston.  The band began touring throughout New York and New England, writing material at a farm owned by McKinney's parents.

 

By the time the Sugar Creek finished recording their sole 1969 album Dolce had quit (though he's represented by two of the standout selections), leaving a line-up featured Edwards, Gary Gans, and brothers Malcolm and Todd McKinney.  Recorded in New York City with Peter Casperson producing, "Please Tell a Friend" will come as a major shock to anyone familiar with Edwards' sensitive singer/songwriter solo career.  With Edwards and Malcolm McKinney responsible for the majority of the ten tracks, the album featured a mixture of driving blues-rock ('Old House' and the feedback propelled 'Where Do You Find The Answer') and excellent psych outings ('A Million Years').  Anyone familiar with Edwards solo career will find that his voice sounded surprisingly impressive belting out tougher material, though numbers such as 'Who Do You Think You Are', 'Lady Linda' and the Gospel-influenced 'Heavenly Road' wouldn't have been out of place on one of his early-1970s solo albums.  Personal favorites include the band's psych efforts including 'Memory Tree' and 'Night Flash'.  Killer tunes. Blessed with excellent sound quality, this one sounds great on an upscale stereo system.  (By the way, Joe Dolce is the same guy of 'Shaddup You Face' fame.)

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