Wendy and Bonnie Genesis on Skye 1006D Awesome Psych NM
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LET YOURSELF GO ANOTHER TIME/THE PAISLEY WINDOW PANE/I REALIZED YOU/BY THE SEA/YOU KEEP HANGING UP ON MY MIND/IT'S WHAT REALLY HAPPENING/ENDLESS PATHWAY/CHILDREN LAUGHING/THE WINTER IS COLD
Biography by Richie Unterberger
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 psychedelic light rock with 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 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.
This is a pristine copy of the rare FOLK-PSYCH-GARAGE underground classic. Cover is Near Mint and still has high gloss with no splits and no ringwear. Vinyl is MINT - obviously one of the early ones off the press! Original SKYE sleeve too! Good luck! Grading is per Goldmine. I Usually ship priority unless winning bidder requests different method. I prefer paypal. Please look at pictures and ask questions before bidding.
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