The Complete Esp-Disk Recordings

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Contains 2 LPs ON 1 CD: ONE NATION UNDERGROUND (1967)/BALAKLAVA (1968). Pearls Before Swine: Lane Lederer (sarangi, bass guitar); Wayne Harley (background vocals); Tom Rapp, Roger Crissinger, Jim Bohannon, Lee Crabtree. Personnel: Lane Lederer (vocals, guitar, English horn, celesta, finger cymbals); Tom Rapp (vocals, guitar); Al Schackman (guitar); Wayne Harley (banjo, autoharp, mandolin, vibraphone); Lee Crabtree (flute, piano, organ); Jim Bohannon (piano, Clavinet, organ, marimba); Roger Crissinger (harpsichord, organ); Warren Smith (drums, percussion). Additional personnel: Joe Farrell (flute, English horn); Bill Salter (double bass); Warren Smith , Al Schackman. Liner Note Authors: Joe Phillips; Randy Burns; Bernard Stollman. Recording information: Impact Sound Studios, New York, NY (05/06/1967-??/??/1968). Director: Richard Alderson . Editor: Joe Phillips. When Tom Rapp and his folk-rock collective Pearls Before Swine began toiling in obscurity in the late 1960s, no one could have imagined that the group would become a key influence on a cutting-edge musical movement some three-and-a-half decades later. Nevertheless, Pearls Before Swine's first two albums--both made for now-legendary NYC avant-garde indie label ESP on a shoestring budget--tend to come just after the work of the Incredible String Band on the "Our Influences" list of early-2000s neo-psych-folk bands (Animal Collective, et al). It's immediately apparent that Rapp's songwriting was heavily influenced by Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen (there's a memorable cover of Cohen's "Suzanne" here), and Tim Hardin. However, Pearls Before Swine took things a step further, daring to be as expansive sonically as those artists were with their lyrics. Rapp and company were among the first to combine introspective/poetic songwriting with a swirling, atmospheric rock sound, effectively making them one of the first psych-folk groups. The lo-fi production, occasional artistic overreaching, and Rapp's ever-present lisp merely add to the highly endearing (and ultimately artistically satisfying) qualities of the two albums so conveniently combined here on one disc.
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