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The Aldridge, Fankhauser & Lotspeich tracks have a naïve psychedelic charm to them, while a couple of the Fapardokly cuts are harder edged – one (Gone To Pot) being an instrumental sibling of Eight Miles High.

I’ve seen an original sealed copy offered for sale at $500 !!). Despite this the original vinyl album has become an extremely collectable item - a psychedelic classic (apparently only 1000 copies were pressed and not many sold – hence it has become a real collectors’ item. The album is therefore a combination of various styles from early 60s beat to soft psychedelia to folk-rock recorded between 19 - Merrell Fankhauser being the only common element linking all the tracks. The odd name being a combination of their surnames - or rather three of them plus that of Don Parrish, the original bass player.īut even odder is the fact that this band only plays on 3 out of the 12 tracks on the original album, 3 (maybe 4) tracks are by Aldridge, Fankhauser & Lotspeich, and 5 tracks are by Merrell & The Exiles or variants of that band. It was anything but easy listening, but it was an effective conclusion to a brilliant album that anticipated the devastating and tragic turn of the late '60s, as well as its maker's own eventual decline and demise Ġ3 - Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friendsįapardokly were Merrell Fankhauser guitar, Bill Dodd lead guitar, John Oliver bass, and Dick Lee drums. Ochs offers no satisfying resolution the goals cannot be compromised, and they will not be fulfilled. Kennedy, it concerns the emergence of a hero in a corrupt world and his inevitable downfall through betrayal. The album was consistently imbued with images of mortality, and it all came together on the abstract, electronic-tinged final track, 'The Crucifixion.' Usually taken to be about John F. His social criticisms here were complex, and they went largely unnoticed on a long album full of long songs, many of which did not support the literal interpretations they nevertheless received.

Though the lyrics were usually not directly political, they continued to reflect his established points of view. The result was Pleasures of the Harbor, his most musically varied and ambitious album, one routinely cited as his greatest accomplishment. Pepper's vast expansion of pop music, Ochs wanted to make a record that reflected all these trends, and he hired producer Larry Marks, arranger Ian Freebairn-Smith, and pianist Lincoln Mayorga - all of whom had classical backgrounds - to help him realize his vision. Going into the studio after Dylan's move into rock accompaniment and Sgt.

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