JOYRIDE Friendsound LP 1969 psych musique concrete RARE

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Joyride-Friendsound (Friend Sound) LP

ORIGINAL 1969 RCA Records (LSP-4114) - orange RCA labels - includes original RCA printed innersleeve!

The late 1960s seem to have found everyone in the music business trying to turn out something deep and meaningful. As such it's probably not much of a surprise that these former members of Paul Revere and the Raiders were doing the same thing. Still, anyone expecting to hear something in the Paul Revere, or Brotherhood vein in going to be in for one major shock !!! Self-produced, 1969's "Friendsound" makes absolutely no attempt to go down the commercial road and to ours ears may deserve to be noted as one of the first real "jam" albums. It's also one of those rare instances where the liner notes are dead-on ... "A musical free-for-all ... The idea for Friendsound came to us when we were in the early stages of creating our first album. We rounded up all out musician friends in the area and headed for a recording studio to have a musical free-for-all." That pretty much says it all. Exemplified by material such as the title track and "Childhood's End", the six extended numbers were largely instrumental in nature. Credited as group compositions, songs such as "CHildsong" and "Empire of Light" are full of studio experimentation, including backward tapes, sound effects and acid-influenced ramblings. Raiders members Levin, Smith and Volk were too grounded in top-40 pop to totally abandon such concepts as rhythm and melody, but it's pretty clear late night parting imbued them with a lot more freedom and creative latitude than your typical Paul Revere and the Raiders session. Not for the faint of heart, or top-40 junkies, but worth checking out for the more adventuresome of you out there ...

6 tracks. 1/JOYRIDE AND LOST ANGEL PROPER ST. Overdubbed flute with various sounds and dialogue. 2/THE EMPIRE OF LIGHT. Organ, plucked piano strings, and played console with various sounds. Mixed onto stereo tape in one take! 3/CHILDHOOD'S END. An experiment in Musique Concrete resolving into "triumphal" guitar chorus. 4/LOVE SKETCH. Prepared Piano, guitars, flute, bass and drums. 5/ CHILDSONG Electronic tone poem as well as Musique Concrete, integrated with children's voices.

Joyride -- Friendsound Produced by Brotherhood RCA Records # LSP-4114 Recorded 1969 All Tracks written extemporameously by performers on each track. Tracks Side One Joyride 4:15 Flute -- Don Nelson Drums -- Michael Smith Bass -- Chris Etheridge and Davey Burke Piano -- Phil Volk Organ -- Ron Collins Guitars -- Drake Levin, Chris Brooks and Nino Candido Percussion -- Kent Dunbar and Jim Valentine Chorus -- Friendsound Childhood's End 1:48 Shovel -- Phil Volk and Michael Smith Guitars -- Grape Lemon Bass -- Jerry Cole Drums -- Jim Gordon Organ -- Ron Collins Tambourine -- Michael Smith Love Sketch 3:26 Prepared Piano -- Phil Volk Guitars -- Drake Levin and Chris Brooks Flute -- Don Nelson Bass -- Phil Volk Drums -- Danny Woody Childsong 6:12 Flute Recorder -- Don Nelson Celesta -- Michael smith and Phil Volk Wind Chimes -- Flip Mullen Children -- Dixie Canyon School and 95th St. School Console -- Drake Levin Tracks Side Two Lost Angel Proper St. 9:22 Guitars -- Drake Levin, Chris Brooks and Nino Candido Bass -- Chris Etheridge and Davey Burke Piano -- Tina Gancher and Grape Lemmon Organ -- Ron Collins Drums -- Michael Smith Finger Cymbals -- Kent Dunbar Kinanda -- Bhudda Blues Saxophone and Flute -- Don Nelson Chorus -- Friendsound Inspiration -- Camellia Pad Console -- Jim Valentine The Empire of Light2 9:40 Prepared Piano -- Phil Volk Organ -- Ron Collins Control Console Effects -- Drake Levin and Michael Smith

CONDITION: vinyl NM / cover VG++ (light ringwear)

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