RANDY BURNS - OF LOVE AND WAR / ESP-DISK' LP ESP 1039

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RANDY BURNS - OF LOVE AND WAR LP

ESP-DISK' LTD. - ESP 1039


Burns was born in Connecticut in 1948 and ran away from home at the age of 17. After the requisite period spent bumming around with a guitar on his back, the teenager ended up in New York City at the tail end of the folk boom of the early '60s, sleeping in Washington Square Park and busking for spare change. In early 1966, at the age of 18, he landed a regular gig as the permanent opening act at the legendary Gaslight Club on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village. Shortly thereafter, Burns was approached by ESP-Disk founder and president Bernard Stollman, who invited the young folk singer to record for his label. Although Burns' style was far more "normal" than anyone else on the label (his cohorts included the Fugs and the Godz, plus the best of the city's free jazz scene), he dutifully recorded his first album, 1967's Of Love and War, a pleasant but fairly unremarkable folk album of the time with Burns' smooth voice accompanied only by his acoustic guitar and Emery Fletcher's occasional 12-string accents. Burns only plays three originals (all quite good), with the rest of the album consisting of scene standards by folks like Eric Anderson and David Blue, with a haunting version of Irene Paul's haunting 1940s anti-war ballad "Mr. War" the highlight.

Tracks :

01. All You've Done for Me - 2:35 - (Burns)
02. Thirsty Boots - 4:39 - (Andersen)
03. I Like to Sleep Late in the Morning - 2:07 - (Blue)
04. Thoughts of Spring - 2:59 - (Burns)
05. Coming of the Roads - 2:54 - (Wheeler)
06. Civil War Medley - 6:49 - (Traditional)
07. No Change in Me - 4:14 - (Ghent)
08. Farewell from a Rambler - 2:09 - (Burns)
09. Sour Grapes - 2:49 - (Ghent)
10. Time of Parting - 4:28 - (McGrath)
11. That's the Way It's Happened All the Time - 2:55 - (Staines)
12. Mr. War - 3:24 - (Paul)

Musicians :

Randy Burns - guitar, vocals
Emery Fletcher - guitar

SLEEVE HAS SOME LIGHT RING WEAR AND A SEAM SPLIT ON THE TOP OF THE COVER. VG+

VINYL HAS SOME LIGHT WEAR, NOTHING THAT WOULD EFFECT PLAY. EX.

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