Sparrow Record The Talbot Brothers Reborn lp, MASON PROFFIT,SO RARE,SEALED MINT
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Description

Wikipedia:

Mason Proffit was a Folk/Rock band from Champaign, Illinois that released five albums between 1969 and 1973.[2]

History:

Brothers Terry Talbot and John Michael Talbot played together in several local bands around Indianapolis, Indiana and later in Chicago. After their group Sounds Unlimited disbanded, in 1969 they formed Mason Proffit with a focus on the emerging blend of folk, country and rock that would come to be called country rock.[3] Older brother Terry's "Two Hangmen" from their first album Wanted, became a regional hit and helped their second album, Movin' Toward Happiness, chart on the Billboard 200. In 1972, the band signed to Warner Bros. Records and continued touring, performing up to 300 concerts each year. Some of Mason Proffit's opening acts during that time included The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, John Denver, and Mac Davis. Their country-rock-bluegrass style was innovative yet difficult to place in a marketing genre. Their live shows were high energy. And once, while jamming with The Scruggs Review, John Hartford and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Earl Scruggs called John Talbot "the best banjo player I've ever heard." Warner Bros. re-released their first two albums as a compilation called Come & Gone plus two more discs, Rockfish Crossing and Bareback Rider. Mason Proffit disbanded when brothers John and Terry Talbot left the band and began performing as a duo. Warners then released The Talbot Bros., the first of three duo albums with the remaining two released on Sparrow Records. Sparrow eventually re-issued the first Talbot Bros. album, minus the track "Moline Truckin."

After the break-up, the Talbot brothers began to record contemporary Christian music on Sparrow Records, earning themselves a Grammy Award nomination and several Dove Award nominations. The Talbot brothers opened for The Eagles on a national tour.

An Online Review:
When this lp was released in 1974 (on Warner Bros.), it wasn't considered a Christian Rock album. For me, it was simply the newest Mason Proffit album. Again produced by Bill Halverson, "The Talbot Bros," as it was originally issued, was a good Country/Rock album. Augmented by session pros (David Lindley, Randy Scruggs, etc.) this would have been the best-produced Mason Proffit album to date, had the band stuck together. Highlights include the best-ever cover of Little Feat's "Easy To Slip" (with a GREAT slide solo from Lindley) and John Talbot's "Trail Of Tears," which continues the occasional Native American theme which creeps into Mason Profit's music.
Note: When John & Terry Talbot turned the tapes over to Warner Bros for release, Warner's thought they were getting the new Mason Proffit album, which they had been anticipating. Released as "The Talbot Bros," Warners declined to promote it and the album sank without a trace. This is as good Country/Rock lp that will appeal even to us non-Christian Country/Rock fans.

Cover: Mint Sealed

Vinyl: Mint

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