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Pearls Before Swine was an American psychedelic folk band formed by Tom Rapp in 1965 in Eau Gallie, now part of Melbourne, Florida. They released six albums between 1967 and 1971, before Rapp launched a solo career.
One Nation Underground was the debut album by American psychedelic folk group Pearls Before Swine. It was released on the ESP-Disk label in October 1967.It was recorded at Impact Sound in New York City, between May 6-9, 1967, by the Florida-based group, which at that point comprised main songwriter and singer Tom Rapp, Wayne Harley, Lane Lederer, and Roger Crissinger. Percussion was by session musician Warren Smith.The album presents a mixture of styles - "psychedelic folk reminiscent of Donovan collides with Farfisa-driven punk and hard-to-categorize repetitive minimalism, all thrown together with the undisciplined, creative exuberance of youth"."Another Time" is an acoustic song, the first that Rapp ever wrote, based on his experience in a car crash where he walked away unscathed, and, with "Morning Song", represents the most characteristic example of Rapp's later writing style. In contrast, "Drop Out!" and "Uncle John" are youthful protest songs. "(Oh Dear) Miss Morse" spells out in Morse code the word F--K, accompanied by banjo and organ.The album became the most successful ESP release ever, estimated to have sold between 100,000 and 250,000 copies. Early vinyl copies came with a small poster of the Hell panel from Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights, a detail of which was used on the front of the album sleeve.The album went through a number of cover variations. The original, first edition was brown monochrome with a white border along two sides of the cover. The second edition had a black and white cover with the group name in white along the top. The third edition was the white background and color section of the painting
Slowly making my way through these. They are terrific--the way the Beatles meant for their records to sound. In the Beatles- stones comparison I come down on the side of the Beatles. I have all their individual albums plus the British Parlophone Blue Box, the MoFi Collection Box and these are the best so far. I like some Stones music--Let It Bleed is my favorite album. Their greatest hits does it for me on the rest of their music, although they are GREAT live. As Doc said, the Beatles were a pop band and imho, the best.
Hey CB How's everything ??
I came down with a cold/flu yesterday so I could be feeling better. Glad it happened this weekend than last when we were up at the Grand Canyon. How are you doing ?? How's Cody?
Right Now . . . Old & In The WayRound Records, 1975Banjo, Vocals – Jerry GarciaBass – John KahnGuitar, Vocals – Peter RowanMandolin, Vocals – David GrismanViolin – Vassar ClementsRecorded live at the Boarding House in San Francisco, California on October 8, 1973.
