Kaleidoscope – Incredible! Kaleidoscope (1969)
Studio recordings @ 320
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The group was founded on democratic principles – there was no "leader". They soon began performing live in clubs, winning a recording contract with Epic Records. The first single, "Please", was released in December 1966. It was produced by Barry Friedman (later known as Frazier Mohawk), as was their first album Side Trips, released in June 1967. The album showcased the group’s musical diversity and studio experimentation. It included Feldthouse's "Egyptian Gardens", Darrow’s "Keep Your Mind Open", and versions of Cab Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher" and Dock Boggs' "Oh Death". Crill, for reasons he never made clear (but ex-bandmates speculated had to do with concerns about overreactions from his "straitlaced" parents), was credited as "Fenrus Epp" on the first album and adopted various other pseudonyms on later recordings.
Between them, the group played a huge collection of stringed instruments in such psychedelic songs as "Egyptian Gardens" and "Pulsating Dream." They played fusions of Middle-Eastern music with rock in longer pieces such as "Taxim," which they performed live at the Berkeley Folk Festival on July 4, 1967.
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David Lindley - guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin
Stuart Brotman - bass, vocals
Solomon Feldthouse - vocals, saz, bouzouki, oud, dulcimer, guitar, jumbus
Chester Crill (as Templeton Parcely and Max Buda) - violin, organ, vocals, harmonica
Paul Lagos - drums, percussion, vocals
Track List:
01. Lie to Me
02. Let the Good Love Flow
03. Killing Floor
04. Petite Fleur
05. Banjo
06. Cuckoo
07. Seven-Ate Sweet
Link thanks to Searnav at http://twilightzone-rideyourpony.blogspot.com
Incredible!
