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Whether you’re a folk fan or not, this is esssential listening.
It’s more of a jangle-strings driven thing than trad folk, so there’s huge
crossover appeal. Having played it so much recently, it’s become one of my
all-time favourites.
Baltimore born Robert Neale Lind aka Bob Lind, was an American folk singer-songwriter
who became a one hit wonder in the UK with hit Elusive Butterfly, which
peaked at five in '66. The other, Chicago-born Bernard Alfred ‘Jack’ Nitzsche
was originally an aspiring jazz saxophonist who eventually went on to become
Phil Spector’s right hand man in the production room, who effectively created
the ‘Wall Of Sound.’
So, their collaboartion was something of an enigma, a sort of accidental
marriage of convenience, though Nitzshe did branch out working with mid-60s
Rolling Stones, contributing keyboard textures to their Paint It Black and
Ruby Tuesday, then later with Neil Young.
Here the pair come together to create another ‘genre’ - orchestarted folk-rock.
It works to perfection as it happens. They first met in Lenny Waronker’s
office in Metric Music Publishing in 1965. Waronker didn’t think Lind’s music
carried enough impact. Lind had just signed with Metric. Nitzsche was looking
for material for some of the groups he was producing. The seed was sown. Lind
played some tunes on acoustic guitar, with Nitzsche suitably impressed, that
was it. Nitzsche became his producer.
For a songwriter who couldn’t read music or even name the chords he played,
Lind wrote some incredible music, aided by Nitsche’s immaculate production
techiques. The nest results are creamy string drenched marvels which were a
precursor to the late '60s/early '70s simple country/folk exploits of Young,
John Denver and peers.
The whopping 25-track listing has a dream-like quality where appropriate, principally
due to Nitzsche’s orchestration. There are moments, when it sounds dated, not
that it matters. Choosing a best of list is difficult, but as I’m often compelled
to, they are Mr.Zero, Drifter’s Sunrise, It Wasn’t Just The Morning, Eleanor,
I Can’t Walk Roads Of Anger, due to their Byrds-like quality.
San Francisco Woman,
The World Is... rise above the subtle melancholic, though never depressing,
spirit.
Funnily enough, other than Elusive Butterfly itself, previously unreleased
demos of Whose Is The Funeral and Bring It All Down, done in
acoustic format, prove Lind could hack it on his own, and are amongst the main
highlights, of which there are many.
The full list of tracks included are :
1. Elusive Butterfly
2. Mr.Zero
3. You Should Have Seen It
4. Counting
5. Drifter’s Sunrise
6. Unlock The Door
7. Truly Julie’s Blues (I’ll Be There)
8. Dale Anne
9. The World Is Just A B-Movie
10. Cheryl’s Goin’ Home
11. It Wasn’t Just The Morning
12. I Can’t Walk Roads Of Anger
13. Go Ask Your Man
14. Oh Babe Take Me Home
15. West Virginia Summer’s Child
16. Eleanor
17. San Fransisco Woman
18. The World Is Just A B-Movie Meets Reno, Funtown, USA
19. A Nameless Request
20. Remember The Rain
21. I Just Let It Take Me
22. We’ve Never Spoken
23. I Can’t Walk Roads Of Anger
24. Whose Is The The Funeral
25. Bring It All Down
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