8 Oct 2022

Pearls Before Swine-Balaklava

Trumpeter Landfrey --00:00 Translucent Carriages --00:35 (Herodotus/Harley/Rapp) Images of April --04:35 (Rapp) There Was a Man --07:16 (Rapp) I Saw the World --10:13 (Rapp) Guardian Angels --13:40 (Rapp) Suzanne" --16:43 (Cohen) Lepers And Roses --21:44(Rapp) Florence Nightingale-27:07 Ring Thung" --27:25 (Tolkien/Rapp) Credits Tom Rapp -- guitar, vocals, breathing Jim Bohannon -- organ, piano, clavinette, marimba Wayne Harley -- banjo, harmony Lane Lederer -- bass, guitar, swinehorn Guest artists :- Joe Farrell -- flute, English horn (tracks 3, 7) Lee Crabtree -- piano, organ, flute (tracks 5, 8) Bill Salter -- bass (tracks 5, 7, 8, 10) Al Shackman -- guitar (track 8) Warren Smith -- string arrangements (track 5) Selwart Clarke -- string arrangements (track 6)

 

 

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Richard Peabody
RIP Tom Rapp. Thanks for all the memories.
The backing vocals on translucent carriages are incredible! 🤍
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One of the most beautiful ballad albums ever written and recorded... Frightfully peaceful and yet so dark... Philosophy set to music through vision...
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An incredible record. Tom Rapp and co. will probably never relinquish the crown of folk/experimental kings.
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RIP Tom Rapp. Thanks for all the memories.
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"Images of April" is a beautiful, breezy daydream, perfect psychedelic spring soundtrack. My favorite song on the album and my favorite song written by Tom Rapp. My favorite Pearls Before Swine record.
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I love this album so much. I found the vinyl at an old thrift shop and discovered it was haunted lmao.... it’s a crazy long story but nonetheless I love this so much
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One of the best albums ever. SO far ahead of its time, I've never even heard anything quite like this since. (other than These Things Too and The Use Of Ashes)
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RIPTom.Thanks for so many great songs.
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Wonderful album! R.I.P Tom Rapp
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Maravilloso album. Music and art album cover: "The front cover is a detail of The Triumph of Death by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, showing a grotesque allegorical depiction of the horrors of war, while the back cover showed a photograph of a young girl at an anti-war protest taken by Mel Zimmer. The cover also included the quote "Only the dead have seen the end of war" by George Santayana, together with surreal and horrific drawings by avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau. The cover contributed to the mystique surrounding the group: few if any photographs of its members were published, and Pearls Before Swine did not perform in concert until 1971". (from Wikipedia)
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Guardian angels reminds me of my first and only true love thankfully she has become my third wife and I love her dearly always did and always will started listening to them with the 1st album saw them in New York City January 68 could have been in December 67 with Country Joe and the Fish had a good head on and it was a great concert been listening to both of them ever since thanks guys
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my favorite album of all time...I bought it brand new in 1968.
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Thank you Tom Rapp. Indelible influence.
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A friend of mine & i went to this maze of a local second hand goods store on a whim just to have a gander and found this record in a crate of them and i was mesmerized by the art on it but realized the folder was empty, when we walked up to the cashier and told them it was empty they told me i could have the folder, and now that ive listened to it’s beautiful haunting soundscapes, i need the actual record. (Ill also have to buy a record player)
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At times of my youth this has meant what I needed
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Oh you're a bigger man than I am, I couldn't make it that far! Reminiscent of the minstrual on the stairway and John Belushi in animal House. This is a great scale of reference for what is truly good music, makes you appreciate it. I don't believe they made the capital label...
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Tremenda folk- psicodelia,muy bueno🇪🇸👍
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shame more people arent aware of tom ive only just re discovered i wish i had been paying more attention back then
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Had this record in the 60's -80 "s and loved it. strange to me now.
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This lp is regarded as the best record against the war. Yes, it really is.
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Thank you for the recognition-I am pleased that you liked my comment and highlighted it. One of my favorite records.
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Suzanne..... wow love this song sung by anyone...but this version is so awesome esp the music,,,,,puts chills up my spine at the end,,,,,
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Guardian angels 👌
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awesome. real pearls

 

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