Re: OT: Elektra Records
Peter Stone Brown
> http://www.amazon.com/Forever-Changing-Elektra-Records-1963-1973/dp/B...
>
> Damn, there is a surprising number of acts here which I know next to nothing about. I'm
> bookmarking this page so I can check out the soundclips later.
>
> Anyone here a fan of Dian & the Greenbriar Boys, the Even Dozen Jug Band, Kathy
> Larisch/Carol McComb, Phil Boroff, Dave Ray, Oliver Smith, Pat Kilroy, Alasdair Clayre,
> Bamboo, the Waphphle, David Stoughton, Diane Hildebrand, the Stalk-Forest Groups,
> Farquahr, the Wackers, Courtland Pickett, Cyrus Faryar, the Authentic Sound Effects, the
> Dry City Scat Band, etc.?
>
> I did hear albums by Eclection and Earth Opera online in recent years.
The Greenbriar Boys were a NYC based bluegrass group. Dylan opened
for them at Gerdes. The album with Dian was a one-off. Their other
three records were on Vanguard, pretty much in the mid-'60s Elektra's
competing label until it moved more into rock. The Even Dozen Jug
Band was also a NYC group that is notable for several members that
would go onto other stuff such as John Sebastian, Maria Muldaur, Steve
Katz, Stefan Grossman, and Dave Grisman. Dave Ray was a member of the
blues group, Koerner, Ray & Glover from Minneapolis. Oliver Smith was
a blind street singer. Kathy & Carol were a folk duet who mae a
couple of albums. Authentic Sound Effects is a sound effects
record. :-)
Zuke
I love that Dian & the Greenbriar Boys record. I think Hamilton
Camp doing all of those Dylan covers was on Elektra too. There
were many good acts on Elektra in the early days. Read Jac Holzman
book on developing the label. It's really a great read.
khematite
> http://www.amazon.com/Forever-Changing-Elektra-Records-1963-1973/dp/B...
>
> Damn, there is a surprising number of acts here which I know next to nothing about. I'm
> bookmarking this page so I can check out the soundclips later.
>
> Anyone here a fan of Dian & the Greenbriar Boys, the Even Dozen Jug Band, Kathy
> Larisch/Carol McComb, Phil Boroff, Dave Ray, Oliver Smith, Pat Kilroy, Alasdair Clayre,
> Bamboo, the Waphphle, David Stoughton, Diane Hildebrand, the Stalk-Forest Groups,
> Farquahr, the Wackers, Courtland Pickett, Cyrus Faryar, the Authentic Sound Effects, the
> Dry City Scat Band, etc.?
>
> I did hear albums by Eclection and Earth Opera online in recent years.
Stalk-Forrest emerged out of the Soft White Underbelly a band that
played around Stony Brook, NY in the late 1960s. Eventually, Stalk-
Forrest morphed into Blue Oyster Cult. If you happen to like early
BOC, you might also like Stalk-Forrest, though the latter have a bit
more of a sixties flavor.
The Wackers were one of Bob Segarini's bands in the 1970s. They
emerged out of Roxy (not to be confused with Roxy Music), an LA band.
After three albums with the Wackers (the first two produced by Gary
Usher), Segarini moved to Montreal and put together the Dudes. The
Wackers albums have some nice tracks, though a lot of their stuff was,
at least to my ear, fairly prosaic. Segarini's still around today,
working as a DJ. He can be heard on Sirius
BobbyM
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The Stalk-Forest group recorded an album's worth of material for Elektra,
but only a 45 was released, in 1970. However, their music has become quite
collectable as they changed their name & became The Blue Oyster Cult. Diane
Hildebrand was a folk singer who released one lp for Elektra (1968). Pat
Kilroy cut one lp for Elektra in 1966; it's a mixture of folk & country
blues & several tracks feature Eric Kaz on harmonica. The Wackers (SF area
band) & Farquahr (from Boston) were rock groups who didn't have much
success, although they each released one or more albums.
BobbyM
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> Peter Stone Brown <ps...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Authentic Sound Effects is a sound effects
>> record. :-)
>
In 1964, Elektra issued 13 albums entitled "Authentic Sound Effects", (Vol
1-13). In 1966, it released a boxset of 3 disks, "Elektra Library of
Authentic Sound Effects".
Just Walkin'
>
> The Greenbriar Boys were a NYC based bluegrass group. Dylan opened
> for them at Gerdes. The album with Dian was a one-off. Their other
> three records were on Vanguard, pretty much in the mid-'60s Elektra's
> competing label until it moved more into rock. The Even Dozen Jug
> Band was also a NYC group that is notable for several members that
> would go onto other stuff such as John Sebastian, Maria Muldaur, Steve
> Katz, Stefan Grossman, and Dave Grisman. Dave Ray was a member of the
> blues group, Koerner, Ray & Glover from Minneapolis. Oliver Smith was
> a blind street singer. Kathy & Carol were a folk duet who mae a
> couple of albums. Authentic Sound Effects is a sound effects
> record. :-)
>
Downtown Blues sounds more like the Geoff Muldaur track on the Elektra
blues anthology, The Blues Project, featuring our own Bob Landy
(dylna) on treble piano, than anything ever produced by Danny Kalb and
Al Kooper in their group of the time by the same name responsible for
such classics as Wake Me Shake Me and Flute Thing. Anyone here hear
the same thing?
BobbyM
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Amazon has that song tagged wrong. It is the Geoff Muldaur song. "The
Blues Project" (title of the album, not the group) lp that included that
song was released by Elektra.
Just Walkin'
> "Just Walkin'" <kensh...@comcast.net> wrote in message
If so, that's Bob tinkling them keys...
BobbyM
According to my notes, both Dylan & Eric Von Schmidt play piano; Bob is on
"treble piano". John Sebastian is on harmonica & Fritz Richmond plays
washtub bass while Muldaur is the only guitarist.
Giuseppe Gazerro
"poisoned rose" <pros...@aol.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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Just wanted to say thanks to all those who contributed to this thread.
I'd never heard any of these acts before, so it was quite a treat to get to
know them.
I think this OT thread has to be (re)considered one the most IT threads
ever.
:)
--
beppe
www.giuseppegazerro.com
http://www.youtube.com/GiuseppeGazerro
Just Walkin'
wrote:
> "poisoned rose" <prose1...@aol.com> ha scritto nel messaggionews:prose1235-E5CDF...@news.eternal-
>
> Just wanted to say thanks to all those who contributed to this thread.
> I'd never heard any of these acts before, so it was quite a treat to get to
> know them.
>
> I think this OT thread has to be (re)considered one the most IT threads
> ever.
> :)
>
> --
> beppe
>
> www.giuseppegazerro.comhttp://www.youtube.com/GiuseppeGazerro
Thanks for updating the topic, Beppe. With "Bob Landy" appearing on
one of the tracks on "treble" piano, turns out there is "DC" in this
thread after all...
Giuseppe Gazerro
"Just Walkin'" <kens...@comcast.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
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<Thanks for updating the topic, Beppe. With "Bob Landy" appearing on
<one of the tracks on "treble" piano, turns out there is "DC" in this
<thread after all...
...not to mention the direct dylan quote PSB has offered...
musicaner
> "Just Walkin'" <kensh...@comcast.net> ha scritto nel messaggio
Cyrus Faryar was in the MODERN FOLK QUARTET, and later would hang out
and play with Freddie Neil( whose classic B and M was also on
Elektra). His album ISLANDS was one of the biggest bombs on Elektra.
The sound effect records actually were crucial in Elektras early
survival as they didnt have to pay any publishing on them.