First OT Paintings Ever???? By "Artist" - Swann ?
Feisty
Time for visual OT's!!!!!
(somehow this seems to be connected to Geoff Levin in the
music genre)
The question is, is it original?
http://www.jimmiespheeris.com/photos/idalie/index.html
Painting by Ingo Swann
This is the beginning of a new wing in the gallery for images and stories
from Idalie Adams. Idalie has a long and fascinating history with Jimmie,
going back to the early years... we'll have more details about that soon
(note that Idalie is listed in the Thank You credits on Isle of View).
She's making new material available to you here, and we'll add more soon.
To begin, here's a painting of Jimmie, which hangs in her son's home.
Jimmie is her son's father. Here are Idalie's comments.
When Jimmie was working on his first album with Columbia Records, he
commissioned his friend, Ingo Swann, to paint a cover for the album. He
asked Ingo to paint him rising out of the sea by an island, to paint him
with his side pierced and a rainbow coming out of the wound.
The painting is quite large -- about 4 1/2 feet by 5 feet. Before it was
finished, Jimmie came home one day with a picture he found in a small
antique shop. It is the picture that became the cover for the Isle of View
album. He said, "I found the cover for the album today."
When I asked what he was going to do with the painting, he said, he didn't
know... that by all rights it belonged to Columbia Records. When Ingo
brought the painting over, I fell in love with it. But Jimmie could not be
swayed; he wanted the other print for the cover. The painting hung in our
apartment from then on. Columbia never asked for it, and Jimmie gave it to
me for my birthday because he knew I loved it so much.
When I moved to Florida, I gave the painting to our son, Jim. It now hangs
in his bedroom. He loves it, probably more than I do. We are happy to share
it with his many fans. As you can see, it is a well-crafted image that
portrays the Isle of View theme. The colors are soft and the feeling is
magical. it is Jimmie.
How Idalie Met Jimmie
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The previous came from this page re: Geoff Levin:
(clicked on Idalie)
http://www.jimmiespheeris.com/iov/isle.htm.
1971
"The winter is worn and the springtime is born..."
"Isle of View"... say those words out loud, real fast. They morph into a
lovely phrase... "I love you." Jimmie loved humankind. For all our follies
and foibles, he believed to the end that we're still an OK species. His
first album is the one his fans are most familiar with... ten tracks that
introduced Jimmie's vision to the world.
The CD reissue of this remarkable album was released in 1998. It is no
longer available.
TRACK LIST
The Nest
For Roach
Monte Luna
Seeds Of Spring
I Am The MercuryLong Way Down
Let It Flow
Seven Virgins
Come Back
Esmaria
THE PLAYERS
JIMMIE SPHEERIS
guitar, piano, vocals
GEOFF LEVIN
guitars
DAVID CAMPBELL
violin, viola
LEE CALVIN NICOLAI
flute, bass, backing vocalsDAVID HAROWITZ
piano on "Monte Luna" and side two
EMIL LATIMER
conga
BUDDY SALZMAN
drums
BILL LA VORNA
drums
PRODUCTION CREDITS - ORIGINAL LP
Produced by Paul Leka
Engineered by Tim Geelan, Stan Tonkel, and Phil Cross
Strings arranged and conducted by David Campbell
Recorded at Columbia Studios - New York and Los Angeles
Tim Geelan: mixing engineer
Jack Ashkinazy: remix engineer
David Gahr: back cover photo
Ron Coro: design for the original Columbia Records release
Cover art compliments of Monte Luna
Thank You to:
Hal Ray, Yvonne Gillham, David & Geoff, Mr Lee, Idalie & Lauralie, Richie
Havens
Clive Davis, Kip Cohen, Jonathan Coffino, David Gahr, John Berg
FOR RAIN RECORDS - DISCONTINUED CD
Executive Producer Johnny Pierce
A&R Coordinator Wayne Jackson
Cedarhouse Productions
Digitally remastered by Bruce Miller & Doug Wygal
Manufactured by Sony Music Special Products
CD LINER DESIGN AND DIGITAL IMAGING BY ANDY MARKLEY - ART 101
The Nest
come to me now - dove on your shoulder
white flame of love burns on your breath
I am ready for flight
oh my wings are so ripe
come wake me
take me from the nest
the scarlet ships sail sacred oceans
where tides of love have laid to rest
quiet water by night
oh my sails are so ripe
come wake me
take me from the nest
and weave your beauty
fire lacing thru me
trip the light and know that I am waiting for you
unlock the treasure of stolen pleasure
breathe in the light that blinds the pain that we once knew
wake me
take me
come to me now - dove on your shoulder
white flame of love burns on your breath
I am ready for flight
oh my wings are so ripe
come wake me
take me from the nest
from the nest
(C) (P) 1971, 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
All rights reserved.
discography page | jimmie's home page | return to track list
For Roach
harmony and honesty, like seeds in the ground
sprout up in butter cups, since you've been hangin' around
I woke from a dream and I held you
rich with understanding
and there was no space between us
only love that was lightly landing down
a love rush on clear trust, it keeps me high
sirens sing and traffic screams, and death drifts in these skies
but love seems to keep on shining
even in the storm
when waves of fear come blinding us
only love is gonna keep us warm now
mend the hearts that have torn away
(C) (P) 1971, 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
All rights reserved.
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Monte Luna
the birds fly, weaving beauty all around these mountains
once their freedom knew me, and held my dreams
upon their wings of gold
the sun comes silently, and the church bell wakes the sparrow
he drinks the pure white rain that softly falls
as morning calls my name
calling me to come returning to the mountain of the moon
on wings that sing their freedom's mirth
with every passing of the winter's sun, I know that soon
peace will finally blossom on this earth
it's been a long long time
oh such a long long time
(C) (P) 1971, 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
All rights reserved.
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Seeds of Spring
the winter is worn and the springtime is born
the city children storm thru the square
pigtailed girls and baby squirrels
in the whole wide world the children share
and this old world is truly their friend
it's gonna take care of their needs
thru the smog comes some god on a velvet wind
to scatter the seeds of spring
trinity chimes echo in my mind
the evening city shines - its gettin' lazy
church bells toll, echo in my soul
and I want you to bear my baby
and this old world is gonna be our friend
it's gonna take care of our dreams
thru the smog comes some god on a velvet wind
to scatter the seeds of spring now
to scatter the seeds of spring
to scatter the seeds of spring
of spring
(C) (P) 1971, 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
All rights reserved.
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I Am The Mercury
I cannot go anymore to the marshes
where the gatekeeper smiles at the poisons that he's made
for my heart belongs to the one on the mountain
where the doves build their nests in the sun-ripened glade
for I am the mercury - light of the morning
looking for shelter in this thunder and this rain
and you like some windmill weave light where its storming
your love like a potion for the hunger and the pain
Let it rain
I have been bought, I have been sold in the city
I've dined with the demons and I drank of their fear
but you, you have known and waited in silence
come cradle my heart in a homecoming tear
and we are the mercury - light of the morning
looking for shelter in this thunder and this rain
and he like some windmill weaves light where its storming
his love like a potion for the hunger and the pain
let it rain - let it rain
let it rain on the mountain
let it rain
(C) (P) 1971, 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
All rights reserved.
discography page | jimmie's home page | return to track list
Long Way Down
I do not have the time of day for you
I only know I wanna stay with you
and it's a long way down, baby, if you wanna slide
you're down, baby, you're down
down down on the ground
I just stopped by the other day
you always seem to be on your way
you tell me that you gotta go a little downtown
and then I watch you run around
look you up and down
I'm looking out the window of your bedroom
just a wondering what in the world I just might do
you're listening to a voice that came on your wire
and then I watch you run around
look you up and down
you lay it down hard and you move me down slow
and once again I die
I die
(C) (P) 1971, 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
All rights reserved.
discography page | jimmie's home page | return to track list
Let it Flow
would you love to love me baby
in a way they'd say was crazy
in innocence, the essence of us all
would you love to love me naked
let it ride and we can make it
can't you hear every moment's new born call?
and love me without thinkin' it over
love me like the sun loves clover
when it grows
let it flow
I watch the waves down at the shoreline
they come like thought rolling in moretime
love me like the force that makes them grow
pure and free in all directions
naked sea in our reflection
somewhere so high above these gates you know I know
glory grows
and love me without thinkin' it over
love me like the sun loves clover
when it grows
let it flow
(C) (P) 1971, 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
All rights reserved.
discography page | jimmie's home page | return to track list
Seven Virgins
seven witches standin' in the road
stirrin' up the future with the legs of the toad
they got the wine
and I got the time
and isn't it sublime
just to lay down your load
come on and shake it to the mountain
bathe it in the fountain
leave what you been countin'
life is here to mold
seven virgins bathin' in the brook
smilin' at the farmer who come for a look
he got the lines
and they got the time
eight swimmin' virgins
and the river it was shook
come on and shuffle to the mountain
bathe it in the fountain
leave what you been countin'
stop makin' time
buyin' and a sellin'
peekin' and a tellin'
yesterday we were so old
this planet been a swellin'
like a salty summer melon
word's around it might explode
so I been told
seven witches standin' in the road
stirrin' up the future with the legs of the toad
well they got the wine
and I got the time
and isn't it sublime
just to lay down your load
lay down your load
lay down your load
(C) (P) 1971, 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
All rights reserved.
discography page | jimmie's home page | return to track list
Come Back
we spent the night and the morning here
we talked... and once I even kissed you
I felt your feelings get all choked up by fear
and yes, I'm sorry that I missed you
come back... come here... come back here
come back... come here... come back here
you left me here and took a cab uptown
you left me with my feathers and my wine
I told you there were two ways to go: you can go up or go down
and when the time wasn't making you, you were making time
come back... come here... come back here
come back... come here... come back here
maybe some day when worlds are done
and the sky is but a memory
then we can slide into each other's love
you know... just like the thunder does, to the golden sea
come back... come here... come back here
come back... come here... come back here
living is a little game of give and take: gather and shed the time
what you're gonna give, you're surely gonna take
gather and shed the time
(C) (P) 1971, 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
All rights reserved.
discography page | jimmie's home page | return to track list
Esmaria
morning brings the song of steeples
ringing in my ears
quiet rain calls to all the people
rain to come and wash away the tears
and I been jivin' in your alleyways
and lookin' for a better way thru
Jesus and the devil
God and man
who will be the master
when our cities turn to sand
well then my friends
will you take my hand?
and Esmaria, won't you please come home?
things have been so strange since you been gone
but if its goodbye forever, then let your heart ride a feather
to a better time
come on home to me
leaving the cocoon cradle
reaching for a star
breathing in the joker's fable
make me wonder who we really are
don't you wonder who we are?
bring it home
lay down your stones, come on
bring it home
lay down your stones, bring it home
lay down your stones
come on
bring it home
(C) (P) 1971, 1999 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
All rights reserved.
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Feisty
Feisty
If you click on the name "Ingo Swann" you get this:
(if you hadn't done it already)
warning: "60's restimulative!"
http://www.biomindsuperpowers.com/
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Feisty
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>The question is, is it original?
Hardly at all
>http://www.jimmiespheeris.com/photos/idalie/index.html
even worse is his: http://www.biomindsuperpowers.com/
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Phil Scott
Well I Liked that painting. Ingo is OK you know. I visited a couple who knew
him in NYC, they lived in a high rise appt on the edge of Battery park (about 3
blocks from the WTC).. somehow they knew Ingo, I forgot the details,1992 or
so... some of thier Avatar friends and Ingo associated. He lived in the village
then too.
Phil Scott
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