Friday, July 29, 2011

The Red Crayola - The Parable Of Arable Land (67, us experimental psych freak-out, 2011 remastered deluxe limited edition 2CD - MP3 320k and FLAC)

Originally released in 1967,as this is the long running band's very first effort.

Highly under-appreciated 'experimental psych' in which as for the few other Red Crayola CD's I've heard, this one is probably the best.

The Parable...' employs weird and unconventional sounds of jugs, sticks, flutes, kazoos,etc.

Hard to believe,but the band actually still exists today.
Well,at least singer/songwriter Mayo Thompson is active with putting out new releases and touring occasionally.

A couple of the tunes that I was sort of blown away with were "Free Form Freakout","Pink Stainless Tail" and "Transparent Radiation".
Might be too strange for some. (...)

(...) Might appeal to fans of Skip Spence, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Pere Ubu, Syd Barrett and 13th Floor Elevators.

Let your freak flag fly! (by Mike Reed)

Tracklist:

CD 1 :
01.Free Form Freak-Out #1
02.Hurricane Fighter Plane
03.Free Form Freak-Out #2
04.Transparent Radiation
05.Free Form Freak-Out #3
06.War Sucks
07.Free Form Freak-Out #4
08.Pink Stainless Tail
09.Free Form Freak-Out #5
10.Parable Of The Arable Land
11.Free Form Freak-Out #6
12.Former Reflections Enduring Doubt
13.Nickel Niceness (demo = Green of My Pants on 2nd LP)
14.Vile Vile Grass (demo = War Sucks)
15.Transparent Radiation (demo)
16.Pink Stainless Tail (alternate take, guitar & vocal only)
17.Hurricane Fighter Plane (alternate stereo mix)
18.Former Reflections Enduring Doubt (unreleased alt stereo edit & mix)

CD 2 (mono) :
01.Free Form Freak-Out #1
02.Hurricane Fighter Plane
03.Free Form Freak-Out #2
04.Transparent Radiation
05.Free Form Freak-Out #3
06.War Sucks
07.Free Form Freak-Out #4
08.Pink Stainless Tail
09.Free form Freak-Out #5
10.Parable Of The Arable Land
11.Free form Freak-Out #6
12.Former Reflections Enduring Doubt
13.Hurricane Fighter Plane
14.Transparent Radiation
15.War Sucks
16.Pink Stainless Tail
17.Former Reflections Enduring Doubt

Personnel :
*Mayo Thompson - guitar, vocals
*Steve Cunningham - bass
*Rick Barthelme - drums

[ Rip and scans by COR ... many thanks mate ]
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