P.F. Sloan - Twelve More Times (1966)

Hey guys, after a nearly 2 month hiatus, I'm finally back, and I sprained my ankle so I got a week off work, which means I should be able to get quite a few more albums up here to make up for the 2 month break.

I've uploaded a couple P.F. Sloan 45's here before, but in case you don't know, P.F. Sloan is most known for writing hits such as "Eve Of Destruction" for Barry McGuire, "Let Me Be" for The Turtles (which is on this album), "Secret Agent Man", and quite a few others. Jimmy Webb wrote a song called "P.F. Sloan", which became a minor hit for The Association. And, Brian Wilson's controversial therapist, Eugene Landy, had claimed to be P.F. Sloan in interviews. He also helped arrange "Vibrations In C" with Calgary folk-pop maestro Barnaby Bennett, for release on The Tetraktys' classic Die Brucke. There's also rumors that around the same time he was working with folk-pop maestro Barnaby Bennett, he was attending private song-writing sessions with the much fabled Friar Chris. It's all pieces of the puzzle.

This is P.F. Sloan's second solo album. Originally released in 1966, it has more of a full LA folk-pop sound than his previous work. In my opinion, this album is P.F. Sloan's best solo album, and has his best songs. "The Man Behind The Red Balloon" is one of my all-time favorites, and the version of "Here's Where You Belong" is much better than the version on The Grassroots - Feelings. "Halloween Mary" is a real heavy-hitter, and it can also be found on the fairly-recent Where The Action Is: LA Nuggets collection. Though you could complain that this album is almost a little too Bob Dylan influenced, the songs are still all great in their own merits, and I highly recommend it to fans of 1960's LA, folk-pop, and of course, Bob Dylan.

Certified For Trippers.

Tracklist:
1. From A Distance
2. The Man Behind The Red Balloon
3. Let Me Be
4. Here's Where You Belong
5. This Precious Time
6. Halloween Mary
7. I Found A Girl
8. On Top Of A Fence
9. Lollipop Train (You Never Had It So Good)
10. Upon A Painted Ocean
11. When The Wind Changes
12. Patterns Seg. 4

Download: megaupload

good news

I'm finally getting the internet hooked up at my new place August 15th, so expect some uploads then.

The Tetraktys Reimagines The Carter Family (2011)

Barnaby Bennett covers Carter Family songs.

Low - Things We Lost In The Fire (2001)

Don't get too excited guys, I'm not fully back yet. I'm posting this from my desk on my lunch break at work. Still need to get internet hooked up at work, but hopefully I'll have that done in the next week or two, got some real mellow trips ripped pretty recently that I wanna put up.

Low's a band that I've never been really able to get too too into, I've been able to get into a few tracks but get bored pretty quick. But this morning as I was riding the train to work, I had my ipod on shuffle, the song "Laser Beam" off this album came on and it got me, so I listened to the rest of the album on the way to work. Super mellow music, perfect for early morning train/bus rides through downtown on rainy days like today. I can definitely say I wanna check out more from these guys after finally "getting" this, this morning. I think if you're a fan of Kid Dakota, you'd probably like this as well.

Tracklist:
1. Sunflower
2. Whitetail
3. Dinosaur Act
4. Medicine Magazines
5. Laser Beam
6. July
7. Embrace
8. Whore
9. Kind Of Girl
10. Like A Forest
11. Closer
12. Untitled
13. In Metal

Download: mediafire

I'll be back soon.

Sorry for the lack of updates, I moved over the weekend and don't have internet yet at my new place. Once I get that hooked up I'll start this up again and upload some more vinyl rips.

Azeda Booth - Pink And Lime (2008)

Azeda Booth is a Calgary two-piece made up of Jordon Hossack, and Morgan Greenwood. They play psychedelic influenced electronic music. This single song is from their 2008 single sided 7" record.

Tracklist:
1. Pink + Lime

Download: megaupload

Happy belated Canada Day.

Canada Day was yesterday. In a belated tribute to the country, here's some cool shit I was hipped to last night.