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- Date Released: July 20, 2004
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Label: Water / IODA
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San Francisco's Water Records has certainly done right by Tom Rapp and Pearls Before Swine. Not only has the label reissued its Warner Bros. recordings in their entirety individually and as a box set, it has now come up with this 44-track, two-disc collection of rarities and live recordings from 1967-1976. This is a mighty artifact indeed. The first disc contains all sorts of demos and strange little live recordings. Some were made at home by the first edition of the band with Elisabeth Rapp and Wayne Harley, some are solo (including a stunningly beautiful original recording of "Butterflies"), some are with later incarnations, some are with notable musicians like David Bromberg ("City of Gold" and "Mary, Mary"), and some are Nashville session demos. There is also a slew of cover version demos, including highly original readings of Bob Dylan's "Oh Sister," Randy Newman's "Sail Away," Joni Mitchell's "Real Good for Free," the Spector and Bates classic "There's No Other (Like My Baby)," Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne," and even Jacques Brel's "Love, You're Not Alone," along with poems by Shakespeare, W.H. Auden, and Sara Teasdale that Rapp set to music. Disc two features live recordings from a Goddard College show featured in its entirety as well as a Netherlands Radio performance and a performance from the Choate School in 1972. There is also a cut -- "Lesson of the 60s" -- recorded at Terrastock in 1999. Fans will no doubt find a treasure trove of material here; some exists on bootlegs, but it's awesome to have the cleaned-up quality of the material available officially. The sound, given the wildly varying nature of the tapes, is surprisingly good and the music is truly inspired. Rapp gave listeners no dregs here; this is a fascinating and compelling collection of tapes from the catalog of a genuine musical enigma.
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| 01. |  |
Where Is Love |
2:24 |  |
| 02. | |
Butterflies |
2:48 | |
| 03. | |
Love, You Are Not Alone |
6:01 | |
| 04. | |
Grace Street |
3:44 | |
| 05. | |
Translucent Carriages |
3:30 | |
| 06. | |
Space |
3:36 | |
| 07. | |
Sail Away |
2:03 | |
| 08. | |
City Of Gold |
2:39 | |
| 09. | |
Song About A Rose |
1:51 | |
| 10. | |
For Free |
3:08 | |
| 11. | |
Roadside Hotel |
1:48 | |
| 12. | |
Prisoner Of War |
2:19 | |
| 13. | |
Wizard Of Is |
3:10 | |
| 14. | |
Oh Sister |
2:37 | |
| 15. | |
The Lincoln Dream |
0:51 | |
| 16. | |
Can't Go Back |
3:22 | |
| 17. | |
Mary Mary |
1:24 | |
| 18. | |
Going To The City |
2:13 | |
| 19. | |
Rocket Man |
4:05 | |
| 20. | |
Riegal |
3:33 | |
| 21. | |
Just Let The Grass Grow |
1:30 | |
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21 Total Tracks, 58:36 Total Length
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| 01. | |
Everybody's Got Pain |
2:39 | |
| 02. | |
Amber Lady/I Saw The World |
3:52 | |
| 03. | |
Crawling Towards Bethlehem |
1:34 | |
| 04. | |
Translucent Carriages |
3:21 | |
| 05. | |
Miss Morse |
1:54 | |
| 06. | |
There's No Other |
1:50 | |
| 07. | |
Island Lady |
3:47 | |
| 08. | |
Frog In The Window |
1:39 | |
| 09. | |
Morning |
2:53 | |
| 10. | |
Riegal |
2:47 | |
| 11. | |
Full Fathom Five/I Shall Not Care |
2:47 | |
| 12. | |
Marshall |
2:22 | |
| 13. | |
Footnote/When The War Began |
5:26 | |
| 14. | |
Jesus |
1:19 | |
| 15. | |
Anothertyme |
2:54 | |
| 16. | |
Rocket Man |
2:53 | |
| 17. | |
Crewman |
1:39 | |
| 18. | |
Suzanne |
4:32 | |
| 19. | |
Prayers Of Action/Candle |
3:54 | |
| 20. |
Lesson Of The 60s |
0:43 | |
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| 21. | |
Rocket Man |
2:57 | |
| 22. | |
The Jeweler |
2:30 | |
| 23. | |
If You Don't Want To (I Don't Mind) |
3:56 | |
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23 Total Tracks, 64:08 Total Length
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Credits
- Mort Shuman - Translation // Pearls Before Swine - Main Performer // Tom Rapp - Guitar // Tom Rapp - Singer // Tom Rapp - Liner Notes // Tom Rapp - Photography // Tom Rapp - Tapes // Tom Rapp - Melody Arrangement // Tom Rapp - Group Member // Morris Brown - Bass // Morris Brown - Group Member // Art Ellis - Flute // Art Ellis - Recorder // Art Ellis - Stylophone // Art Ellis - Group Member // Wayne Harley - Harmony // Wayne Harley - Group Member // Gordon Hayes - Bass // Gordon Hayes - Clarinet // Gordon Hayes - Group Member // Michael Krawitz - Piano // Michael Krawitz - Trombone // Michael Krawitz - Group Member // Harry Orlove - Banjo // Harry Orlove - Mandolin // Harry Orlove - Glockenspiel // Harry Orlove - Guitar (Electric) // Harry Orlove - Group Member // Bill Rollins - Bass // Bill Rollins - Cello // Bill Rollins - Group Member // Wally Sound - Pre-Production // Wally Sound - Tape Transfer // Jon Tooker - Bass // Jon Tooker - Guitar // Jon Tooker - Group Member // David Wolfert - Guitar // David Wolfert - Group Member // Gary Hobish - Mastering // Robby Merkin - Piano // Robby Merkin - Group Member // Patrick Roques - Producer // W.H. Auden - Poetry // Sara Teasdale - Poetry // Pat Thomas - Producer // Elisabeth Harley - Harmony // Elisabeth Harley - Group Member
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