Bob Lind - Elusive Butterfly: The Complete Jack Nitzsche Sessions
ARTIST.....: Bob Lind
TITLE......: Elusive Butterfly: The Complete Jack Nitzsche Sessions
LABEL......: Ace / Big Beat
URL........: http://www.boblind.com
RIP DATE...: Apr-27-2008
STORE DATE.: Jun-04-2007
GENRE......: Folk
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 103,0 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Elusive Butterfly 02:51
02 - Mr Zero 03:49
03 - You Should Have Seen It 02:59
04 - Counting 02:58
05 - Drifter's Sunrise 03:27
06 - Unlock The Door 04:10
07 - Truly Julie's Blues (I'll Be There) 02:53
08 - Dale Anne 03:06
09 - World Is Just A B Movie 04:03
10 - Cheryl's Goin' Home 02:09
11 - It Wasn't Just The Morning 02:51
12 - I Can't Walk Roads Of Anger 03:44
13 - Go Ask Your Man 02:21
14 - Oh Babe Take Me Home 03:38
15 - West Virginia Summer's Child 02:15
16 - Eleanor 03:24
17 - San Francisco Woman 02:57
18 - World Is Just A B Movie Meets Reno 02:51
Funtown USA
19 - Nameless Request 02:15
20 - Remember The Rain 02:50
21 - I Just Let It Take Me 02:38
22 - We've Never Spoken 02:14
23 - I Can't Walk Roads Of Anger 04:31
24 - Whose Is The Funeral 03:38
25 - Bring It On Down 03:07
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77:39 min
Release Notes:
Bob LindÆs 1966 work achieves the all too rare accolade of
sounding just as fresh today as it did back then, when his work
stood head-and-shoulders above his contemporaries and evoked
feelings of wonder and delight. What was it then that marked him
out as something very different? Straight away we can point to
Jack NitzscheÆs arrangements on those first two albums, ôDonÆt Be
Concernedö and ôPhotographs Of Feelingö, that wrapped his songs in
a warm and protective cloak of acoustic guitars and distant
soaring strings, but it was BobÆs songs that really attracted
attention.
His lyrical world was one of the outdoors, of wistful
contemplation of life and love; his view was that of a poet. Today
we might say he wasnÆt afraid to let his feminine side show.
Elusive Butterfly was the big hit, but there were so many more
that could have given him the breakthrough hit: Mr Zero, Truly
JulieÆs Blues, CherylÆs Going Home and Dale Ann were all from the
first album (1966) that caught both the ear of the public and the
recording industry. He rapidly became top æmust-coverÆ choice and
artists as varied as Keith Relf, Val Doonican and Gary UsherÆs
Hondells recorded his songs.
Lind had grown up in Denver where, after the obligatory rock group
time (Bob Lind and The Misfits), he linked into the local folk
scene that had produced Judy Collins. Realising that he had to
look beyond the Denver horizon, he went to Los Angeles by way of
San Fransisco and got a deal with LibertyÆs subsidiary World
Pacific, where his songs quickly attracted attention from locals
such as the Turtles and Cher. Meeting Jack Nitzsche was the icing
on the cake, as the pair got on so well that Jack invited Bob to
stay at his home until he found better acccomodation. NitzscheÆs
bold use of strings on the first album really marked out the
arrangements and production, giving the work an almost ethereal
quality rather than the usual sweetening, and pre-figuring JackÆs
slightly later work with Buffalo Springfield.
Elusive Butterfly began life as the B-side of CherylÆs Going Home,
but was soon flipped by radio DJs. LindÆs career was launched, and
his second LP contained the equally strong follow-up single
Remember The Rain, which also charted, as did its flip, Truly
JulieÆs Blues (IÆll Be There).
Ace Records are proud to make these first two complete albums
available again - and, unlike any previous reissues of this
material, the mastering comes directly from the original World
Pacific stereo production tapes. As a bonus there are also two
solo, 1965 demo versions of songs that Lind never recorded
commercially.
Bob Lind recently issued his first album in over 35 years, and
heÆs playing his first ever UK show at LondonÆs Luminaire on 15
June. His celebrity fans include Richard Hawley and Jarvis Cocker,
both of whom are seeking to work with Lind, so this look at his
essential early work could not have been better timed by Ace.
By Kingsley Abbott
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=7486