For those of you unfamiliar with Bob Lind, he is best known for his big hit song of 1966 "Elusive Butterfly". Following the success of that single Bob went on to record two exquisite baroque-pop LPs in 1966, "Don't Be Concerned" and "Photographs of Feeling" with legendary over-the-top producer Jack Nitzsche (famous for his work with Phil Spector and Neil Young). These 2 albums are underrated, unknown classics and must haves for fans of sixties music in the vein of The Left Banke, The Byrds, PF Sloan, early Gordon Lightfoot, Judee Sill, Donovan, Richie Havens, Val Stoecklin, Margo Guryan, Love, Dylan...etc etc... but Lind's strange poetry, unusual guitar chords and unique vocal-stylings are truly indescribable. A nice CD comp of his material from this period is out-of-print but still findable in used shops- it's called "You Might Have Heard My Footsteps". The original LPs are commonly found in the folk section of used record shops in the $1 to $12 range.
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Some music publications of the time heralded Bob Lind as “the new Bob Dylan”, a judgment based largely on the strength of Lind’s debut album Don’t Be Concerned. Its mixing of folk music with lush orchestration and a big beat was unique at the time, and the songs were top notch. Unfortunately, at the same time this gem of an LP was landing in record store bins, Verve Folkways got their hands on an old acoustic Bob Lind tape and overdubbed electric instruments, drums and orchestrations, releasing it as an album named “The Elusive Bob Lind” in an attempt to cash in. The result was of course much inferior to the “real” Lind album, and many record buyers were confused and frustrated. Hi Fi Stereo Review wrote, “So this big company, Verve, gets a hold of him and gives him strings and other people’s songs, and he’s on his way. Has Bob Lind sold out?”
Bob did record a legitimate follow-up album later in ’66 called Photographs of Feeling which failed to produce any hits. After a long delay the brilliant Since There Were Circles was released in 1971, about which Bob told PauseandPlay.com: “The album was released in 1971, but the songs date back farther than that. By 1969, my career was ice cold. I despised the pasty-faced lawyers who ran the music industry and they despised me right back. I had poisoned my relationship with my former label, World Pacific, and was well-known as a drunk, a stoner and an all-out pain in the ass to work with- a rep I richly deserved. “ Although revered today, Circles went nowhere.
FULL BIO HERE
1.Elusive Butterfly
2.Mister Zero
3.You Should Have Seen It
4.Counting
5.Drifter's Sunrise
6.Unlock The Door
7.Truly July's Blues (I'll Be There)
8.Dale Anne
9.The World Is Just A "B" Movie
10.Cheryl's Going Home
11.It Wasn't Just The Morning
GET IT! IF ONLY FOR "UNLOCK THE DOOR"
more GREAT Bob Lind stories....
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Bob Lind - Don't Be Concerned (1966)
For those of you unfamiliar with Bob Lind, he is best known for his big hit song of 1966 "Elusive Butterfly". Following the success of that single Bob went on to record two exquisite baroque-pop LPs in 1966, "Don't Be Concerned" and "Photographs of Feeling" with legendary over-the-top producer Jack Nitzsche (famous for his work with Phil Spector and Neil Young). These 2 albums are underrated, unknown classics and must haves for fans of sixties music in the vein of The Left Banke, The Byrds, PF Sloan, early Gordon Lightfoot, Judee Sill, Donovan, Richie Havens, Val Stoecklin, Margo Guryan, Love, Dylan...etc etc... but Lind's strange poetry, unusual guitar chords and unique vocal-stylings are truly indescribable. A nice CD comp of his material from this period is out-of-print but still findable in used shops- it's called "You Might Have Heard My Footsteps". The original LPs are commonly found in the folk section of used record shops in the $1 to $12 range.
http://time-will-tell-you.blogspot.com/
ALSO>...
Some music publications of the time heralded Bob Lind as “the new Bob Dylan”, a judgment based largely on the strength of Lind’s debut album Don’t Be Concerned. Its mixing of folk music with lush orchestration and a big beat was unique at the time, and the songs were top notch. Unfortunately, at the same time this gem of an LP was landing in record store bins, Verve Folkways got their hands on an old acoustic Bob Lind tape and overdubbed electric instruments, drums and orchestrations, releasing it as an album named “The Elusive Bob Lind” in an attempt to cash in. The result was of course much inferior to the “real” Lind album, and many record buyers were confused and frustrated. Hi Fi Stereo Review wrote, “So this big company, Verve, gets a hold of him and gives him strings and other people’s songs, and he’s on his way. Has Bob Lind sold out?”
Bob did record a legitimate follow-up album later in ’66 called Photographs of Feeling which failed to produce any hits. After a long delay the brilliant Since There Were Circles was released in 1971, about which Bob told PauseandPlay.com: “The album was released in 1971, but the songs date back farther than that. By 1969, my career was ice cold. I despised the pasty-faced lawyers who ran the music industry and they despised me right back. I had poisoned my relationship with my former label, World Pacific, and was well-known as a drunk, a stoner and an all-out pain in the ass to work with- a rep I richly deserved. “ Although revered today, Circles went nowhere.
FULL BIO HERE
1.Elusive Butterfly
2.Mister Zero
3.You Should Have Seen It
4.Counting
5.Drifter's Sunrise
6.Unlock The Door
7.Truly July's Blues (I'll Be There)
8.Dale Anne
9.The World Is Just A "B" Movie
10.Cheryl's Going Home
11.It Wasn't Just The Morning
GET IT! IF ONLY FOR "UNLOCK THE DOOR"
more GREAT Bob Lind stories....
