Ben Harper & Tom Freund: Pleasure And Pain Lp
1992 Cardas Records

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this is the third and last time i am putting this record up for auction.
the winning bidder used "buy it now"
and is some kind of scam artist who buys and doesn't pay,
specifically records.
his user name is: jogunomi130

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Up for auction is a record that I’ve dreamed about owning for years,
I am a huge Ben Harper supporter from way back.
Unfortunately I must put this Gem up for auction
due to a surgery that put me out of work for while.
This is an original copy and is in excellent condition.
I will be setting the reserve for the same price
that I paid for the record

Pleasure And Pain – Ben Harper and Tom Freund Recorded March 15, 1992 at Cardas Records
12" vinyl - limited edition of 1500 copies

01. Whipping Boy (Chris Darrow)
02. Jesus On The Main Line (traditional)
03. Pay The Man (David Lindley / George 'Baboo' Pierre)
04. Quarter Of A Man (Robert 'Frizz' Fuller)
05. Mama's Got A Girlfriend Now (Ben Harper)
06. Angel From Montgomery (John Prine)
07. Click Yo' Heels (Tom Freund)
08. You Should Have Come To Me (Tom Freund)
09. Dust My Broom (Robert Johnson)
10. Sweet Home Chicago (Robert Johnson)
11. Pleasure And Pain (Ben Harper)

Producer: George Cardas •
Co-producer: Mary Cardas •
Engineering: George Cardas •
Tape editing: Bruce Bishop •
Chief technical assistant: Jim Hadley •
Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood, CA (photo) •
Tape recorder: Studer A 80 •
Microphone: Cardas differential microphone •
Cable: Cardas Hexlink Golden 5 C.

Cardas Records - 1933 West Eleventh Street, Suite F, Upland, CA 91786.
Ben Harper & Tom Freund :
"Deepest thanks to all of our family and friends for their support and encouragements.
Special Thanks to Jim "The Mayor" Smith, Taj Mahal, David Lindley,
Chris Darrow, Sal Salvador, Bruce Bishop, Alleghaney Meadows and the Folk Music Center."

This acoustic album is impregnated with the Blues.
A Blues transported from the Mississippi Delta to the Inland Empire.
A Blues re-rendered through the sound of a lap steel guitar influenced by Chris Darrow and David Lindley —
both slide guitarists and natives of Claremont.
Influence of Chris Darrow appears in the very first song :
Whipping Boy, a song he wrote in 1972.
Second song is a traditional Blues entitled Jesus on The Main line.
Then, Ben Harper and Tom Freund play covers of Pay The Man (co-written by David Lindley and George 'Baboo' Pierre)
and Quarter Of A Man (a sublime song written by Robert 'Frizz' Fuller - note).
These two songs were already gathered in David Lindley's album called El Rayo-X (released 1980).
Mama's Got A Girlfriend Now (written by Ben Harper),
and Angel From Montgomery (written by John Prine) bring a country music touch to the album.
Then album turns into Rock 'n Roll sound with two songs by Tom Freund :
Click Yo' Heels and an incredible You Should Have Come To Me.
King of the Delta Blues, Robert Johnson, couldn't be left out :
ardent covers of Dust My Broom and Sweet Home Chicago precede an already
very accomplished version of Pleasure And Pain (Ben Harper's original).

Ben Harper

: "There is a little bit of my parents in my first record. I remember a day at the shop, I had just written my first true song : Pleasure And Pain. All the family gathered around me in the workshop and I sang. There was a very sweet atmosphere in the back shop; a profound joy, a feeling of plenitude. After that our neighbors used to come to our house and listen to my songs. My grandparents and my mother wrote poems which I put in music. Everybody on the block was singing."

Tom Freund

: "Pleasure and Pain was an intense time. Ben and I really connected on a lot of levels. Sound and healing, tapping into the sounds around us. We had a cool duo and band (which consisted of Rosanne Lindley (David's daughter) and John McKnight who played on Ben's first record). We met in the college town of Claremont, CA. A mutual friend introduced us, Alleghaney Meadows - a ceramic artist, said we must meet eachother and play together. We had a powerful jam the first night at The Folk Music Center that Ben's grandparents owned and Ben worked selling and fixing guitars. Cool store with all sorts of world instruments on the walls and 'spirits' in the air."

Interview by Emmanuel Rivet / www.swer.net - 2000

if you have any questions just contact me
and i will be happy to answer them.
This is a rare find,
only 1500 in existence, the ultimate collectors item for a true Ben Harper fan.
Thank You and Good Luck!

i reserve the right to end this auction early.
(i have the album for sale elsewhere)

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