Dane Sturgeon - Wild 'n' Tender - Garage Folk Psych

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Dane Sturgeon - Wild 'n' Tender - Garage Folk Psych

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Dane Sturgeon - Wild 'n' Tender - Righteous Folk-Rock

Dane Sturgeon : Wild 'n Tender (Stur-Geon TS-100) late 60's Private label pressing from Gainsborough Studios in Tulare CA

Dane Sturgeon, in California, in the year 1967, made a record of totally american dementia, proudly ignoring almost  everything that was made after 1962 - one of the bizarre artifacts that this era seems to have produced more often than we imagine (but we are slowly discovering).

A hybrid of Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley after the army and Byrds if they were from Texas, "Wild'n'Tender" is an absolutely unique album, in the private press bizarre records that have been discovered lately, like Y. Bhekhirst, Jerry Rayson or Mark Melanson - although not so extreme musically as those. Nothing is unheard here, in fact several of the melodies are reminding something familiar.

Dane Sturgeon is trying to give us the impression of the title (and the record) - he's trying to be wild and tender, both with his look and his songs (A-Side is the 'wild' side and B-Side is the 'tender' side, but they're not really so different). Dane surely believes in his music - that's why he's released this record on his Stur-Geon label. Wether he succeeds in his interpretation of what he calls "Righteous folk-rock" and "folk-rock in a stone groove" is indeed a question.

The opening "Ghost of Bardsley Road" starts with a crazy, manic laughter and we're waiting for Arthur Brown, but what follows is a tale about a 'ghost machine' that challenges the kids to race and kills them, sang in Ringo ballad style. In "Hurricane", over the 'oohs' and 'aahs' Dane sings about Stormie, the hurricane that swept El Paso. In "Queen Bee" we have another female force that kills her lovers. "What Comin'z Comin'" is the most modern song of the record: the music is in the San Francisco psychedelic style, while Dane in a falsetto voice sings about 'strawberry wine' and 'a maiden that wanders with love in her heart'. In "Whip of Love" we have flamenco guitar over a background of a baritone chorus, hand-claps and jangly, fuzzed rhythm guitars.

Acid archives review compares it with Del Shannon's mid-60s work and finds it terrific - I would add that it really is, as long as you keep in mind that this has almost nothing to do with what we call rock/psyche/acid music of the sixties.

You gotta also love this cover (Rodin's "The Kiss") ...the later cover has a picture of Dane on the front cover. Copies of this are listed on Popsike selling in excess of $100

RECORD LABEL CATALOG #

Stur-Geon TS-100

VINYL GRADE

NM8 

COVER GRADE

EX7 with lite rub on front black cover and softening of bottom corners. No writing or splitting 

ARTIST

Wild 'n' Tender - Dane Sturgeon, Freddie Thomas and Davis Cosby

PERFORMANCE/TRACKS

Side 1:

Ghost of Bardsley Road - 2:40

Just As Sure - 2:15

Hurricane - 2:40

Crazy Dreams - 2:45

Queen Bee - 2:45

 

Side 2:

Candlelight - 2:40

What's Comin Z' Comin - 2:40

Who's Gonna Hold The Wind - 2:49

Whip Of Love - 2:45

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