EMITT RHODES American Dream Orig UK LP - MERRY-GO-ROUND Baroque Power Pop Psych

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EMITT RHODES

The American Dream

Original UK LP released on A&M Records in 1971. Fully-laminated sleeve.

AMLS 64254A-1   T   /   AMLS 64254 B-1   *T

Innovative pop prodigy who led the group the Merry-Go-Round, later going on to a solo career as a one-man pop orchestra.

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The Merry-Go-Round ground to a halt in 1969, and Rhodes set up a makeshift recording studio in a shed in the backyard of his family's home. Recording and producing his own songs and handling all the instruments himself, Rhodes recorded four songs that landed him a deal with ABC/Dunhill Records, and his self-titled solo debut was released in 1970. While sales of the album were modest, reviewers were impressed and the single "Fresh as a Daisy" became a minor hit. The album received enough positive notice that A&M dusted off a batch of Merry-Go-Round tracks and released them as an Emitt Rhodes album, The American Dream.

Although this album may have been a contractual obligation, there is no doubt that Emitt Rhodes did not take the task of recording American Dream lightly. After disbanding his first group, Rhodes still owed A&M Records another album. Several new sessions were held, and along with a few old tracks such as the remarkable "You're A Very Lovely Woman," they make up the body of this fine, if fragmented album. "Mother Earth" is without a doubt one of Rhodes' McCartney-influenced masterpieces, led by a strident 12-string acoustic guitar and a masterful lead vocal. For the first (and possibly only) time in his career, Rhodes utilized session musicians, but he used the very best. Awesome playing from Hal Blaine, Larry Knechtel, Drake Levin, Joel Larson, and others lift this track and others to a level of greatness. This album may be seen as a sort of a warm-up for Rhodes' brilliant, self-recorded Dunhill albums.

Tracks Are :-

Side One

Mother Earth
Pardon Me
Textile Factory
Someone Died
Come Ride, Come Ride
Let's All Sing

Side Two

Holly Park
You're A Very Lovely Woman
Mary Will You Take My Hand
The Man He Was
In Days Of Old
'Til The Day After

Released on 'A&M Records' in 1971

Catalogue No. AMLS 64254

Disc is in EX+ condition

Sleeve is in EX+ condition

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