FRED NEIL Bleecker & MacDougal LP ELEKTRA 1965 US 1st press+stereo EKS 7293 RARE
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FRED NEIL
with FELIX PAPPALARDI or DOUGLAS HATLELID bass,
PETE CHILDS 2nd guitar & dobro, JOHN SEBASTIAN harmonica
Moody, bluesy, and melodic, Fred Neil was one of the most compelling folk-rockers to emerge
from Greenwich Village in the mid-'60s. His albums showcased his extraordinarily low,
rich voice on intensely personal and reflective compositions,
sounding like a cross between Tim Buckley and Tim Hardin.
"BLEECKER & MacDOUGAL"
1965 LP ELEKTRA RECORDS EKS-7293 STEREO
PRINTED IN U.S.A. FIRST PRESSING
[First pressing with the guitar player logo on the top center and a gold background with teethed rim]
LAMINATED (on front) SINGLE COVER + COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: ELEKTRA - GOLD LABEL with GUITAR PLAYER LOGO - BLACK (& White) TEXT
Catalog on cover: (front & spine) EKS-7293 (rear) EKL-293 (mono) EKS-7293 (stereo)
Catalog on labels: EKS-7293-A / EKS-7293-B
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): EKS-7293A 28 5 5 65
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): EKS-7293B 28-5 5 65
On Labels: STEREO Elektra STEREO
Recording first published May 1965
top rim text reads "Outstanding High Fidelity Recordings"
bottom rim text reads "The Sound of Quality"
On Back Sleeve: Notes by Skip Weshner
Recording Director, Paul Rotchild
Production Supervisor, Jac Holzman
Elektra Records 51 West 51st Street New York City 10019
Printed in U.S.A.
tracklisting
Side A: BLEECKER & MacDOUGAL - BLUES ON THE CEILING - SWEET MAMA
LITTLE BIT OF RAIN - COUNTRY BOY - OTHER SIDE TO THIS LIFE - MISSISSIPPI TRAIN
Side B: TRAVELIN' SHOES - THE WATER IS WIDE - YONDER COMES THE BLUES
CANDY MAN - HANDFUL OF GIMME - GONE AGAIN
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RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Given the late Fred Neil's near mythic reputation as a songwriter, singer, environmentalist, and recluse,
his 1965 album Bleecker & MacDougal is of historic importance. But rather than being an artifact of
the man who wrote "Everybody's Talkin'," "Other Side to This Life" (which appears here), and "Dolphins,"
this album is made of the material that gave Neil his enigmatic presence. This is a highly evocative and
emotionally charged set of material, nearly all of which Neil composed. The lineup on the album
was similar to his previous outing with Vince Martin, and featured John Sebastian on harmonica,
Felix Pappalardi on bass, and guitarist Pete Childs (who also played dobro and electric on the date,
the latter was heresy for a folk record), with Neil playing 12-string. The pace of the set is devastating,
from the greasy blues of the title track to the strolling darkness of "Blues on the Ceiling," the jug band
stomp of "Sweet Mama," and the balladic heraldry of "Little Bit of Rain," a dynamic Tim Buckley
would bring his own magic to as he emulated it a few years later. In addition, there's the tough
Chicago blues meets California swagger of "Country Boy," which Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield
would perfect two scant years later. "Other Side to This Life" is its own elegiac painting in sound,
with glistening dirge-like textures caressed by Neil's baritone. The tough, battered "Travelin' Shoes"
is an early example of folk-rock with a big accent on the word "rock." Yet, on the album's lone cover,
a gorgeously wrought and multi-textured rendition of "The Water Is Wide," Neil added spare,
haunting jazz overtones to the arrangements, transcending the folk coffeehouse prison the song
had been encased in for a decade. In fact, if one listens to Bryter Layter by Nick Drake, it would
be easy to hear the connection. The album closes with the winding dobro that sparks "Gone Again,"
underlining the album's feeling of rambling transience and willful acceptance of both the graces
and hardships life offers. In 13 songs, Neil transformed the folk genre into something wholly other
yet not unfamiliar to itself, and helped pave the way for an entire generation of singer/songwriters
who cared as much for the blues as they did for folk revival traditions...(AllMusic)
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