*RARE* PATRIARCH Record Album LP EP ''First Hand'' MLP 1983 USA Kansas Rock Seal

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One of the rarest pieces of the vast US Hard rock/AOR/pomp scene that released on TED Records. Patriarch comes from Kansas and are very close in the style of Kansas! Really maginificent songs..

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Very rare vinyl EP by a band very Kansas sounding... from Kansas. The musicianship is excellent, and so is the production, but you are unlikely to ever find a copy! If you get a chance: check out a bunch of their demo tracks. They are even better, and in a more pompous Aor vein, dispensing with the violin, and shaking off the obvious Kansas references, to give them their own sound and style. label (TED Records) back in 1983. The first thing truck me when I heard

Patriarch hail from Kansas and released a brilliant 4 song EP “First Hand” on a private label (TED Records) back in 1983. The first thing that struck me when I heard this record was its similarity to Kansas (the band). This is fantastic stuff and extremely well recorded and played. These guys sure know how to pen pomp rock songs of the finest order. There are 3 great rock tracks with vocals similar to Steve Walsh and one ballad to vary the tempo, and every one could have been lifted off any classic Kansas record, they are that good.

The band line up featured that most typical Kansas instrument, violin, too. The line up was Gregg Anderson - (lead and rhythm guitars, violin, vocals), Chuck Huels - (keyboards, percussion, vocals), Mike Maxwell - (lead and rhythm guitars, bass, vocals), Jeff Carroll - (bass, vocals), Steve Kuker - (drums. vocals). Having said that these guys do what they do very well indeed and are obviously influenced by their heroes rather than just stealing their songs. Sadly, the band released nothing else, which is a shame as they had major league potential and were nearly signed to RCA until the deal fell through at the last minute.

Question: Was the "First Hand" mini-album all that Patriarch did?

No. It was our first attempt at a professional recording though. Mike Maxwell's father (Ted) loaned us the money to make the recording. "Ted Records" was in honor of Ted Maxwell and also stood for "Terribly Expensive Demo". We spent so much money on this project that we purchased a Tascam T38 8-track reel to reel recorder and then began recording, mixing, and producing on our own. Jay Waller, owner of "Stage Pro", had excellent equipment that we could use so it was an easy decision to do it on our own and made good business sense. The recordings that we subsequently produced were much better than the one we paid a professional to do.

Question: The album seems rare from over here -- was it successful regionally & how many were pressed?

Our goal was to sell enough records to pay for the $5,000 demo. We initially had 1,000 produced for sale and sold them for $5 each at our concerts and in local record stores. We sold 1,000 pretty quickly and paid Ted back. We then had another 1,000 produced, which were also sold locally. With no major promotions or marketing, I think it was fairly successful on a local basis. (CHUCK) We made only 1,000 "First Hand" EPs and sold them all back in 1983-1985 time frame. We only did cassette tapes after that - mostly for demos. We recorded a lot (we bought our own 8 track - 1/2 " tape machine) for demos but did just a few seriously - maybe 10 songs that we really tried on. Two songs that we did in our little studio that came out great were "Sentimental Youth" and "Under the Ice". You probably have never heard them - sold maybe 500 tapes as the purpose was not for making money, but for getting a label. I have those masters packed away.

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