VAN DYKE PARKS Song Cycle LP WARNER BROS/SEVEN ARTS 1968 WS1727 second pressing
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VAN DYKE PARKS
An underrated musical talent and renowned Brian Wilson collaborator
with work as a session man, songwriter, solo artist, and screen composer.
In a field where the term "genius" is handed out freely, Van Dyke Parks is the real article.
As a session musician, composer, arranger, lyricist, and singer, he's contributed significantly
to several decades' worth of inimitable masterpieces credited to other artists,
as well as generating two or three masterpieces of his own
"SONG CYCLE"
1968 LP WARNER BROS./SEVEN ARTS RECORDS WS 1727 STEREO
PRINTED IN U.S.A. 1968/1970 SECOND PRESSING
on green labels and Warner Bros/Seven Arts orange/blue logo
(1ST PRESSING WAS ON A GOLD WB LABEL)
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE) STILL IN SHRINK
WITH COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
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LABEL: WARNER BROS./SEVEN ARTS - GREEN LABEL & 'W7' ORANGE/BLUE LOGO - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (front & spine) 1727 (rear): WS1727 W1727
Catalog on labels: WS 1727 [539319/ 539320]
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 39319
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 39320 1-A
On labels: top rim text reads "Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Records"
Produced by Lenny Waronker
bottom ring text reads "Made in U.S.A.......Seven-Arts, Inc."
On Back Sleeve: All Selections Arranged by Van Dyke Parks, except "Vine Street" by Randy Newman
All lyrics © 1968 by Found Farma Ballads, Used by Permission
Made in U.S.A.
tracklisting
Side A: VINE STREET - PALM DESERT - WIDOW'S WALK
LAUREL CANYON BLVD - THE ALL GOLDEN - VAN DYKE PARKS
Side B: PUBLIC DOMAIN - DONOVAN'S COLOURS - THE ATTIC
LAUREL CANYON BLVD - BY THE PEOPLE - POT POURRI
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Van Dyke Parks moved on from the Beach Boys' abortive SMiLE sessions to record his own solo debut,
Song Cycle, an audacious and occasionally brilliant attempt to mount a fully orchestrated, classically
minded work within the context of contemporary pop. As indicated by its title, Song Cycle is a
thematically coherent work, one which attempts to embrace the breadth of American popular music;
bluegrass, ragtime, show tunes -- nothing escapes Parks' radar, and the sheer eclecticism
and individualism of his work is remarkable. Opening with "Vine Street," authored by Randy Newman
(another pop composer with serious classical aspirations), the album is both forward-thinking and
backward-minded, a collision of bygone musical styles with the progressive sensibilities of the late '60s;
while occasionally overambitious and at times insufferably coy,
it's nevertheless a one-of-a-kind record, the product of true inspiration...(AllMusic)
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