LP Gary Walker & the Rain Album No. 1 (re Absinthe Records 528 - Sealed
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LP Gary Walker & the Rain Album No. 1 (re Absinthe Records 528 - Sealed
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LP GARY WALKER & THE RAIN
Album no. 1
Country of release: France, 2018
Original released: 1968
Label: Absinthe
Catalogue number: ARLP 528
Bar code: 3556482555288
Gatefold / Gatefold Sleeve: Yes / Yes
Condition Record: MINT
Condition cover: MINT
LP is still sealed / LP IS STILL SEALED !!!
(Photo from my own LP / Photo taken from my own copy)
Tracks Side 1:
1 magazine woman (4:57)
2. The sun shines (2:44)
3. Doctor doctor (2:55)
4. I can't stand to loose you (2:24)
5. Market Tavern (4:01).
6 spooky (2:59)
7 take A look (2:04)
Tracks Side 2:
1 The view (2:48)
2. If you don't come back (6:42)
3. thoughts of an old man (2:39)
4. Francis (2:59)
5. I promise to love you (3:03)
6 Whatever happened to happy (2:14)
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The lead-off track, magazine woman, features Joey Molland on lead vocals and distorted lead guitar and Paul Crane on piano. John Lawson's bass guitar is prominent in the mix here, as well as during most of the album. The song is similar in style to the who's Armenia city in the sky from their "who sell out ' LP from late 1967 as a lead-off track for the album, it is rather weak musically and goes on way too long (nearly five minutes). It's hard to imagine how this got released as a single in Japan.
The second track, The Sun shines, is a pretty straightforward song with a bouncy beat that doesn't use any musical gimmicks. This track if under the power pop category. It features most of the group singing together, and has no lead guitar or solo. Joey Molland plays rhythm guitar throughout the entire track.
Doctor, doctor, the album's third track, features on interesting bass line from John Lawson. This song may be so inspired by the who; a track of the same title written by John Entwistle what released in 1967 as the b-side of to the who's picture of lily. Paul Crane sings lead for most of the track.
The 4th track on the album, I can't stand to loose you, what originally released as the B side of the rain's first single, spooky. It is one of the most commercial sounding track on the album, and many critics believe it should have been the A-side, especially in the U.K.. where spooky what a commercial flop on the pop charts. I can't stand to lose you features Paul Crane's playing piano as the main instrument and has no lead guitar part Gary Walker's drum fills keep the song's driving beat going without a break.
Market tavern is the story of all the actual people who frequented the pub at 144 York way as narrated in song by Paul Crane. A phasing effect is used sporadically throughout the track, sometimes applied to the cymbals, and sometimes to the entire recording. Joey's guitar licks are played straight, played occasionally during the song, without any distortion or effects.
Track 6 is the first of three cover versions on the album. Spooky of what restringsd as the first single and what American hit at the beginning of 1968 (i.e. peaking at #3) on the Imperial label by the Jacksonville, Florida band, pop classics IV. it has now become a perennial Halloween classic. Gary Walker & the rain's version is a straight copy of the hit version featuring Paul Crane's smooth lead vocals, making this into a #3 song in Japan. To faithfully reproduce the original version of the song, this song required a rhythm/lead guitar line-up, rather than piano / lead guitar, and of course, added on top of all of this is the "spooky" keyboard part. In place of the original sax solo is Joey Molland's fairly simple guitar solo. In my opinion, this version is superior because of the overall better sound & vocals, despite the missing saxophone.
The next track, take A look, is another Joey Molland composition. This is one of the highlights of the entire album, with its catchy guitar hook and group harmonizing. It of just a shame that this is so the shortest track. The instrumentation here features a second guitar again instead of the piano.
The view, a Gary/Joey collaboration, is another album highlight, with another excellent crane lead vocal and some Alex guitar licks from Joey. This song documents the scene where a man is contemplating suicide from a 13th floor ledge of a building. The instrumentation here sounds the same as the previous track.
Track 9 is my favorite on the album. If You don't come back is a psychedelic, Jimi Hendrix inspired cover of the drifters recording of this little known Leiber & Stoller composition, which what originally issued on the "Under The Boardwalk" LP in 1964. John Lawson does amazing job singing this in the same style as the drifters, and Joey Molland expands the length of the original song by jamming with the band for several minutes, making generous use of controlled guitar feedback [the original song had no solo and what only 2:39]. The song therefore allows Gary to demonstrate his drumming abilities.
Track 10 is another narrative type song like the view and Gary/Joey for another collaboration, this time sung by Joey. The lyrics tell the tale of a sad old man's life. Unfortunately, thoughts of an old man is one of the weakest and most uninteresting tracks musically by Gary Walker & the rain. The piano is featured here again, in place of a second guitar.
Francis, track 11 on the LP, is a group composition. The song really rocks out, with Joey playing his best Eric Clapton guitar licks, and is probably the best song that the group self-Stan. It's hard to believe that this ended up on the b-side to their final release in January of 1969, come in you'll get pneumonia, which what a huge flop in the U.K.. Francis is a "Can't Buy Me Love" type song about a rich womanizer who can't get himself a wife.
The following track is the lightest sounding of the entire LP and borders on bubblegum music, probably the ever most extreme change in styles you're going to hear from one track to the next on any album. Paul crane's, I promise To Love You, features harpischord as the main instrument and a rhythm track of piano and acoustic guitar.
Finally, the end of the album brings US to the third cover version on the album, Gary Bonner and Alan Gordon's composition, what ever happened to happy? Bonner & Gordon are well known for writing the turtle's biggest hit, happy together. Two versions of this song were issued early in 1968, one by a female singer, Jackie DeShannon and the other by the San Francisco group, the Mojo men. Being a more "Folkie" type of song, this track features acoustic guitar, finger snaps and hand claps.
Overall, Gary Walker & the rain album no. 1 is a very diverse album as far as musical styles, and probably has at least one song that appeals to everyone, whether you like straight rock, psychedelic rock, power pop, light pop, or folk. () Tom Brennan, may, 2007 (badfinge.ipower.com)
Gary Walker - drums, vocals
Joey Molland – guitar, vocals
Paul crane - lead vocals, guitar
John Lawson - bass
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Musikgruppe GARY WALKER & THE RAIN Format Album Plattengröße LP (12 Inch) Herstellungsland und -region Frankreich Genre Rock EAN 3556482555288 Sampler Nein Geschwindigkeit 33 U/min Produkttyp Vinylschallplatte Subgenre Psychedelic Rock, Beat Erscheinungsjahr 1968 / 2018
