Synthesis (The Cryan' Shames album)

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Synthesis
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Studio album by
Released1968
Genre Pop rock
Label Columbia
Producer Jim Golden
The Cryan' Shames chronology
A Scratch in the Sky
(1967)
Synthesis
(1968)
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Synthesis is the third album by The Cryan' Shames and was released in 1968. It contains some lineup changes from their second album, A Scratch in the Sky . Drummer Dennis Conroy was replaced by Alan Dawson, and Jim Fairs moved on with Dave Carter on guitar. Synthesis is an apt name for an album that, like its predecessor, A Scratch in the Sky, proved the Cryan' Shames to be among the most versatile mainstream pop/rock groups of the late 1960s. [2]

Contents

"Greenburg, Glickstein, Charles, David, Smith and Jones" was covered by Proto-Kaw, a reformed version of Kerry Livgren's early-1970s pre-Kansas band, on their 2004 album Before Became After .

Track listing

Side 1:

  1. "Greenburg, Glickstein, Charles, David Smith and Jones" (Isaac Guillory) - 2:17
  2. "Baltimore Oriole" (Hoagy Carmichael, Paul Francis Webster) - 4:31
  3. "It's All Right" (D.P. "Dad" Carter) - 2:11
  4. "Your Love" (Lenny Kerley) - 3:29
  5. "A Master's Fool" (Isaac Guillory) - 3:40

Side 2:

  1. "First Train to California" (Jim Fairs) - 2:57
  2. "The Painter" (Isaac Guillory) - 2:52
  3. "Sweet Girl of Mine" (Lenny Kerley) - 2:26
  4. "20th Song" (Lenny Kerley) - 2:08
  5. "Let's Get Together" (Dino Valente) - 3:28
  6. "Symphony of the Wind" (Isaac Guillory) - 3:25

Personnel

Availability

The 2002 Sundazed remastered CD reissue adds 8 bonus tracks. Six of them are single versions of tracks from the LP; the other two present both sides of their 1969 single, "Bits and Pieces"/"Rainmaker", which matched a country-rock original with a Harry Nilsson cover. Also featured is a hidden bonus track at the end of "Rainmaker", which appears to be a radio spot for the album.

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References

  1. Unterberger, Richie. Synthesis at AllMusic
  2. "The Cryan' Shames Synthesis Overview". Allmusic.