The Flock (album)

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The Flock
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Studio album by
The Flock
Released1969
Recorded1969
Genre Progressive rock, Jazz fusion
Length45:17
Label Sony Music Entertainment
Producer John McClure
The Flock chronology
The Flock
(1969)		 Dinosaur Swamps
(1970)
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The Flock is the debut album by the Flock, released in 1969. The album's jazz fusion sound was influenced by Miles Davis' Bitches Brew , in which Flock member Tom Webb participated, but whose performance was not recorded.

Contents

Grammy Award winning producer of jazz and classical albums for Columbia Records John McClure produced the album. [3] The cover photo was taken by Columbia staff photographer Don Hunstein, famous for the cover of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan . [4] The album was engineered by Arthur Kendy & Don Puluse.

Side one closes with a cover of the 1965 The Kinks classic, Tired of Waiting. [5] Side two closes with a 15:25 jam called "Truth". Liner notes were written from the audience at Whisky a Go Go by John Mayall [6] on July 9, 1969.

Track listing

Side one

"Introduction" (4:50)

"Clown" (7:42)

"I Am the Tall Tree" (5:37)

  • Fred Glickstein - 12-string acoustic guitar, lead vocals
  • Jerry Goodman - violin, backing vocals
  • Tom Webb - tenor saxophone
  • Rick Canoff - tenor saxophone, backing vocals
  • Frank Posa - trumpet
  • Jerry Smith - bass, backing vocals
  • Ron Karpman - drums

"Tired of Waiting" (4:35)

  • Written by Ray Davies
  • Fred Glickstein - guitar, lead vocals
  • Jerry Goodman - violin, backing vocals
  • Tom Webb - maracas
  • Rick Canoff - tenor saxophone
  • Frank Posa - trumpet
  • Jerry Smith - bass, backing vocals
  • Ron Karpman - drums

Side two

"Store Bought - Store Thought" (7:00)

  • Fred Glickstein - 6-string electric and 12-string acoustic guitars, lead vocals
  • Jerry Goodman - guitar, backing vocals
  • Tom Webb - tenor saxophone, backing vocals, flute
  • Rick Canoff - tenor saxophone, backing vocals
  • Frank Posa - trumpet
  • Jerry Smith - bass, backing vocals
  • Ron Karpman - drums

"Truth" (15:25)

  • Fred Glickstein - guitar, lead vocals
  • Jerry Goodman - violin
  • Tom Webb - harmonica, tenor saxophone
  • Rick Canoff - tenor saxophone
  • Frank Posa - trumpet
  • Jerry Smith - bass
  • Ron Karpman - drums [7]

References

  1. ↑ Allan, Mark. The Flock at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Winner, Langdon (October 18, 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone . No. 44. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. pp. 36–37.
  3. ↑ Yardley, William (June 24, 2014). "John McClure Dies at 84; Produced Classic Records". The New York Times .
  4. ↑ Burns, Sergio (April 28, 2017). "Positively Jones Street: Don Hunstein, Bob Dylan & a Great Street Photograph". Street Photography.
  5. ↑ David Luhrssen & Michael Larson (February 24, 2017). "Encyclopedia of Classic Rock". Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN   9798216061700.
  6. ↑ "Success Awaits Unknown 'Flock'". Evening Independent . p. 13-D.
  7. ↑ "The Flock – the Flock (1969, Santa Maria Pressing, Vinyl)". Discogs . 1969.
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