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Clear Light Clear Light - 1967- Psychedelic Rock ( Very Rare Vinyl Release) A Near Mint Copy !
Clear Light Clear Light - 1967- Psychedelic Rock ( Very Rare Vinyl Release) A Near Mint Copy !
Clear Light Clear Light - 1967- Psychedelic Rock ( Very Rare Vinyl Release) A Near Mint Copy !
This one is rare and extremely hard to find. Especially in this condition
tiny marks on top of the cover ( almost unnoticeable )
#253
Label: | Elektra – EKS-74011 |
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Format: |
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
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Country: | Canada |
Released: | |
Genre: | Rock |
Style: | Psychedelic Rock |
Tracklist
A1 |
Black Roses
Vocals – Bob Seal
Written-By – Clear Light (2), Dios*
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2:08 | |
A2 |
Sand
Written-By – Lubahn*
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2:37 | |
A3 |
A Child's Smile
Written-By – Clear Light (2), Ney*
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1:33 | |
A4 | Street Singer | 3:15 | |
A5 | The Ballad Of Freddie & Larry | 2:00 | |
A6 | With All In Mind | 3:00 | |
B1 |
Mr. Blue
Written-By – Tom Paxton
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6:24 | |
B2 |
Think Again
Written-By – Clear Light (2), Lubahn*
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1:37 | |
B3 |
They Who Have Nothing
Written-By – Seal*
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2:33 | |
B4 |
How Many Days Have Passed
Written-By – Seal*
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2:20 | |
B5 |
Night Sounds Loud
Written-By – Lubahn*
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2:25 |
Companies, etc.
- Copyright © – Nina Music
- Published By – Little Giant (2)
- Published By – Deep Fork
- Engineered At – Sunset Sound Recorders
- Mastered At – Customatrix
Credits
- Engineer – Bruce Botnick
- Performer [Clear Light], Bass Guitar – Douglas Lubahn*
- Performer [Clear Light], Drums – Dallas Taylor
- Performer [Clear Light], Drums, Percussion – Michael Ney
- Performer [Clear Light], Guitar – Bob Seal
- Performer [Clear Light], Lead Vocals – Cliff De Young
- Performer [Clear Light], Organ, Piano, Celesta – Ralph Schuckett
- Photography By, Art Direction – William S. Harvey
- Producer – Paul A. Rothchild
- Supervised By [Production] – Jac Holzman
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: BMI
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched): o EK S-74011 A-1B T X
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): o EK S-74011 B -2A T X
History[edit]
In 1966, The Brain Train formed and was managed by Sunset Strip hipster Bud Mathis. They recorded one single – "Black Roses",[1] written by Wolfe Dios, (aka: Wolfgang Dios, now residing and recording in Toronto, Canada) – before changing their name to Clear Light and signing to Elektra Records. Guitarist Bob Seal felt the name should be changed to coincide with the single. Clear Light shared its name with a potent form of LSD, although Seal states the name came from his studies of Eastern philosophy. The Doors' producer Paul A. Rothchild took over management of the band.[2]
The core members of Clear Light were:
- Bob Seal, lead guitarist and vocals,
- Robbie "The Werewolf" Robison, rhythm guitar and vocals,
- Doug Lubahn bass and vocals,
- Dallas Taylor drums, and
- Michael Ney on an atypical second set of drums.[3][4]
The original line-up was featured in the 1967 motion picture The President's Analyst,[4] with Barry McGuire cast as their leader and vocalist.[5]
They soon added Cliff De Young on lead vocals[4] and this is the version of the band seen on their only album cover.[citation needed]
However, sometime during the recording process, often described as "brutal", Paul Rothchild was not happy with Robison's guitar playing skills and pressured the group to remove him[citation needed] - he was replaced by keyboard player Ralph Schuckett.
In what has been called the band's finest hour, drunken customers in a Park Avenue club heckled them so brutally that Ralph Schuckett, the usually gentle organist, hurled a few choice words back at them. The band walked off the stage, retired to the Albert Hotel, and woke up in the morning to find that they had become underground heroes.[6]
A notable track from the Clear Light album, was "Mr. Blue," a psychedelic version of a folk song written by Tom Paxton and a popular request on underground radio at the time. Lasting over six minutes, the rather sinister, psychedelic song is considered a classic of the genre.[3] Its lyrics, which alternate between spoken word and song, include verses opening with such lines as, "Good morning, Mister Blue, we've got our eye on you," "Step softly, Mister Blue, we know what's best for you," and "Be careful, Mister Blue, this phase you're going through ...."[7]
The album also included a reworked version of "Black Roses", released as a single, and some of guitarist Bob Seal's psychedelic folk-rock songs, namely "With All in Mind" and "They Who Have Nothing."[3] It had some success in England, but was largely ignored in the U.S, reaching number 126 on the Billboard album chart. Paul Rothchild then pressured the other members of the band to fire Bob Seal"[8] Seal was replaced by ex-Fug Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar; Cliff De Young was soon to follow, and after having started work on a second album the group disbanded in 1968. Two tracks from the sessions for the second album surfaced in 2006, "Darkness of Day" and "What a Difference Love Makes"; the latter showed the group moving into more commercial territory due to Kortchmar's influence