Rebecca and the Sunnybrook Farmers Birth us 1969 Folk Rock, Country Rock, Psychedelic Rock

Rebecca and the Sunnybrook Farmers - Birth (us 1969) Folk Rock, Country Rock, Psychedelic Rock



Here are many odd things about the sole release from Rebecca and the Sunnybrook Farmers. First
of all, the album was recorded in one weekend. The band drove up to New York from their hometown
of Pittsburgh, recorded the album, and went home. Secondly, the album's label, Musicor Records,
was primarily a country label. The only other hippie band on the label was the equally obscure
Tingling Mothers Circus. Third, the bluegrass sounding band name; while hippies often DO have
farms (especially indoor ones), the band name is hardly an indicator of the freakiness present
on the album. And that's just the beginning: there are two Ilenes in the band (although one is
really Lauren Wood), no one is actually named Rebecca, there is a violin player, and the band
is nearly eclectic to a fault. And yet, the album holds together under the weight of all this
strangeness, managing to deliver a solid set of songs that are enthsuiastically and i
maginatively played

Side One is especially strong. "Two Blind Sisters" is a beautiful, baroque tearjerker, "Endless
Trip" is a nice slice of West Coast pop, and "David and Sally" fairly represents the band's
kooky, old-world side. Side two veers away from pop, with only slightly less success. "Better
Dead than Red" starts off innocuously enough in a reflective, soft-psych mode, only to explode
into a barrage of gunfire sound effects, whistles, and cacophonous drumming.

If you can track down a copy, I highly recommended this album, especially the songs composed
and sung by Lauren Wood, a gifted songwriter who still plays to this day.


Tracklist


A1 Oh Gosh (Running Through The Forest) 0:00

A2 Two Blind Sisters 3:11

A3 David & Sally 5:46

A4 Love 9:05

A5 Endless Trip 12:21


B1 Better Dead Than Red 15:02

B2 All These Ties 20:50

B3 What Do You Think Of The War? 23:12

B4 Ma-Ma 28:30

B5 Ghost 31:20


Credits

Backing Vocals, Guitar, Organ, Sitar [Lead] – Mickey Kapner
Backing Vocals, Harpsichord, Viola – Ilene Novog*
Backing Vocals, Percussion, Drums – Clifford Mandell
Bass, Backing Vocals – Ernie Eremita
Coordinator – Irwin Rawitz
Engineer – Geoff Turner (3)
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Ki-Ki
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Recorder – Ilene Rappaport
Producer – Bob Schwartz, Stu Kuby
Recorded By – Jeff Zaraya
Written-By – I. Rappaport* (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B1, B3, B4), M. Kapner* (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B3, B5), I. Novog* (tracks: A3)

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