Maxfield Parrish - Julie Columbus

From the album It's A Cinch To Give Legs To Old Hard-Boiled Eggs (1972)

This album is a real treasure... spacey slightly psychedelic country, really well written songs... listen to bottle of reds blues and try and get that out of your head! not that you would want to... fantastic unique voice the singer has... lovely harmonies, amazing playing and production from the members of Kaleidoscope who helped out on this lp.... there are a hundred reasons why this is an amazing album! Often end up listening to the whole thing right through, after reapeating a few tracks on the way :)

Some info from the web...
Maxfield Parrish's only album was released in 1972, well after the band had split up. Members from the great California band Kaleidoscope produced and played on this under appreciated record which was originally recorded in early 1969. Had this album seen release in 1969, it would have been regarded today, as an early, innovative slab of country-rock.

It's A Cinch strongly recalls the Byrds' Notorious Byrd Brothers/Easy Rider era or even the New Riders early material (great stuff!!), with strong songwriting, superb musicianship and a few nifty psych/space rock moves. There are some great, catchy acoustic rock songs in "Julie Columbus" and "Cruel Deception."


The weirder creations, "The Widow," an 8 minute mantra, and "The Untransmuted Child" work really well too. In particular, "The Untransmuted Child" is excellent, sounding like a trippy mountain hymn with hillbilly vocals, organ, harmonica and hallucinary guitar sustain. Fans of the Byrds, Dillards, and Euphoria should not miss this one before it goes out of print forever!

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• byrds
• Kaleidoscope
• 1960s
• psychedelic
• country
• psych
• space
• cosmic
• drugged
• out