Album
Balaklava
1968 · Rock, Folk, World, & Country
3 collectors on Gatefold own this
Balaklava is a Rock album by Pearls Before Swine, originally released in 1968. On Gatefold: 33 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Trumpeter Landfrey....0:33
- A2Translucent Carriages4:00
- A3Images Of April2:38
- A4There Was A Man2:52
- A5I Saw The World3:24
- A6Guardian Angels3:00
Side B
- B1Suzanne4:54
- B2Lepers And Roses5:19
- B3Florence Nightingale....0:15
- B4Ring Thing2:20
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Psych Rock
- dreamy
- eerie
- psychedelic
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Original US release with artwork from the front sleeve used as a background on the labels, with white typeset..
Track titles are not printed on the labels.
"Trumpeter Landfrey...." is reprised in the runout groove on side B.
Track A6 was recorded in Guadalupe, Mexico in 1929 on 78 r.p.m.
Equipment and specially reprocessed for stereo.
Aerialvaced Out Of Onlyville, Impact Sound, n.y.c.
Front cover / a section of
"The Triumph Of Death" by Breughel The Elder, courtesy of
The Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.
Initial copies of this release included a 7"x 28" poster & a lyrics insert:
The color insert is a reproduction of
"THE GARDEN OF DELIGHTS" by Hieronymus Bosch
Prado Museum, Madrid.
Reproduced by ESP-DISK', Ltd, with the assistance of
The second insert (folded into three, or four, equal sections) has the lyrics printed on it.
Some later represses may also include the poster / insert.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Jim BohannonORGAN, PIANO, CLAVINET , MARIMBA
- Lane LedererBASS, GUITAR, HORN BASS, GUITAR, WIND
- Tom RappGUITAR, VOCALS, VOICE
- Wayne HarleyBANJO, CHORUS BANJO, HARMONY VOCALS
- Al SchackmanGUEST , GUITAR GUEST, GUITAR GUITAR
- Joe FarrellENGLISH HORN ENGLISH HORN, GUEST FLUTE
- Lee CrabtreeGUEST , PIANO, ORGAN GUEST , PIANO, ORGAN, FLUTE GUEST, PIANO, ORGAN
- Selwart ClarkeARRANGED BY
- Warren SmithARRANGED BY GUEST, ARRANGED BY
- William SalterBASS BASS, GUEST GUEST , BASS
3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 33 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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