Rich Mountain Tower - Rich Mountain Tower (2014) Remastered [email protected] Beolab1700
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Rich Mountain Tower - Rich Mountain Tower
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Artist...............: Rich Mountain Tower
Album................: Rich Mountain Tower
Genre................: Rock
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1971
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.99
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........:
Posted by............: Beolab1700 on 20/05/2015
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Tracklisting
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1. Uncle Bob White [5:08]
2. Circle Sky Moon Mix [4:14]
3. Thank You, Maggie [3:47]
4. If You Don’t Look Back [3:13]
5. Our Passage Home [3:37]
6. He Ain’t Got No Color, Boys [4:06]
7. Song Of The Sea [2:54]
8. The Same Thing Applies To Me That Applies To You [3:51]
9. One Last Farewell [2:39]
10.Marie [2:32]
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Rich Mountain Tower’s debut self-titled album, released in the fall of 1971, combines southern rock with acoustic ballads and psychedelic flourishes to create a sound well ahead of its time. Originally issued in quadrophonic sound, it’s a superb recording that shows just what a fine and underrated band this Tennessee quintet was.
Really, though, these folks are mainly anchored in psychedelic folk, with a driving, rock rhythm and lots of jangly guitars and Southern-style slide balancing out the nascent twang. The lyrics are very hippie-dippie and diffuse, spacy, celebratory stuff about being alive and in nature, sung in airy harmonies with pedal steel an 12-string guitar providing sweet counterpoint – all in all, a very Byrds-y sound.
A few Nashville studio pros were brought in to beef up the band’s sound – Charlie McCoy lays down a few hot harmonica riffs, and steel player Weldon Myrick adds gorgeous accompaniment throughout. There’s not a lot on here that I would call “country,” as opposed to rock, and a few songs may get irritating if you’re just in search of country sounds, although for psych/folk-freak fans this record is a real treat. A mixed bag, but a great document of its time.
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