Country Weather - Same (Double LP)
Aqui teneis una grata sorpresa con este album de una desconocida banda del SF mas hippy que nunca consiguio un contrato discografico a pesar de tener bajo el brazo este pedazo de disco ya grabado...un clasico del genero sin lugar a dudas. Para mi es uno de los discos mas logrados de la epoca con muy buenos temas y excelente sonido.
Espero que disfruteis como enanos con semejante descubrimiento...!!!
Javi ´Saxon´ Jr.
Long awaited release of the best unsigned San Francisco band of the 60s!
Side 1 is the now legendary 1969 1-sided demo-only LP from the remastered mastertape.
Side 2 are studio recordings from the Church in San Anselmo, CA in 1971.
Side 3 and 4 are live recordings from the Walnut Creek Civic Center, CA in 1970.
The front cover was done by the legendary 60s poster artist Randy Tuten. The booklet includes hitherto unseen photos and the story of the band told by the different musicians.
Pressed on heavy audiophile vinyl; comes with a heavy old style cardboard foldout cover and a multi page insert.
front cover back cover
Biography by William Ruhlmann
Country Weather was one of the minor bands that were part of the San Francisco music scene of the mid- to late '60s. The group was formed in the San Francisco suburb of Walnut Creek, CA, by high school students Dave Carter (bass and vocals) and Steve Derr (rhythm guitar and vocals) as a cover band called the Virtues in 1966. They were joined by Paul White (lead guitar) and Craig T. Nelson (drums) (not the actor of the same name), who were soon replaced by Greg Douglass and Bill Baron. In 1967, they auditioned for promoter Chet Helms, who suggested they change their name and stop playing covers. Soon after, they became Country Weather. Over the next few years, they played frequently at such San Francisco venues as the Avalon Ballroom, the Fillmore Auditorium, and Winterland, opening for many of the renowned acid rock bands of the day, as well as up and down the West Coast. But they were never signed to a national record contract. In 1969, they recorded their own one-sided, five-song disc, which earned airplay on local radio stations.
Country Weather disbanded at the start of 1973, when Douglass and Baron quit to form a band called Mistress. Douglass later joined the Steve Miller Band and has also played with Van Morrison, among others. Carter played in a version of Quicksilver Messenger Service and in former Moby Grape member Skip Spence's band.
cd 1
1 Over and Over - Derr 4:42
2 Boy Without a Home - Derr 3:57
3 Out on the Trail - Derr 3:17
4 Yes That's Right - Derr 3:51
5 Why Time Is Leaving Me Behind - Derr, Douglass 4:02
6 New York City Blues - Dreja, Relf 4:32
7 Carry a Spare - Douglass 5:04
8 Fly to New York - Baron, Carter, Derr, Douglass 6:49
9 Black Mountain Rag - Traditional 1:24
cd 2
10 I Don't Know - Derr 4:03
11 Black Mountain Rag - Traditional 7:10
12 Pakistan (Ring Around the Moon) - Derr 2:48
13 Fly to New York - Baron, Carter, Derr, Douglass 9:17
14 New York City Blues - Dreja, Relf 4:26
15 Yes That's Right - Derr 3:19
16 Wake Me Shake Me - Traditional 15:04
images:
http://mypage.bluewin.ch/a-z/rd-records/releasedprojects_vinyl.htm
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