Various – Forge Your Own Chains (Heavy Psychedelic Ballads And Dirges 1968-1974) M-(Mint) / M-(Mint)
Various – Forge Your Own Chains (Heavy Psychedelic Ballads And Dirges 1968-1974) M-(Mint) / M-(Mint)
Now-Again Records
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Summary: Forge Your Own Chains (Heavy Psychedelic Ballads And Dirges 1968-1974), 2009, US
Media Condition: Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
Country: US
Released: 2009
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock
Comments:
New, Sealed.
Notes:
Gatefold sleeve with credits and photographs inside.
Restoration and remastered for Traffic Entertainment Group.
Art direction for Way Shape Form.
Mastered at Trutone, NYC.
A1 recorded at Fultz Recording Studio, Fairdale, KY, USA. Originally released on Wish Bone Records Album 83615 - Redneck Music, ASCAP - Copyright controlled |
A2 recording information unknown. Assumed to have been recorded in 1973. Originally released on King James Records Album 30639. Licensed courtesy Melvin Kenniebrew.
A3 recorded in Lagos, Nigeria, 1973. Originally released on EMI Nigeria Album NEMI 032. Licensed courtesy Ivory Music Nigeria, Ltd.
B1 recorded in the studios of American Forces Network, in Frankfurt, Germany. Original album prepared and distributed by the Office of the Adjutant General Headquarters, Department of the United States Army. Originally issued in 1971 on Cardinal Export album CEC-LP-11 as one LP in a double set. Licensed courtesy United States Army Entertainment Division
B2 recorded at Dynamic Recording Studios, New Haven, CT, USA, 1972. Originally released on On Records Album XPL 1029. Licensed courtesy Subliminal Sounds - Psychedelic Sorcery Music, ASCAP.
B3 recording information unknown, 1972. Originally issued on Universal Records Korea Album 72-11-5. Personnell: Unknown - artists given as assumed and perhaps.
B4 production information unknown, Originally released on Ahang Rooz 7" single AR 2537 - Personnel unknown.
C1 recording information unknown. Assumed to have been recorded in the early 1970s. Originally released on Lucky Bamboo 7" EP 974. Licensed courtesy Subliminal Sounds - Psychedelic Sorcery Music, ASCAP
C2 recording information unknown. Originally issued on EMI Nigeria HMV 7" single HNS 1278. Licensed courtesy Ivory Music Nigeria, Ltd.
C3 recorded at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA, 1968. Originally released on Ankh Records Album A-968. - Members Music, BMI
C4 recorded in Montreal, Québec, Canada, 1971. Originally released on Transworld Album SR 2900. Licensed courtesy Gear Fab Music Publishing - Gear Fab Publishing ASCAP.
C5 recorded at Cleveland Recording, Cleveland, OH, USA, 1972. Originally released on Starshine Records Album 6900 and Starshine Records 7" single 7201. Licensed by Morly Grey Publishing
D1 recorded at Shadrack Recording Studio (Porter Electric), Dakota City, IA, USA, 1973. Originally released on IGL Records Album IGL4051. Licensed courtesy Gear Fab Music Publishing - Gear Fab Fublishing ASCAP
D2 recorded at Suramericana-Ingeson, unknown year. Originally released on Discos Orbe Ltd. D-15002.
D3 recorded at Finnish Radio, Helsinki, Finland, March, 1968. Originally released on Eteenpain! / Forward! 7" single GN-5. Licensed courtesy Subliminal Sounds - Subliminal Socery Music, ASCAP.
(P)(C) 2009 Now-Again Records
Distributed exclusivly by Stones Throw Records
A1 Top Drawer– Song Of A Sinner
Bass Guitar – Alan Berry
Engineer – JD Barnhouse*
Lead Guitar, Harmony Vocals – John Baker (31)
Organ, Harpsichord, Harmony Vocals, Rhythm Guitar – Ron Linn
Percussion, Harmony Vocals – Ray Herr
Producer – Top DrawerWritten-By, Trumpet, Vocals, Harmony Vocals – Steven Geary*
A2 Sensational Saints*– How Great Thou Art
Baritone Saxophone, Bass Saxophone – Eddie Walker (9)
Bass – Claude Mitchell (2), William Jenkins (3)
Engineer – Michael Chavers
Lead Guitar – Ray Black (4)
Lead Guitar [Second] – Michael Andre Calhoun
Lead Vocals, Legal [Licensed] – Melvin Kenniebrew
Organ – Carl J. Lewis
Percussion – Isaac Wiley, Jr.
Performer [Fifth] – Jimmy Hughes (6)
Producer – James Bullard
Tenor Saxophone – Albert Chisholm
Written-By – M. Kenniebrew*
A3 Ofege– It's Not Easy
Bass Guitar, Vocals – Paul Alade
Drums, Vocals – M-Ike Meme
Engineer – Emmanuel Odenusi*, Kayode Salami
Keyboards – Olumide*
Lead Guitar – Berkley Jones
Legal [Licensing] – Laolu Akins
Producer, Directed By – Odion Iruoje
Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Felix Ineh*
Vocals – Melvin "Noks" Ukachi*
Written-By – M-Ike Meme, Paul Alade
B1 East Of Underground– Smiling Faces
Bass – Ronald Hall
Drums – George Daniels
Engineer – Heinz Boetcher, James Stout
Lead Guitar – Lou Perry (2)
Producer – Ted Spencer
Rhythm Guitar – Gus Marquez
Vocals – Austin Webb, Bobby Blackmon, Larry Watson
Written-By – Norman Whitfield - Barrett Strong*
B2 D.R. Hooker– Forge Your Own Chains
Bass – George Sheck
Dobro – Tom Kobela
Drums – Haywood Sheck
Electric Piano, Arranged By [Horns] – Art Ryerson (2)
Organ, Piano – Nick Oliva
Percussion, Vibraphone [Vibes] – Ken Lovelett
Synthesizer – Rick Sanders (2)
Written-By, Vocals, Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Producer – D.R. Hooker
B3 Shin Jung Hyun & The Men* / Featuring Jang Hyun– Twilight
Written-By, Arranged By, Legal [Licensed] – Shin Jung Hyun*
B4 Kourosh Yaghmaei– Hajm-e Khaali
Legal – Kourosh Yaghmaei
Written-By – Yaghmaei*
C1 T. Zchiew & The Johnny– Let Your Life Be Free
Arranged By – Noparatana Tipayaosot
Written-By – T. Noparat*
C2 The Strangers (50)– Two To Make A Pair
Drums – Geoffrey Imadhebo
Guitar – Ani Hofner*
Vocals, Percussion – Sam Mathews*
Written-By, Producer, Organ, Vocals – Bob Miga
C3 Damon (10)– Don't You Feel Me
Bass, Backing Vocals – Atley Yeager*
Cymbal [Finger Cymbals] – Helena Vlahos
Drums – Carl Zarcone
Engineer – Tom Perry
Goblet Drum [Durbeki, Dumberg] – Richard Barham
Guitar [Gypsy Guitar], Vocals – Damon (10)
Guitar [Singing Guitar] – Charlie Carey
Percussion – Lee Pastora, Mike Pastora
Written-By, Producer, Legal [Licensed] – David Del Conte
C4 Ellison– Strawberry Rain
Bass – Richard Arcand
Drums – Robert Cager
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Christian Tremblay
Producer – Alexandre Dumas (4), Yves Hamel
Vocals, Guitar – Vincent Marandola
Written-By – R. Arcand*, V. Marandola*
C5 Morly Grey– Who Can I Say You Are
Bass, Lead Vocals – Mark Roller
Drums, Backing Vocals – Paul Cassidy (2)
Engineer – Ken Hamen*
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Tim Roller
Producer – Floyd Phillips, Morly Grey
Written-By – Roller*, Cassidy*, Roller*
D1 Shadrack Chameleon*– Don't Let It Get You Down
Drums – Dan Dodgen*
Engineer – Shadrack (2)
Guitar – Randy Berka
Organ – Jon Porter
Written-By, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Vocals – Steve Fox (5)
D2 Ana Y Jaime– Nina Nana
Producer – A. Lizarazo*
Vocals – Ana*, Jaime Gonzalez*
Written-By – Riccardi*, Albertelli*
D3 Baby Grandmothers– Somebody Keeps Calling My Name
Bass – Bengt Linnarsson*
Drums – Pelle Ekman
Engineer – M.A. Numminen, Peka Gronow*
Guitar, Vocals – Kenny Håkansson (2)
Producer – Baby Grandmothers
Written-By – Linnarsson*, Hakansson, Ekman
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This compilation introduces a new direction for Now-Again Records and its owner, Stones Throw Records GM, A&R and producer Egon. With the same detailed, no-stone-unturned approach he used for Deep Funk (The Funky 16 Corners, Cold Heat ), he tackles beat-heavy global psychedelia with Forge Your Own Chains.
Forge Your Own Chains showcases music from all corners of the world: Colombia, Nigeria, Sweden, South Korea, Thailand and Iran. The focus – in keeping with Now-Again’s tradition – is on melody, driving rhythms and accessibility. Not one song is included on this compilation because it is from a “rare” album. Certainly, many of these songs do spring from albums that exchange hands for many thousands of dollars. Certainly, many of these songs have never seen reissue. But these songs are all beautiful in their own right and work to form a coherent album.
Psychedelic records, long the mainstay of older, grizzled collectors and seemingly quaint, are, in the hands of Egon and those of his generation, giving up new ghosts. And, with comps like Forge Your Own Chains, inspiring new investigations into our not so distant (and still very much alive) musical past.
Digipak CD package includes 40-page full color booklet with detailed liner notes, annotation, photos and ephemera. Gatefold 2LP includes all liner notes.
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