It was recorded at Impact Sound in New York City, between May 6–9, 1967, by the Florida-based group, which at that point comprised main songwriter and singer Tom Rapp, Wayne Harley, Lane Lederer, and Roger Crissinger. Percussion was by session musician Warren Smith.
The album presents a mixture of styles - "psychedelic folk reminiscent of Donovan collides with Farfisa-driven punk and hard-to-categorize repetitive minimalism, all thrown together with the undisciplined, creative exuberance of youth".[3]
"Another Time" is an acoustic song, the first that Rapp ever wrote, based on his experience in a car crash where he walked away unscathed, and, with "Morning Song", represents the most characteristic example of Rapp's later writing style. In contrast, "Drop Out!" and "Uncle John" are youthful protest songs. "(Oh Dear) Miss Morse" spells out in Morse code the word F-U-C-K, accompanied by banjo and organ.
The album became the most successful ESP release ever, estimated to have sold between 100,000 and 250,000 copies. Early vinyl copies came with a small poster of the Hell panel from Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights, a detail of which was used on the front of the album sleeve.
The album went through a number of cover variations. The original, first edition was brown monochrome with a white border along two sides of the cover. The second edition had a black and white cover with the group name in white along the top. The third edition was the white background and color section of the painting (see right).
The album has been reissued numerous times on LP and CD, with various stereo mix variations. On October 20, 2017, Drag City - with the cooperation and participation of Tom Rapp and original engineer/producer Richard Alderson - released a "Fiftieth Anniversary Mono Restoration & Remastering" on CD and LP.
Official site for Tom Rapp and Pearls Before Swine
December 07, 2023
nation, underground, pearls, before, swine, album, nation, underground, debut, album, american, psychedelic, folk, group, pearls, before, swine, released, disk, label, july, 1967, nation, undergroundstudio, album, pearls, before, swinereleasedjuly, 1967recorde. One Nation Underground is the debut album by American psychedelic folk group Pearls Before Swine It was released on the ESP Disk label in July 1967 One Nation UndergroundStudio album by Pearls Before SwineReleasedJuly 1967RecordedMay 6 9 1967 New York CityGenrePsychedelic folk folk rockLength35 50LabelESP Disk original US release Fontana 1969 UK amp Netherlands release Drag City 2017 reissue ProducerRichard L Alderson 1 Pearls Before Swine chronologyOne Nation Underground 1967 Balaklava 1968 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 2 Contents 1 Overview 2 Track listing 3 Musicians 4 References 5 External linksOverview editIt was recorded at Impact Sound in New York City between May 6 9 1967 by the Florida based group which at that point comprised main songwriter and singer Tom Rapp Wayne Harley Lane Lederer and Roger Crissinger Percussion was by session musician Warren Smith The album presents a mixture of styles psychedelic folk reminiscent of Donovan collides with Farfisa driven punk and hard to categorize repetitive minimalism all thrown together with the undisciplined creative exuberance of youth 3 Another Time is an acoustic song the first that Rapp ever wrote based on his experience in a car crash where he walked away unscathed and with Morning Song represents the most characteristic example of Rapp s later writing style In contrast Drop Out and Uncle John are youthful protest songs Oh Dear Miss Morse spells out in Morse code the word F U C K accompanied by banjo and organ The album became the most successful ESP release ever estimated to have sold between 100 000 and 250 000 copies Early vinyl copies came with a small poster of the Hell panel from Hieronymus Bosch s The Garden of Earthly Delights a detail of which was used on the front of the album sleeve The album went through a number of cover variations The original first edition was brown monochrome with a white border along two sides of the cover The second edition had a black and white cover with the group name in white along the top The third edition was the white background and color section of the painting see right The album has been reissued numerous times on LP and CD with various stereo mix variations On October 20 2017 Drag City with the cooperation and participation of Tom Rapp and original engineer producer Richard Alderson released a Fiftieth Anniversary Mono Restoration amp Remastering on CD and LP Track listing edit Another Time 3 03 Tom Rapp Playmate 2 19 Saxie Dowell Ballad to an Amber Lady 5 14 Roger Crissinger Rapp Oh Dear Miss Morse 1 54 Rapp Drop Out 4 04 Rapp Morning Song 4 06 Rapp Regions of May 3 27 Rapp Uncle John 2 54 Rapp I Shall Not Care 5 20 Sara Teasdale Roman Tombs Rapp The Surrealist Waltz 3 29 Lane Lederer Crissinger Musicians editTom Rapp Vocals Guitar Wayne Harley Autoharp Banjo Mandolin Vibraphone Audio Oscillator Harmony Lane Lederer Bass Guitar English Horn Swinehorn Sarangi Celesta Finger Cymbals Vocals on Surrealist Waltz Roger Crissinger Organ Harpsichord Clavioline Warren Smith Drums PercussionReferences edit answers com Richard L Alderson Allmusic review Tom Rapp by Mark BrendExternal links editLyrics to One Nation Underground Crawdaddy article 1967 Psych Pearls Before Swine vs The Beatles AMG review Official site for Tom Rapp and Pearls Before Swine Fan site on MySpace Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title One Nation Underground Pearls Before Swine album amp oldid 1173708679, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
