Gypsy Antithesis /*1972 RCA Victor vinyl FULL LP...ladislav&zivanovic..

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Gypsy Antithesis /*1972 RCA Victor vinyl FULL LP...ladislav&zivanovic..Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Rockaway Pressing
Country:
US
Released:
1972
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Rock & Roll, Psychedelic Rock/+Tracklist
A1 Crusader 3:10
A2 Day After Day 3:15
A3 The Creeper 3:10
A4 Facing Time 4:11
A5 Lean On Me 3:15
A6 Young Gypsy 3:06
B1 Don't Bother Me 3:15
B2 Travelin' Minnesota Blues (Go Gophers) 2:33
B3 So Many Promises 2:25
B4 Antithesis (Keep Your Faith) 3:22
B5 Edgar (Don't Hoover Over Me) 3:26
B6 Money/+Drums – Bill Lordan
Engineer [Recording] – Brian Christian
Mastered By [Etched In Runouts] – ⁄|⁄ǀ⁄|⁄ǀ⁄|⁄K*
Producer – Jack Richardson, Jim Mason
Technician [Recording] – Dennis Smith
Vocals, Bass – Randy Cates
Vocals, Guitar – Enrico Rosenbaum, James C. Johnson
Vocals, Keyboards – James Walsh/+In memory of John Lansberger
Recorded at RCA's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, California, July 3-9 1972...Anyone hearing this band's progressive moves would find it hard to believe they started out as the Minneapolis-based garage rockers The Underbeats.Formed in 1964, the original Underbeats line up featured the talents of drummer Tom Green, guitarist James C. Johnson and bassist Doni Larson. With the addition of singer/guitarist Enrico Ronsenbaum the band became a stable on the Twin Cities club circuit, enjoying a series of regional hits throughout the end of the decade. With Johnson temporarily out of the line up thanks to his draft board, the band hired on keyboardist James Walsh. By 1969 Johnson was back at work and the band decided to head for the west coast.In Los Angeles they quickly won a job as the Whiskey-a-Go-Go's house band. Deciding on a name change, the newly christened 'Gypsy' also began to expand their musical horizons, showing a distinct interest in British progressive sounds.Co-produced by Jack Richardson and Jim Mason, 1972's "Antithesis" found the Gypsy signed to RCA Victor. Along with a new label, the band sported a new bass player in Randy Cates (having replaced David Larson). With the first two albums having vanished with little recognition, new label RCA apparently insisted on some musical changes. Accordingly, the third all original set found the band tinkering with their patented UK-progressive influenced sound. As before, the album's underpinnings remained firmly planted in a progressive mode, but this time around the band turned in a series of compositions with shorter and more focused song structures. While tracks such as 'Crusader', 'Facing Time', and 'So Many Promises' weren't quite top-40 pop, they were surprisingly commercial and would have sounded quite good on FM radio - in fact two of the more commercial numbers 'Day After Day' b/w 'Lean On Me' were released as a single. Exemplified by tracks such as 'Young Gypsy' and 'Don't Bother Me' the set was full of strong melodies and some interesting arrangements. Not meant as an insult, but on tracks such as 'Travelin' Minnesota Blues (Go Gophers)' and 'So Many Promises' the album reminded me of early David Pack and Ambrosia, or a strong Guess Who LP. Needless to say, longstanding progressive fans were appalled by the change in direction, while the album simply wasn't commercial enough for top-40 fans to pick up on it. Initially I was in the former category. My stance probably wasn't helped by the fact the band's legal team had recently sent me a letter threatening court action if I didn't stop selling Gypsy materials online. Having listened to the album dozens of times over the years (the fact I've kept a copy tells you something), I'll readily admit I was wrong and this was an excellent collection full of melodic and memorable performances.++'+I have no copyright or copyright ,DVD///+Album,
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