Description
Reissue of 1969 psych-folk classic.
Farewell Aldebaran arrived at the end of 1969 and promptly disappeared by the start of the new decade. With each of its ten tracks differing in style, and no promotion upon its original release, the album never had a chance. While many records have tags lost classic or cult masterpiece hung on them, this album actually is one and inexplicably slipped through the cracks, never having been afforded a proper reissue. Conceived and composed by singer Judy Henske (dubbed Queen of the Beatniks by producer Jack Nitzsche) and artist-producer, Jerry Yester (The New Christy Minstrels, The Modern Folk Quartet, The Lovin Spoonful, The Association, Tim Buckley, and later, Tom Waits), Farewell Aldebaran was co-produced with Lovin Spoonful alumni Zal Yanovsky (who also chipped in on guitar, bass and vocals). Among its many notable contributors: David Lindley, Paul Beaver (of the pioneering electronic music duo Beaver and Krause) and influential jazz bassist, Ray Brown. From baroque pop to guitar-driven rockers, Farewell Aldebaran employs the use of instruments as unconventional as bowed banjos and hammered dulcimers to vocal samples on a Chamberlin tape organ to an early use of the Moog synthesizer on the title track. Farewell Aldebaran still defies classification, but has more than stood the test of time. This long-out-of-print album has now found a home; please say hello to Farewell Aldebaran.
First-ever reissue LP pressing to appear on starburst vinyl with gatefold jacket and eight-page booklet.
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