GP (album)
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| Studio album by Gram Parsons | ||||
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Publication |
January 1973 |
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admission |
September – October 1972 |
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| Label (s) | Reprise Records | |||
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Format (s) |
CD, LP |
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Title (number) |
11 |
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running time |
38:31 |
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Gram Parsons and Ric Grech |
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Studio (s) |
Wally Heidler Studio 4, West Coast Studios, Hollywood , California |
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GP is the first solo album by Gram Parsons . The country rock album was released in January 1973 via Reprise Records .
History of origin
After his engagement with The Byrds , the International Submarine Band and the Flying Burrito Brothers , Parsons decided to release a first solo album. Outlaw Merle Haggard was originally supposed to produce the album, but he refused because he thought Parsons was a " hippie " who lacked the down-to - earth approach to country music . Instead, Parsons Haggards hired sound engineer Hugh Davies and produced the album himself with the help of Ric Grech . As a backing band, he wanted to win the backing band of Elvis Presley . With Ronnie Tutt (drums), James Burton (guitar) and Glen D. Hardin (piano / organ), three members of the TCB band also took part in the album . Glen D. Hardin became the musical director of the backing band and was responsible for the music on the album. With Emmylou Harris , who was still unknown at the time , Parsons found a duet partner who later started a successful solo career.
The recordings took place from September to October 1972 in the West Coast Studios of Capitol Records and in Wally Heidler Studio 4. The album was released in January 1973. Parsons then formed a live band called Fallen Angels, which consisted of Emmylou Harris, Kyle Tullis, ND Smart II, Neil Flanz and Gerry Mule and promoted the album.
Music genre
As with his earlier attempts at band, Parsons tried his own version of country rock , which he himself referred to as "Cosmic American Music", to implement on this album. With Glenn Hardin's musical direction and the integration of double-barreled guitar parts, the album is reminiscent of the country music of the 1950s / 1960s. In addition to more traditionally oriented country songs such as How Much I've Lied , Kiss the Children and Still Feeling Blue , also wrote gospel-like songs with She and A Song for You Parsons that were about his Christian beliefs. The song Big Mouth Blues is autobiographical and is often referred to by many as the New York version of Sin City (Flying Burrito Brothers). In addition to original compositions, there are also cover versions of Streets of Baltimore ( Bobby Bare ), That's All It Took ( George Jones and Gene Pitney ) and Cry One More Time ( The J. Geils Band ) on the album.
Track list
All unmarked songs were written by Gram Parsons.
A side
- Still Feeling Blue - 2:40
- We'll Sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning (Joyce Allsup) - 3:13
- A Song for You - 4:58
- Streets of Baltimore ( Tompall Glaser , Harlan Howard ) - 2:53
- She (Parsons, Chris Ethridge ) - 4:59
B side
- That's All It Took (Darrell Edwards, Charlotte Grier, George Jones ) - 3:38
- The New Soft Shoe - 3:54
- Kiss the Children - 2:57
- Cry One More Time ( Peter Wolf , Seth Justman) - 3:38
- How Much I've Lied (Parsons, David Rifkin) - 2:29
- Big Mouth Blues - 3:52
The album was re-released on CD in 1990 along with the successor Grievous Angel .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c John M. Delgatto: Liner Notes by GP / Grievous Angel . Reprise Records , 1990 ( gramfans.com ). Liner Notes by GP / Grievous Angel ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ marley Brant: Liner Notes by GP / Grievous Angel . Reprise Records , 1990 ( gramfans.com ). Liner Notes by GP / Grievous Angel ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Streets of Baltimore. SecondHandSongs.com, accessed July 1, 2011 .
- ^ That's All It Took. SecondHandSongs.com, accessed July 1, 2011 .
- ^ Cry One More Time. SecondHandSongs.com, accessed July 1, 2011 .
