Reunion (album)
| Reunion | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country Joe and the Fish studio album | ||||
|
Publication |
1977 |
|||
| Label (s) | Fantasy Records | |||
|
Format (s) |
LP, CD |
|||
|
Title (number) |
11 |
|||
|
running time |
36:38 |
|||
|
Samuel Charters |
||||
|
Studio (s) |
Fantasy Studios, Berkeley |
|||
|
||||
Reunion is a 1977 album by Country Joe and the Fish. Seven years after their breakup, the band reunited with their original line-up from 1967/1968, and this time all band members were involved with at least one composition.
It was the group's sixth and final album together. The 2005 Original Country Joe Band Live in Berkeley album was released by the Country Joe Band rather than Country Joe and the Fish because Barry "Fish" Melton was not involved.
title
- Come to the Reunion (Hirsh) - 5:06
- Time Flies By (McDonald) - 4:14
- Stateline Nevada (Melton) - 2:04
- Love is a Mystery (Melton) - 3:17
- Dirty Claus Rag (J. McDonald / B. McDonald / Charters / Marsh) - 2:10
- Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine (II) (McDonald) - 3:26
- Thunderbird (McDonald) - 3:45
- Gibson's Song (Cohen) - 3:40
- No One Can Teach You How to Live (Melton) - 3:19
- Insufficient Funds (Barthol / Marsh) - 2:38
- Dreams (Cohen Richardson) - 2:59
Except for two tracks, these are new songs. The most famous track is Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine (II) , which comes from the band's debut album . It has been sped up and modernized, and the original psychedelic song has been turned into a folk song. The text has not changed, with the refrain "You know it's a shame and a pity / You were raised up in the city / And never learned nothing about country ways" (something like: "It's a shame and a real shame that you grew up in the city and have never learned anything about the way of life in the country. ")
Thunderbird was produced with a string and wind ensemble. It is about the critically endangered condor .
Gibson's Song is an instrumental title. This is followed by a booming philosophizing No One Can Teach You How to Live . The final piece, Dreams, also conveys “wisdom of life”: “Believe your dreams, they can come true.” (“Believe in your dreams, they can come true”).
occupation
- Country Joe McDonald (vocals, acoustic guitar)
- Barry "Fish" Melton (vocals, electric and acoustic guitar)
- David Bennett Cohen (organ, electric and acoustic guitar)
- Bruce Barthol (bass)
- Gary "Chicken" Hirsh (drums)
Also:
- Sam Charters ( Youth )
- String and wind ensemble arranged by Trevor Lawrence