Triangle/Bradley's Barn

Triangle/Bradley's Barn
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While San Franciscoâ€™s Beau Brummels are best known to casual fans for the British Invasionstyle hits â€œLaugh, Laughâ€ and â€œJust a Little,â€ the two albums they cut for Warner Bros. with producer Lenny Waronker, Triangle and Bradleyâ€™s Barn, remain their most artistically ambitious and critically acclaimed records, and continue to exert an influence on modern- day rockers well beyond their modest commercial success. The group was at a low point when they recorded Triangle; they were fresh off the debacle of Beau Brummels â€™66, the album of covers that was their ill-conceived Warner debut, and the original quintet had shrunk down to a trio of vocalist Sal Valentino, guitarist and principal songwriter Ron Elliott, and bassist Ron Meagher. But with Waronker as producer, the band was for the first time given the freedom to craft a coherent project from beginning to end, with help from some creative sidemen like Van Dyke Parks; the result was a moody, mysterious masterpiece that spoke to the psychedelic spirit of 1967 yet stood apart from it with such ethereal songs as â€œMagic Hollowâ€ and â€œPainter of Women.â€ Triangle also had hints of the newly emerging country rock style, and for 1968â€™s Bradleyâ€™s Barn, the Beau Brummels (now just consisting of Valentino and Elliott with Meagher off to the military) went to Nashville to record with such crack Music City session men as Jerry Reed, David Briggs, Norbert Putnam, and Kenneth Buttrey. Unfortunately, Bradleyâ€™s Barn met the same fate as Triangle, scoring big with critics but not with audiences; today, however, highlighted by such twangy tunes as â€œLoneliest Man in Townâ€ and â€œLong Walking Down to Misery,â€ itâ€™s reckoned as a country rock landmark and a true alt-country precursor. Real Gone Music is proud to present these two classic albums together on one CD for the first time, complete with Richie Unterbergerâ€™s liner notes featuring quotes from songwriter Ron Elliott. Essential listening from perhaps the most underrated band of the â€˜60s.
Country USA
Brand Real Gone Music
Manufacturer Real Gone Music
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 848064004455
ReleaseDate 2020-07-31
UnitCount 1
UPCs 848064004455
EANs 0848064004455

Country	USA
Brand	Real Gone Music
Manufacturer	Real Gone Music
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	848064004455
ReleaseDate	2020-07-31
UnitCount	1
UPCs	848064004455
EANs	0848064004455

Triangle/Bradley's Barn

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