In April Came the Dawning of the Red Suns [Original recording remastered]

Ramatam | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 19, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 1973
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Wounded Bird Records
• ASIN: B0007V8EOQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #288,847 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Tracks: The Land / Rainy Sunday Evening / Betty Lou / I Can Only Love You / Excerpt From Guitar Concerto # 1 / Autumn Now / Stars And Stripes Forever / Bounty On My Table / Downrange Party / Free Fall / Push A Little / Rhinoceros

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars AN UNDER RATED GUITARIST, July 28, 2008

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John Fiocchi "DRACCA" (Woodstown, New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In April Came the Dawning of the Red Suns (Audio CD)

April Lawton was a very schooled guitarist. Her right hand picking technique was impeccable. She is superb on electric and acoustic playing. This 2nd effort from RAMATAM for me, was all about guitar playing. I did not favor the writing except for April's contributions. She has a wonderful melodic voice and her ballads are in the folk vain. I heard a recording of her from the early 90's and she was light years ahead of her efforts included on this particular title. She never stopped! Her growth as a true musician was endless.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars bounty, February 17, 2009

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plazmaniac - See all my reviews

This review is from: In April Came the Dawning of the Red Suns (Audio CD)

i don't recall caring too much for this lp in general except for the excruciatingly perfect "bounty on my table". kind've reminds me of christine perfect future games/bare trees era fleetwood mac. ethereal and haunting, a true gem.

12 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Star Shone all too briefly..., October 8, 2005

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Bill Board (God's Wrath, Ohio) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: In April Came the Dawning of the Red Suns (Audio CD)

April Lawton, whoever she was, was simply fantastic. I'm not going to sully her reputation by a gratuitous comparison of her with Fanny's June Millington, but I will say that they were easily the equal of any of their male counterparts in the early seventies. And if you can do the almost-impossible and just tune out (giggle) "multi-instrumentalist" Sullivan's "contributions" to "Red Sun" and just fixate on April Lawton here - wow. She was a wonder. And her "Bounty On My Table" is as great a secular song about her faith as was/is David Gate's "Do You Believe He's Coming" (which was released in Gates' first solo album). No, no flashy "wee-wee-diddly-SQUEECH" "lead guitar" histrionics here, just one very talented Woman's musical statement. Like I said, though, to get the full effect of Ms. Lawton's talent, you HAVE to tune out Tommy Sullivan on this thing - honestly, his stuff sounds like a demo tape for Lynyrd Skynyrd or worse...