Pampered Menial

Pavlov's Dog | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl
• Label: Columbia
• ASIN: B0028IJ5GM
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #288,805 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

From the jacket: Side One 1. JULIA (David Surkamp) 2. LATE NOVEMBER (Steve Scorfina and David Surkamp) 3. SONG DANCE (Michael Safron) 4: FAST GUN (David Surkamp) 5. NATCHEZ TRACE (Steve Scorfina) Side Two 1. THEME FROM SUBWAY SUE (David Surkamp) 2.EPISODE (David Surkamp) (Siegfried Carver) 4, OF ONCE AND FUTURE KINGS (David Surkamp) David Surkamp- Lead Vocals, Guitar David Hamilton- Keyboards Doug Rayburn- Mellotron, Flute Mike Safron- Percussion Rick Stock ton- Bass Guitar Siegfried Carver- Violin, Vitar, Viola Steve Scorfina- Lead Guitar Recorded at CBS Studios-NewYork Mixed at The Record Plant-New York Special thanks to: Mark Spector, Bob Safron, Shelley Grafman, Roby Petit, Geoff Benson, Ron Stevens, Ron Powell, and Jay Lasker. Also to: Betty, Ina, Mary Ann and Danny for keeping our management sane.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pampered Listening, December 17, 2005

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Tony James "A J" (Canadarocks) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pampered Menial (Audio CD)

This album has to be one of the most underrated and underappreciated albums in the history of popular music. I remember years ago taking a flight of stairs up to one of my favourite record haunts. I could hear the wafting sounds of an incredibly different type of music coming from the store's speakers as I approached. I asked the clerk who it was and was introduced to Pavlov's Dog. He told me that they were selling the album for half price because nobody was buying it. Weather the record company wasn't promoting it or it just couldn't get any airplay I don't know. But the best way that I can think of describing the harmonic ballad "Julia" and the multi instrumental "Late November" is the vocals of "Rush" meeting the instrumentation of "Kansas" with a little "Jethro Tull" thrown in. Now if we can just get Amazon to put up some sound samples for these tunes I'm sure that there will be a lot more appreciative fans out there. Let's not make the same mistake with these guys again by not being able to hear their music.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Underground Weirdos, June 3, 2005

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Tezcatlipoca (Espinho,Portugal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pampered Menial (Audio CD)

While I wouldn't consider it a masterpiece or 5 star deserving Pavlov's Dog debut is a remarkably intriguing album since it's hard to see where they're coming from or where they're heading to with their invulgar fusion of classic rock(Blue Oyster Cult styled)with baroque embelishments,topped off by the outrageous wails of banshee like singer David Surkamp.It doesn't always work but at least in half of the tracks they come out swinging with their unusual formula in a way that's nothing short from brilliant.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Salivating for the Dog, June 30, 2006

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Laurence Vogel "Bartman" (Calgary, AB. Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pampered Menial (Audio CD)

I had been searching the local record shops for this album ever since CD's were available to no avail. When a friend suggested Amazon, my search was ended. A great melodic rock album debut that could have given Suprtramp a run for it's money if there was a little more commerciality to it. Regardless, fans of great music will appreciate this gem. I loved all the tracks on this album but especially "Julia" and "Of Once and Future Kings" are standouts. If you like this album, definitely check out their second disc, At The Sound of The Bell.