Melodies [IMPORT]

Gene Parsons

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 9, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1979
• Format: Import
• ASIN: B00005RETB
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #929,453 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Originally released in 1979 this is some what of a comeback album after a several-year hiatus. 10 tracks including Phil Ochs' 'My Kingdom For A Car'. Import only.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Little Jewell, December 9, 2007

By	R. J MOSS (Alice Springs, Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Melodies (Audio CD)

Gene Parsons came to individual prominence with his great, but largely ignored, 'Kindling' acetate in the mid 70s. It contained what I regard as the supreme version of Lowell George's, Willin'(no mean Feat, ha ha, given its author's vocal gifts). Whatever, I admit I was taken by the cover art of 'Melodies', sporting a kindred sense with the axemean sitting before his pile on 'Kindling', the inside of which opened out to a splice of clear-felling, one stump supporting a TV.; an ecological disaster particularly resonant today, but probably a cry mostly from lefty longhairs back in the 70s, as Parson proposes. 'I must be a Tree', a song from 'Kindling' remains a touchingly naive lament that cries from between the record cover photograpy. 'Melodies' is the sequel to it, likeable in every one of its songs and sentiments. Country-rock was on the decline when it was issued, and though Parsons had made his contribution to that movement earlier as a one time member of the Byrds, he decisively chose the country side of the fire when it came to setting his own voice. His version of Phil Och's,'Kingdom for a Car' challenges Ochs's take. But my favourite here is, "Little Jewell".