The album is virtually a second
Deep LP and almost identical in style.
A Million Grains Of Sand and
My Rainbow Life are two of its better tracks. Some of the other material can arguably described as rubbish, or brilliant. It's now a minor collectors' item and was repressed in 1989.
My Rainbow Life was also done by
Third Bardo and it has therefore been surmised that they were yet another of Rusty Evans' 'projects'. This was not the case as you'll read later in the
Third Bardo entry.
Filling The Gap includes a different version of
A Million Grains of Sand that Rusty recorded at a later date as
Marcus.The Freak Scene - Psychedilic Psoul (1967):
01. A Million Grains Of Sand (Rusty Evans) - 2:40
02. "...When In The Course Of Human Events" (Draft Beer, Not Students) (R.Evans/David Rubinson/David Bromberg) / Interpolation: We Shall Overcome (P.Seeger/Z.Horton/F.Hamilton/G.Carawan) - 3:34
03. Rose Of Smiling Faces (R.Evans) - 4:16
04. Behind The Mind (A.Geller/R.Evans) - 2:16
05. The Subway Ride Thru Inner Space (R.Evans) - 2:43
06. Butterfly Dream (L.Rogan/D.Blackhurst/R.Evans) - 1:38
07. My Rainbow Life (R.Evans/T.Randazzo/V.Pike) - 2:49
08. The Center Of My Soul (R.Evans) - 2:25
09. Watered Down Soul (D.Blackhurst/R.Evans) - 2:34
10. Red Roses Will Weep (D.Blackhurst/R.Evans) - 2:17
11. Mind Bender (D.Blackhurst/R.Evans) - 2:27
12. Grok! (R.Evans) - 1:36
The Freak Scene:
- Rusty Evans - producer, vocals
- David Bromberg - guitar
and others...
Fuzz Acid & Flowers:
This New York band were heavily influenced by Oriental and Greek music. Seven songs are sung in Arabic, two in Greek and one in Turkish. Misirlou is sung in English by Pappalardi. All of their songs were covers of traditional or popular numbers. Musically the album is in a similar vein to Orient Express, Kaleidoscope and John Berberian. Steve Knight and Felix Pappalardi went on to play for Mountain. Bobby Gregg played with Eric Anderson, John Cale and Bob Dylan among others.
(Vernon Joynson / Max Waller
The Devil's Anvil - Hard Rock From The Middle East (1967):
13. Wala Dai (Traditional, arr.Felix Pappalardi) - 2:41
14. Nahna U Diab (Traditional) - 2:58
15. Karkadon (Abdul-Galil Wabbi/Philimon Webbi) - 2:24
16. Selim Alai (Traditional, arr.Felix Pappalardi) - 2:25
17. Isme (F.El Atrash) - 5:56
18. Besaha (Afif Radwan, Abdul-Galil Wabbi) - 1:53
19. Shisheler (Traditional) - 2:48
20. Kley (Theodorakis/Livaditis) - 4:37
21. Hala Laya (Traditional, arr.Felix Pappalardi) - 2:49
22. Treea Pethya (Traditional, arr.Jerry Satpir) - 2:21
23. Misirlou (G.Collins/N.Roubanis) - 3:00
24. Teyul Leili (The Devil's Anvil) - 3:02
The Devil's Anvil:
- Elierzer Adoram - accordion
- Jerry Satpir - lead guitar, vocals
- Kareem Isaaq - oud, vocals
- Steve Knight - rhythm guitar, bass, bouzouki
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- Felix Pappalardi - bass, guitar, tamboura, percussion, vocals
- Bobby Greg - drums
- Herb Lovelle - drums
- Mike Mohel - durbeki
