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    Main » 2014 » August » 18 » Gold ~ 1970 ~ Oregins S.F.
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    Gold ~ 1970 ~ Oregins S.F.
    Gold ~ 1970 ~ Oregins S.F.genre: heavy psych
    country: us
    audio: lossless (flac, cue, log, scans, size: 461 mb)
    time: 1:18'45"

    With nine songs recorded in the studio at Golden State Recorders in San Francisco in 1969 and 1970, plus eight songs (in decent if imperfect fidelity) from a live show at the Fillmore West on March 3, 1970, this is a generous document - lasting 78 minutes in all - of a San Francisco band that only got to release one obscure single, never putting out an LP. (Both sides of that single, "No Parking"/"Summertime" - the latter produced by Country Joe McDonald, who also plays clavichord on the track - are here, though the notes don't make it clear if these were the same recordings used on the 45.)
    It's a decent slab of period late-'60s San Francisco rock, though Gold were neither top-tier when judged against the many similar bands from the time and region, nor possessed of a fully formed musical identity.
    Certainly you can hear bits and pieces of other major Bay Area acts - "High on Love" and "When I Saw You" have the spacey languor of Quicksilver Messenger Service at their most folk-rocking wistful, and "Conquistadores" is very much in the spirit of Santana's first album (in fact both bands had "Fried Neck Bones," heard on the live portion of this CD, in their repertoire).

    Other tracks have a more macho, bluesy hard rock approach, and while eclecticism was a trademark of numerous San Francisco psychedelic acts, Gold were missing that something that might have elevated them to a notable rank.
    Despite their derivative nature, however, "When I Saw You", "High On Love", and "Colores" are all enjoyable songs for those who like the distinctively bittersweet sound of much gentler SF psychedelia.
    Other tracks indicate they could have done well with a Santana-esque fusion of rock, blues, and Latin rhythms had they wanted to go further down that route.
    The scattershot liner notes don't give you much of a coherent history of the band's life and times, however.
    The band were managed by Ron Cabral along with his brother Dennis from 1968 to 1973.
    They broke up after playing San Francisco shows at both the Fillmore and Winterland with groups such as: Big Brother and the Holding Company, Hot Tuna, Ten Years After, Malo, and Mike Bloomfield. ~ (by CGR)

    Golden State Recorders - San Francisco 1969/70
    01.No Parking
    02.High On Love
    03.Righteous Road
    04.Conquistadores
    05.Heavy
    06.When I Saw You
    07.PSB
    08.Filet Of Soul
    09.Summertime

    Live at the Fillmore-West Auditorium 03/03/1970
    10.When I Saw You
    11.Filet Of Soul
    12.Colores
    13.PSB
    14.Conquistadores
    15.No Parking
    16.Fried Neck Bones
    17.Heavy


    Ed Scott - rhythm guitar
    Joe Bajza - lead guitar
    Louie Goursau - drums
    Chico Moncada - bass
    Richard Coco - vocals
    Robin Sinclair - vocals
    Ron Cabral - percussion (cowbell, maracas, guido, sticks, tambourine)
    Sebastian Nicholson - congas
    Bob Golden - vocals

     
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