Recommend me something that's in the same vein as Parallelograms by Linda Perhacs

Hey get back here, you scenester you.

Some early-70s British Folk has the same haunting, lysergic effect. Try Trees, Stone Angel, the aforementioned Agincourt. Sandy Denny of course, in Fotheringay and Fairport Convention.

Ron Geesin's hazy, slightly oppressive arrangements on Songs for the Gentle Man make it a standout, but even without Geesin, Bridget St. John has a very Perhacs-like feel. her later albums get rockier (and more uneven), but don't miss Thank You For's "Fly High," a dreamy girl-folk gem glistening with John Martyn's Echoplex-ed guitar.

yes, i've been trying to start a grassroots hipster campaign with her "patterns" album but i don't have the cachet of a darvandra. or doc severinsen. so hey everybody let's pitch in 'n' get cracking...

i'd definitely recommend DLing that karen dalton before rushing out to buy a (by now probably ridiculously expensive) copy - unusual voice, but really dreadfully boring material.

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Track listing:
1. Carol Batton - Beeing (Intro)
2. Kathy Smith - It's Taking So Long
3. Sarofeen & Smoke - It's Love
4. Brigitte Fontaine - Brigitte
5. Linda Perhacs - Hey, Who Really Cares?
6. Breakout - Usta Me Ogrzej (Warm Up My Lips)
7. Musica Dispersa - Cefalea
8. Poppy Family - Shadows On My Wall
9. Wendy & Bonnie - By The Sea
10. Bonnie Koloc - My Aunt Edna
11. Heaven & Earth - Jenny
12. Erica Pomerance - You Used To Think
13. Audience - Man On Box
14. The Roundtable - Scarborough Fair
15. Sidan - Gobiath
16. Sidan - Ar Goll

Okay, so what's good on this thing?

Only listened to all of it once, but the stand out tracks IIRC are 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11 and 12

and i've always been underwhelmed by Pearls Before Swine :(

shit, i didn't realize how much was released on that label
http://www.espdisk.com/roster.html

a few other albums that would fit into this folky, light psych category are the first Gal Costa, the first solo Rita Lee (of Os Mutantes) "Build Up", Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges "Clube Da Esquina" and the s/t Arthur Verocai.

Actually, Bebel Gilberto is the daughter of Joao a different wife after he and Astrud were divorced.

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woah. that's awesome. i wanna move to oregon. unless i move to rhode island. somewhere where people have an appreciation for life, and living.

Great pull M.V.C. - Thought i heard them all. Interesting tidbit i found researching her an her album:

One word of warning about this album: because of the nature of the source recording the sound gets a bit ropey at some points. In 1970, only three copies of the album were pressed and, although not stated in the press release, I’m guessing the master tapes were lost. This reissue was made from one of the three vinyl copies and in a few places the vinyl is worse for wear. Some of the songs have a lot of scratching on them which at times kill the mood. Still, beggars can’t be choosers.

Apparently 1 of those 3 albums was used for the source of the re-issue. Unbelievable when you think about it.

Hi everyone, btw. I'm new here. This is only my 2cd post. Nice to be here. I really appreciate everyone's insights and stuff, I love stuff!

i'm quite surprised to read that - i'm pretty fussy about the quality of reissues and i didn't notice any obvious sound quality issues.. tis a pretty nice little record anyway

Yeah, I think it sounds fine - I've certainly heard WAY worse! (and welcome, d-day)...

"kills the mood" lol audiophiles

the susan christie album doesn't get enough props. it almost seemed like it got a backlash before it got "popular" among the 500 people who bought it. it's quite solid. and the kinda bad trip epic tune rules.

What kind of backlash did it get? That's interesting; it's one of my favorites of its type. (I picked it up after hearing the depressing title track, which is a sort of "carnival leaving town" narrative). The "kinda bad trip epic tune" is this weird 9-minute semi-spoken word/semi-sung called "Yesterday - Where is My Mind?" that's bananas. The rest of it is this really nice folk/country/funk gentle hybrid.

damn that emmanuelle parrenin reissue is really expensive

alright, i'll take back my statement about backlash because i can't seem to google up anything that goes further than mildly disapproving of the lack of funk in the backing band.

damn that emmanuelle parrenin reissue is really expensive

worth it though. it actually feels like a really awesome old record you're buying new as opposed to a reissue. heavyweight jacket, beautifully cut vinyl, even the labels are the admired. closest comparison i could think of would be the vanguard vinyl reissues of their robbie basho titles that were available for way too short. and actually, throw him in this thread as well.

labels are *to be* admired

btw, as a fan of the Wayfaring Strangers -- Ladies From The Canyon cd, I just came across a copy of Becky Severson's album "A Special Path". It's a little scratchy but a very good copy altogether. Outstanding! and highly recommended.

Also, Sly and the Family's Stone entire set at Woodstock has been released in a double cd package with the the studio album Stand. Watching the movie always left me yearning for more as they only shown "I Want to Take You Higher". I can honestly say if i could only have 1 album and 1 album only, it would be "Stand" by Sly and the Family Stone. A bold statement, but the record always takes me to all the places i want to go. Not to be disappointed, the Woodstock set includes the unfucking believable "Sing a Simple Song", 'You Can Make it if You Try", "Everyday People", and "Stand". The fact that you get both cd's is bonus city.

A great day for d-day! Curious, what would be everyone else's 1 and only 1 album? I totally get it if you can't pull just 1.

I'm stuck on a lyric. A Special Path.

A special path has been shown.
That very special seed has been sown.
This path i walk is not ____________.
It's walked by the faith of the son of god.

Anyone know?

Hello:

Psych-folk singer Linda Perhacs, whose unsung 1970 classic, Parallelograms, was reissued last year, will perform music from the album for the first time ever at Redcat at the beginning of October. Perhacs, who is now a dental hygienist, has been popping up at miscellaneous Dublab events from time to time, wowing a new generation of freaky folkies looking for inspiration. The evening, co-presented by Draw-Pictures, will be part of the Dublab collective's 10th anniversary celebration, which is slated to run from October 1 through October 10 at various venues around town.

Tickets will be $30 through http://redcat.org when they go on sale.

that will be fascinating, hope it goes well

I would love so much to see that...

Nice to see some love for Emanuelle Parrenin in this thread, Maison Rose is such an amazing record.

been listening to these trails again lately, bloody hell this is an incredible disc. the moog bass is just genius.

friend on perhacs at red cat:

doood, if only you had been there! her lovely voice + amazing psychedelic visual projections + inventive choreography + inspired covers by various LA luminaries = mind blown. she even gave a shout out to daft punk who was apparently there
in the audience with a 15 person entourage. It was quite an evening.

Yeah I was very bummed not to be able to make that, sounded amazing. Hopefully it was recorded for release on DVD or the like.

me 2

a year ago, i interviewed Ms. Perhacs for an article in the LA Weekly, which was videotaped by the woman who ultimately put this entire night together, so it was kinda mind-blowing to be back in town and see this convergence of so many talented folks. 'twas a special night, indeed.

I like Mary McCaslin but can't find a copy of "Way Out West." Did find LP of "Sunny California" for 50 cents at an estate sale this fall. Caroline Peyton played a sold-out show in Bloomington, Ind. in May 2009 with two other Bar-B-Q Records alumns, Mark Bingham and Bob Lucas. Lucas sat in on "Fishin' Blues" (banjo) and a drummer joined for "White Teeth," and the rest of the show was stuff from "Mock Up" mainly. Did a new song about the Needmore Commune that the crowd of aging hippies appreciated, and during Bingham's set a woman streaked thru the audience. Just like the olden days. Still in great voice.

live Perhacs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHmOKXq6aJM

Hmmm, was this mentioned somewhere?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rFmXzvq6TQ

great voice

She's playing London next month.

And, it turns out, a new album is out soon:

Linda Perhacs’ 1970 album Parallelograms has enjoyed a special classic status and long-eduring afterlife among music fans; a rediscovered gem that never fades back into obscurity. Perhaps, the American equivalent to Vashti Bunyan’s Just Another Diamond Day. Parallelograms is an uncanny mix of Aquarian folk and ethereal, avant-garde treatments, Parallelograms was created in the heart of hippy country, LA’s Topanga Canyon, by a dental hygienist named Linda Perhacs who was inspired by nature and by the cultural revolution going on around her.

In the internet age, though, obscurity can be discreetly transformed into a kind of niche immortality. As the 21st Century began she learned that Parallelograms had become a cult album. A CD reissue on The Wild Places imprint followed in 2003, but Perhacs’ reputation only continued to grow. Devendra Banhart was particularly evangelical, and tempted Perhacs back into a studio in 2007 to provide backing vocals on his reconstruction of the vintage Topanga vibe, Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon.

Disparate and unlikely fans revealed themselves: Swedish death metal group Opeth covered “Parallelograms”; Daft Punk placed “If You Were My Man” in their Electroma movie. “I first bought Parallelograms on vinyl when I was in New York on tour,” remembers Ramona Gonzalez of the LA group Nite Jewel. “I carried it under my arm to a crowded party, shut the door to the room that had a turntable, turned it on, and laid on the ground. I probably listened to it a dozen times while tears filled my eyes.”

And slowly, Perhacs began making music again. In 2010, she performed live for the very first time, at a tribute show (organised by the internet radio station, Dublab) that connected her to a new generation of LA musicians supernaturally attuned to her vision.

Perhacs fell into auspicious and hip young company, tentatively negotiating a return to musical activity with the help of Gonzalez and Julia Holter. Inspiration came, too, from listening to “Francisco”, a Milton Nascimento song that Devendra Banhart had passed on to her, and from watching Inside Björk, a documentary which showed the Icelandic singer escaping from the pressures of performance by sailing up close to a majestic iceberg.

Then came an email from Fernando Perdomo. I get a lot of messages but something said, ‘Answer that email right away.’”

Perdomo, it transpired, was a skilled musician and producer who’d just moved from Florida into Perhacs’ LA neighbourhood. Along with another dedicated and gifted Perhacs fan, Chris Price, the trio began recording the eclipse song, “River Of God”, and what became the new album’s title track, The Soul Of All Natural Things. It’s a remarkable follow-up album, one that sustains and extends the aesthetic mission of its 43-year-old predecessor. Julia Holter and Ramona Gonzalez contribute, too, on a set of 12 new songs which Mojo has already called “a spectrally hypnotic work of prismatic beauty.”

As a consequence The Soul Of All Natural Things, for all its apparent serenity, is also a subtly polemical album, full of exhortations to take a step out of our frantic everyday lives. “We get too far out of balance and we must find a way to get back to our polestar,” Perhacs says. “I felt that people needed to be reminded of that. My music isn’t just recreational, it’s not just entertainment. I have a deeper purpose. My soul is giving itself to the people; I want them to be helped, I want them to be lifted.

Lofty aspirations, perhaps, but they typify this new age of Linda Perhacs’ music. “Linda,” says Sufjan Stevens, who is releasing The Soul Of All Natural Things on his Asthmatic Kitty label, “has a prophetic voice that speaks beauty and truth with the kind of confidence and hope that has been lost for decades.

“There is nothing more real in music today.”

Track Listing:
01. The Soul Of All Natural Things
02. Children
03. River Of God
04. Daybreak
05. Intensity
06. Freely
07. Prisms Of Glass
08. Immunity
09. When Things Are True Again
10. Song Of The Planets

Plus a video for "Freely"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n-nWy6fB00

great

https://soundcloud.com/asthmatickitty/linda-perhacs-river-of-god

And we got full stream:

http://t.co/Bq4msfHPZY

Enjoying this so far. Her voice still sounds great!

absolutely gorgeous

ahh i was just thinking about her recently, this timing could not be better

the production and her voice are gorgeous but there is something in the lyrics and songwriting that is so far not clicking with me. i do really like "prisms of glass" and the final track though. maybe i will buy a copy for my hippie brother.

"Prisms of Glass" is really great. Surprised how good this album turned out actually, although I will agree their are some lyrical cliches going on, but that isn't the biggest hurdle to cross. She sounds great and the productions/arrangements are very sympathetic.

There are some stellar tracks - like "Prism of Glass" - but I found it a mixed bag. Very 90s take on new age in places. But the best songs are very good indeed.

anyone seen her play live? she's playing here next week and I'm curious but def wary about stuff that sounds 90s new age

i feel like the 'new age' thing is v much overstated if one is a fan or parallelograms

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For the most part, my issues with the record have nothing to do with her and more to do with the musical accompaniment. That's what sounds new age and oddly dated.

Linda's been missing for eight months - this is really upsetting and I hope wherever she is, she's safe:

https://www.instagram.com/dubfrosty/p/DbT2e74kl1G/?hl=en

Linda Perhacs our dear friend and legendary singer-songwriter was discharged from a residential care facility approximately eight months ago under the supervision of her legal guardian. Since then, friends and longtime collaborators have been unable to reach her and repeated attempts to contact her guardian have reportedly gone unanswered. Please help us locate Linda to ensure her wellbeing.

If you have verified information regarding Linda’s whereabouts or current means of contact, please reach out to:

Laurel Stearns
Former Manager of Linda Perhacs
LSS Mgmt/Primary Wave
EMAIL: lstea✧✧✧@primaryw✧✧✧.c✧✧

Yeah this is not good

Not in the least!

Is she still based in Topanga? I know she was still there ~10 years ago.

I doubt there's any residential care facilities in the canyon.

Is she still based in Topanga? I know she was still there ~10 years ago.

I doubt there's any residential care facilities in the canyon.

Slight update on Linda's official IG page, but really nothing more yet :( https://www.instagram.com/p/DbUbseORovN/

Odd that they aren't naming who she was discharged into the care of. One of her children? Dude says 'next of kin' has blocked him.

She was found today and is "safe".

well that's good news.

what I didn't say above is that, while it's great that other people are looking out for her, I could also see this as a situation where the closest family member is trying to shield her from fans/agents. She's a person after all, and owes nothing to anyone. She is very old and lots of things happen when you are incredibly old. Unless there is compelling reason to think she is a victim of elder abuse, I don't see why this is anyone else's business.

yeah, people who haven't cared for or even been around 80 year olds with dementia are relative babes in the woods.

was thinking that to take someone out of a memory care center sounds probably like a hospice situation, undoubtely painful for everyone involved.