DON ROBERTSON Dawn V Rare Orig 1969 US Mystical Psych LP on Limelight

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Don Robertson

Dawn

Very Rare original US LP released on Limelight Records in 1969. 1st US pressing.

Don Robertson's album Dawn was originally recorded for Mercury's subsidiary label Limelight in 1969. Akarma Records gave this sought after release a well-earned rebirth with their recent reissue.
There was no written music or scores to follow while recording was taking place during the Dawn sessions. Everything about the project was spontaneous and committed to tape in one take. These are points of interest that have made this album a valued collector’s item and a wonder in the recording industry to this very day.
In 1969, the hippie counterculture was in full bloom. Their mottos were love not war, free love, and lots of dope smoking to enhance the carefree attitude that prevailed. The entire album is all instrumental music with a few spoken word passages. The instruments utilized on the album give it a World-Indian flavor with spaced out sound effects in the background with things like crickets chirping for a calming effect. Although none of this was unusual at the time of its inception, the way it all was accomplished put it in a category all by itself. The use of unconventional instruments was finding their way into modern rock music (i.e. The Beatles) more and more. This is but one more example of that practice.
Robertson’s premise was to make positive music; prior to that, he felt that he was recording negative music that would have such a dreadful influence on those that listened to it that he felt compelled to change direction entirely.

TRACKS ARE :-

Side One

1. Dawn
2. Why?
3. Contemplation
4. Where?
5. The Candle

Side Two

1. Gateless Gate
2. When
3. Belief