DOUG SAHM with THE SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET Rough Edges LP MERCURY 1973 US orig+foc
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DOUG SAHM with The SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET
AUGIE MEYER, DOUG SAHM, HARVEY REGAN, FRANK MORIN, JOHNNY PEREZ
British Invasion-styled rockers who transitioned into roots music
thanks to their maverick leader, Doug Sahm
"ROUGH EDGES"
[Recorded in and out of 1969]
1973 LP MERCURY RECORDS STEREO SRM 1-655
PRINTED IN USA ORIGINAL PRESSING
GATEFOLD SLEEVE
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
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LABEL: MERCURY - WHITE 'Promo' LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (front, inside left panel & spine) SRM 1-655
Catalog on labels: SM-1-655
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped & Etched): SRM-1-655A-PR1 MS ll-l PR G.K.
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped & Etched): SRM-1-655B-PR1 MS ll-l PR G.K.
On labels: Produced by Robin McBride
? 1973 Mercury Record Productions, Inc.
PROMOTIONAL COPY ? NOT FOR SALE
Manufactured and distributed by Mercury Record Productions, Inc.
On Front Cover: ? 1973 Phonogram Inc. ? Printed in U.S.A.
On Inside Sleeve (Left panel): Thse sessions were recorded in and out of 1969....
On Back Cover: Produced by Robin McBride
Recorded at Columbus Tower Studios San Francisco
Liner notes by John Swenson
Manufactured and distributed by Phonogram Inc.........
? Phonogram Inc. 1973
tracklisting
Side A: SIR DOUG'S RECORDING TRIP - YOU'RE DOIN' IT TOO HARD
THE HOMECOMING - SOULFUL WOMAN - TOO MANY DOCILE MINDS - SOUTHSIDE GIRLS
Side B: HELLO AMSTERDAM - SPEARFISH BY NIGHT - COLINDA
LINDA LOU - DYNAMITE WOMAN - LEAVING KANSAS CITY
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RECORD EX (please, read above description)
SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Mercury assembled Rough Edges in 1973, after Doug Sahm had put the Sir Douglas Quintet on hiatus and headed over to Atlantic Records for a solo contract. The label cobbled it together from various odds and ends the Quintet left behind -- mainly B-sides, but also some non-LP singles and a few cuts that didn't make it to vinyl prior to this LP.And on a song-for-song basis, there are as many classics on Rough Edges as there are on any other Sir Douglas Quintet album: the circling, slyly autobiographical "Sir Doug's Recording Trip," which traces the arc of Sahm's career; the relentless, nearly maniacal edge of "You're Doing It Too Hard"; the wonderful "Mendocino" rewrite of "Dynamite Woman," nearly as good as the original and one of the great Tex-Mex rock & roll songs; the slow blues on "Soulful Woman" and a terrific Texas shuffle with "Linda Lou"; the lazily brilliant lyricism of "Too Many Docile Minds," complemented by the anthemic sketch "Spearfish By Night"; the excursions into country with "Southside Girls" and the two-step Cajun-styled "Colinda"; and finally, the rollicking travelogue "Hello Amsterdam," as vivid as any Chuck Berry tale. That's the entire album, and while all these strands don't necessarily coalesce into a grand picture, there's not a song that should be left behind, and taken together, it adds up to a great rock record by any measure, which is certainly a testament to how great the Sir Douglas Quintet were at their peak...(AllMusic)
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