M- SHRINK - THE GORDION KNOT = CALIF LITE POP PSYCH SWEEPING HARMONIES

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1968 HARMONY RICH CALIFORNIA LITE PSYCH GROOVES

           MINT CLEAN IN SHRINK WRAPPER!

                                                         

                             

                  THE GORDION KNOTT                 

                                                 

                          USA - VERVE RECORDS - V6 5062

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1968 FIRST PRESSING OF CALIFORNIA SWEEPING & INFECTIOUS HARMONY RICH POPROCK & LITE PSYCH SOUNDS ON COLLECTION VERVE Records 

Originally from Mississippi, the Gordian Knot emerged in Los Angeles in 1967. They recorded this fascinating hybrid of Association-esque soft pop/soft psych/rock with LA's finest studio musicians and the Hi-Lo's own Clark Burroughs in the producers chair. The result is the finest harmony pop psych offering in the entire Verve catalog.
The Gordian Knot entertained countless in-crowd LA parties frequented by Hollywood's elite, and performed as part of a USO tour throughout Vietnam with friend and fan Nancy Sinatra. Gordian Knot released only one album,"Tones" a terrific soft rock/harmony pop effort produced by Clark Burroughs of the Hi-Los. The group formed at the University of Mississippi and was led by ex-Mississippi all-American quarterback/guitarist/lead vocalist Jim Weatherly, a native of Pontotoc, MI. The group caught their biggest break after they appeared at a party thrown by Nancy Sinatra, who apparently liked them so much that she asked them to accompany her on a USO trip to Vietnam. According to their liner notes, they were "one of the few groups since the Beatles to possess genuine charm...not a phony showbiz glucose charm, but the real thing." The bulk of the songs for their album were written by Weatherly, and have a edgier, husky rock vibe compared with those written by Leland Russell, whose beautiful tunes are comparatively similar to the sunny popsike southern California '60s sounds. The band also appeared as themselves in a 1968 MGM teensploitation flick called ”Young Runaways”, performing an original entitled “Ophelia’s Dream”....A must for all fans of Softpop and good Pop Psych music everywhere with excellent tunes, great harmonies !  

A: 

It's Gonna Take Alot

 

 

 

We Must Be Doing Somethin' Right

 

 

 

Strong Wind Blowin'

 

 

 

One Way Street

 

 

 

Carnival Lights, Again

 

 

 

Carraway Stream

 

 

B: 

The World Keeps Spinnin'

 

 

 

The Year of the Sun

 

 

 

I Can't Be Hurt Anymore

 

 

 

If Only I Could Fly

 

 

 

Broken Down Ole Merry-Go-Round

 

 

 

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