Tryad — ...If Only You Believe In Lovin' 1972 (USA, Psychedelic, Folk Rock)

Tryad — ...If Only You Believe In Lovin' 1972 (USA, Psychedelic, Folk Rock)

A New York trio formed in the early 1970s. They released this single LP on Storm King Records. The album featured several local session musicians, and together they produced a rich sound with pleasant melodic folk vibes, with West Coast and acid folk influences. The original LP is extremely rare and sells for over $1,000 a copy.Tryad's If Only You Believe In Lovin', originally released in 1971 as a private press. Ultra-deluxe LP reissue on the newly resurrected Del Val label -- obscure but legendary label previously responsible for early editions by The Brigade, The Bachs, Bent Wind, D.R. Hooker, Fifty Foot Hose, etc. Long overdue and much delayed reissue of this 1971 NYC private press few have heard and less have seen. Comparable to the best UK folk-fusion LPs of the era, this is like a Yankee version of Hunter Muskett's great Every Time You Move (1970) with co-ed vocals plus bass/drums/pedal steel/flute/keys accompaniment and East Coast haunted not West Coast hip, though you'll be reminded of a certain revered private from out there that wouldn't exist for another five years: Relatively Clean Rivers.

"Low key but really cool. Hard to believe it's an NYC piece from '72 from a sonic aspect. There's a kind of innocence to overall heft that puts me in mind of very early Bay Area stuff, like the second We Five LP (1967). That same sort of psych-is-hanging-unnamed-in-the-background vibe. The only thing that really places it in the '70s is that pedal steel which has a definite post-Sneaky-Pete feel. Very cool."

01. I'm Wonderin' How I Ever Got That Way - 0:00

02. Columbia Tavern - 4:13

03. Uptown Suburb Alley - 8:22

04. The Coming Time Of Gone - 11:52

05. Something Sweet In Dying - 14:31

06. Country Way - 17:42

07. Spider Song - 21:02

08. Don't Talk To Strangers - 23:13

09. Northern Journey - 29:07

10. Eulogy / Raga - 32:21


Personnel:

Jim Lasko – acoustic guitar, lead vocals
Jesse Lanzillotti – lead guitar, backing vocals
Norine Lyons – female vocals
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Mike Oxios - bass
George Davis - keyboards
Kevin Perau - flute
Walt Rehdar - pedal steel guitar
Steve Musso - drums
Jim Young - producer

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