Stained Glass — Aurora 1969 (USA, Psychedelic, Folk Rock)

Stained Glass — Aurora 1969 (USA, Psychedelic, Folk Rock)

Immediately after the release of their debut album, Bob Rominger left the band. The next LP, "Aurora," was recorded with a new guitarist, Tom Bryant. Both albums failed to gain popularity among music fans, and the band broke up in November 1969. Jim McPherson later played in the bands Copperhead, High Moon, and solo.Second, and generally regarded as the better of the band’s 2 albumsrecorded for Capitol in the late ‘60s.Formed in 1966, Stained Glass began life as a Beatles cover bandperforming live in and around their native San Jose until an A&Rman from RCA signed them to the label later that year.

Four singles for RCA duly followed, but success stubbornly refused to dolikewise, although We Got A Long Way To Go (RCA 47-9166) , adriving rock song far removed from their more usual Merseybeatstyle, did provide the band with a small degree of fame when thesingle became a big hit in Southern California in 1967.

Disillusioned with life at RCA, the band decamped to Capitol in early1968, where they were to record three singles and two highlyacclaimedalbums which, despite attracting the critic’s plaudits,failed to make an impact causing the group to disband in November1969 with vocalist/bass player Jim McPherson going on to joinCopperhead.

While the band’s first album, Crazy Horse Roads (Capitol ST154) wasan eccentric amalgam of commercial tunes, fuzz guitar and psychtouches, their second effort, Aurora (Capitol ST242), with its looser,more jammy feel, is the one that the general consensus rates as thebetter of the two.

Tracks:

01. Gettin' On's Gettin' Rough - 0:00

02. Jim Dandy - 3:00

03. A Common Thief - 6:15

04. The Kibitzer - 11:37

05. Inca Treasure - 16:39

06. Daddy's Claim - 20:17

07. Sweetest Thing - 23:58

08. Mad Lynn Ball - 27:26

09. The Necromancer - 31:10


Personnel:

Jim McPherson - vocals, bass
Tom Bryant - guitar
Dennis Carrasco - drums
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Voyle Gilmore – producer


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