SPARKS BEARSVILLE RECORDS STORY and STORY of ELECTRIC PRUNES

Харлей А. Феинстеин (барабаны) родился 10 апреля 1951 в Лос-Анджелесе. Он изучил барабаны в школе. Перед игрой с Halfnelson/Sparks Харлей был только другом.
Харлей Феинстеин вошел в контакт с Maels после того, как Russell Mael подал объявление, которое барабанщик увидел в магазине Ace Music в Санта-Монике. Песни Спаркс, однако, были трудны для любого барабанщика.
После регистрации демо-записи ПолуНельсона, барабанщик Джон Менделсон покинул группу. Несколько месяцев спустя Earle Mankey вывел свой магнитофон и в его гостиной комнате Рон, Расселл и он сделали запись четырех новых песен. Харлей Феинстеин присоединился к группе, когда они микшировали этот демонстрационный пример и играл на первых двух альбомах Bearsville.
После того, как Maels уехали в Англию в 1973, Харлей Феинстеин присоединился к другой группе в L.A, но потом поступил в UCLA, чтобы стать адвокатом.
Харлей А. Феинстеин стал дипломированным специалистом U.C.L.A. и Whittier College School of Law. Он занимался с юридическими фирмами Fisher & Kreiner и также с Cook and Linden в Лос-Анджелесе с 1979 - 1985. В 1985 Харлей Феинстеин основал его собственную фирму в Beverly Hills и в 1989 он переехал на побережье в область Сан-Диего.
Харлей А. Феинстеин - член the State Bar of California (Bar no. 87072). Он - член Поверенных Потребителей Калифорнии и Сан-Диего, Северной Ассоциации юристов Графства. Харлей А. Феинстеин награжден за волонтерскую работу Адвокатов Сан-Диего (член Consumer Attorneys of California, Consumer Attorney''s of San Diego, North County Bar Association, the San Diego Volunteer Lawyers). Харлей А. Феинстеин специализируется на делах с телесным повреждением.
Но Харлей Феинстеин - серфингист сначала, адвокат потом (чтобы зарабатывать на жизнь). Он живет в Encinitas, Калифорния, которая является лучшим местом в США для серфинга. Он путешествовал по многим местам прибоя: Фиджи, Коста-Рика, Никарагуа, по всей Мексике... Но музыка одинаково важна для него. Десять лет назад Харлей Феинстеин играл на барабанах в группе с другими адвокатами, и в настоящее время с человеком из Великобритании он воздействует на проект группы, в которую Харлей верит. Кроме того, Харлей Феинстеин работает с певцом Thaddeus James Lowe , и басистом Марком Талин из The Electric Prunes на новом компакт-диске, который в выпуске (2003) - my Internet text with inserts - http://lapilgrim.narod.ru/newtext/sparks1970b.htm


Thaddeus James Lowe was the singer of the Electric Prunes - http://e.discogs.com/artist/Thaddeus+James+Lowe

Аккорды, тексты песен Electric Prunes - http://accords.ru/ru/band/821/

ELECTRIC PRUNES Underground (Very rare original 1967 pressing Reprise US 3-colour steamboat label 12-track STEREO vinyl LP, superb pasted picture sleeve with small deletion corner cut and original Reprise inner. Still in the original [opened] shrink & with great vinyl, this is a fantastic copy of this legendary masterpiece! RS-6262).

Unbelievably this is the only live footage of the legendary rock-psychedelic band the Electric Prunes since their inception. Their recorded history is a long stretch back to 1967 when they had the big hit “I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night).” Rewired is a documentation of this bands incredible wherewithal and ongoing importance to rock music and its development.


The Electric Prunes were not so much a self-contained group as a front for some talented L.A. songwriters and producers; they by and large played the music on their records, but the vision and inspiration came from elsewhere. Nonetheless, they produced a few great psychedelic garage songs, especially the scintillating "I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night," which mixed distorted guitars and pop hooks with inventive, oscillating reverb. Songwriters Annette Tucker and Nancie Mantz wrote most of the Prunes'' material, much of which in turn was crafted in the studio by Dave Hassinger, who had engineered some classic Rolling Stones sessions in the mid-''60s. "Too Much to Dream" was a big hit in 1967, and the psychedelized Bo Diddley follow-up "Get Me to the World on Time" was just as good, and also a hit. Nothing else by the group made it big, and their initial pair of albums were quite erratic, although a few scattered tracks were nearly as good as those singles. Although they began to write more of their own material on their second album, their subsequent releases were apparently the products of personnel that had little to do with the original lineup. Their third LP, Mass in F Minor, was a quasi-religious concept album of psychedelic versions of prayers; a definitively excessive period piece, its best song ("Kyrie Eleison") was lifted for the Easy Rider soundtrack. None of the original Prunes were still in the lineup when the band dissolved, unnoticed, at the end of the ''60s.

ELECTRIC PRUNES Rewired (2004 issue UK Region 0 PAL DVD featuring mesmerizing performances including ''I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) & ''Get To The World On Time'' recorded live in Brighton, 2002. DVD Extras include behind-the-scenes footage from the tour, the making of ARTIFACT: The first recording sessions in 34 years with more details to follow...)- http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=290890

James Lowe: We had an offer to do a small tour in Europe and thought it would be interesting to visit some of the same places we played in 1967, kind of like going back to the roots of something.

We never really had any film or video of the band in the past, and the Stockholm ‘67 album was all that existed of our live performances. We had had numerous offers to do a DVD. We were actually working on some animations and live video of our own but the timing never seemed quite right to release it. The UK tour seemed to be the perfect place to capture some of the energy of the band in a live situation and a chance to expose some of our animations and home movies.

I think television is a very difficult medium for rock music. I cannot watch anyone for very long on DVDs or Pay per View concert specials, not The Stones, Dylan, Springsteen … anyone. A concert is meant to be a live event and experienced live. But when you have the option to put some touring episodes in there, show a little bit about the band’s recording techniques, and let people know a little more about you, it can work. The sub menu ability of DVDs allows cool little movies to be hidden in the programming, and that can be a saving grace.

James Lowe: The Who: You can never forget the people that help you realize something about yourself. Images: Todd Rundgren at 17 writing full orchestra parts for “A Beautiful Song” in his hotel room the night before the session for Nazz, he had never done it before and completely blew the studio players minds! Van Dyke Parks playing the most disconnected notes and sounds to achieve absolute masterpieces. Often we would be recording for 5 hours before I knew what the hell we were doing, amazing. Russ and Ron Mael of the Sparks and their great sense of humor and musical irony, I thought they were what rock was supposed to be about, free expression. Manager, Albert Grossman always had an open ear for music and I saw him fall into his “goo filled” swimming pool trying to show me a frog. Ry Cooder having me mute a fantastic slide guitar solo on “Alimony” because he thought it too self-focused and flashy, a class dude. Randy Newman acting incredulous when he played “Mama Told Me No to Come” in the studio between songs and I said ... that is a hit! He said someone named Three Dog Night was going to record it.

If your eyes are open, you can learn a lot. The What: Someone telling me to get over it, the past is past and unless you learn from the mistakes, you are doomed to making them again, good advice.


the psychedelicguitar - http://www.thepsychedelicguitar.com/williams.htm

http://www.progressiveworld.net/electricprunes3.html

http://www.in.gr/ath/mscenes/article2752.asp


http://www.members.tripod.com/~shadwell/epmagaz.html

http://www.members.tripod.com/~shadwell/con1967b.html

http://www.members.tripod.com/~shadwell/epcdshop.html

http://www.members.tripod.com/~shadwell/ephist3.html

http://www.britannica.com/psychedelic/photohtml/opsyroc115p1.html

http://www.official-john-nikolai.com/TheElectricPrunes2.html

http://www.birdmanrecords.com/electricprunes.html

http://www.whatawaytodie.com/prunes/

http://www.psychedelic-music.net/pmdb/db3/db_band.php4?id=560

http://www.vinylvulture.co.uk/features/funky_prog2.php

http://www.musicaroma.it/nerds/articolone.asp?ID=1890 - and more: check Internet

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