DAVID ACKLES The Road To Cairo LP ELEKTRA 1968 US reissue+gold label EKS-74022
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DAVID ACKLES
with MICHAEL FONFARA organ, DANNY WEISS & DOUGLAS HASTINGS guitar,
JERRY PENROD bass, JON KELIEHOR percussionDavid Ackles continues to influence contemporary singer/songwriters with his combination
of dark and desolate lyrics, emotionally wrenching songs, and subtle, sonorous delivery.
Singers like Elvis Costello have acknowledged a creative debt to him, and his albums,
especially American Gothic, have become cult favorites...
"THE ROAD TO CAIRO"
<1969 reissue, originally published as "David Ackles" in 1968>
LP ELEKTRA RECORDS EKS-74022 STEREO
PRINTED IN U.S.A. 1969 REPRESSING on ELEKTRA "Gold/Brown" LABEL
SINGLE COVER + COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER
This version: 1. This issue has the 'Broadway' address on back cover & inner,
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: ELEKTRA - GOLD/BROW LABEL w/LARGE WHITE 'E' - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: EKS-74022
Catalog on labels: EKS-74022-A / EKS-74022-B
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): EKS-74022-A-RE-1(MON) ?11771
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): EKS-74022-B-RE-1(MON) ?11771-X
Other / Runout (on both sides, Stamped): MR (circled, Monarch Record Pressing)
On labels: All selections composed by David Ackles © copyright Nina Music.
Public performance cleared through BMI
Produced by David Anderle & Russ Miller
On back cover: All words and music by David Ackles
Elektra Records 1855 Broadway New York City 10023
Printed in U.S.A. (bottom left)
tracklisting
Side A: THE ROAD TO CAIRO - WHEN LOVE IS GONE
SUNNY COME HOME - BLUE RIBBONS - WHAT A HAPPY DAY
Side B: DOWN RIVER - LAISSEZ FAIRE - LOTUS MAN
HIS NAME IS ANDREW - BE MY FRIEND
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RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Ackles' debut LP introduced a singer/songwriter quirky even by the standards of Elektra records, possibly the most adventurous independent label of the 1960s. Ackles was a pretty anomalous artist of his time, with a low, grumbling voice that was uncommercial but expressive, and similar to Randy Newman's. As a composer, Ackles bore some similarities to Newman, as well in his downbeat eccentricity and mixture of elements from pop, folk, and theatrical music. All the same, this impressive maiden outing stands on its own, though comparisons to Brecht/Weill (in the songwriting and occasional circus-like tunes) and Tim Buckley (in the arrangements and phrasing) hold to some degree too. This is certainly his most rock-oriented record, courtesy of the typically tasteful, imaginative Elektra arrangements, particularly with Michael Fonfara's celestial organ and the ethereal guitar riffs (which, again, recall those heard on Buckley's early albums). As a songwriter, Ackles was among the darkest princes of his time, though the lyrics were delivered with a subdued resignation that kept them from crossing the line to hysterical gloom. "The Road to Cairo," covered by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger, and the Trinity, is probably the most famous song here. But the others are quality efforts as well, whether the epics tell of religious trial, as in "His Name Is Andrew," or the mini-horror tale of revisiting an old home in "Sonny Come Home."...(AllMusic)
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