FROGGIE BEAVER From The Pond V rare Orig US 1973 Private Prog Psych Fuzz LP
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Froggie Beaver
From The Pond
Very Rare original US Private LP released on Froggie Beaver Records in 1973. 1st US pressing.
Right from the outset of their sole album, From the Pond, Froggie Beaver show that they know how to build musical tension over the course of a song. The album begins with some glistening acoustic fingerpicking on the abbreviated "Road to Tomorrow" before taking off on the tightly compacted progressive rock of "Lovely Lady," with its shifting organ-led dynamics and choppy time signature changes that sound something like a cross between Santana and the Doors with a bit of David Clayton Thomas thrown in (courtesy of John Troia's lead vocals). Of course, Froggie Beaver never achieved the heights of those artists, but the Omaha, Nebraska band created something more than pedestrian, copycat music on their only album, and to label Froggie Beaver a prog-rock band is to do the music a disservice. From the Pond is the type of album that sneaks up on you gradually. What at first seems to be run-of-the-mill progressive rock briefly touches on psychedelic balladry ("Away from Home" is vaguely reminiscent of the spaciest Spirit moments), before morphing into sunny, wistful early-'70s soft rock on "Come to Believe" and "Just for You." The music is far less grounded in the '70s than in the previous decade (the band, in fact, began in the '60s), gleaning its sonic influences specifically from the mid-'60s Los Angeles commercial pop scene. "Movin' On" sounds like a Monkees-composed song performed by Neil Diamond; "Nothing for Me Here" could easily have been rearranged for a Jackie DeShannon or Dionne Warwick hit single; and "Bring My Children Home" is a slightly polished garage burner. The album is all over the map, but it's that musical hopscotch that makes From the Pond such an interesting listen and Froggie Beaver such a curious band. Unfortunately, that lack of focus also prevented the band from excelling in any one of these styles or creating a consistent listening experience.
TRACKS ARE :-
Side One
1 Road To Tomorrow (Part 1) 0:55
2 Lovely Lady 5:05
3 Buy Back My Life 3:18
4 Come To Believe 5:48
Side Two
1 Away From Home 9:43
2 Just For You 5:28
3 Road To Tomorrow (Part 2) 2:05
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Released on Froggie Beaver Records in 1973
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Catalogue Number DSI 7301
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Record is in Vg + condition (couple of light surface marks and a small pressing lump on side two)
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Sleeve is in Vg + condition (rubbing on the front)
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