JACK GRUNSKY Jack's Angels 1967 Dylan folk psych LISTEN
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Anybody who’s called Neil Young or even Bruce Cockburn the “Canadian Bob Dylan” has obviously never heard Jack Grunsky. Not only is Jack closer to the mold, but he was also doing the Bob Dylan folk schtick while Bob was still at the peak of his power. 1967, to be exact. Which was when this incredibly obscure, completely forgotten little gem of a folk pop protest album from Jack’s Angels came out. Or snuck out, to be more exact, since it was released only in Austria, of all places, not exactly the flourishing core of the folk movement. You’ll see more mono pressings of Blonde on Blonde than any pressing of this major rarity, so unless you really need to hear “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” in tinny single channel, it’s time you splurged a little for the Dylan of the North.
Truth be told, Jack’s songs are actually closer to Donovan than Dylan, if only because they’re more upbeat and cheerful and far less politically activist. But it still sounds like Dylan singing, thanks to Jack’s pretty good nasal whine and occasional burst of wheezin’ harmonica. Call it the sound of Dylan covering Donovan and you’ve pegged the Jack Grunsky sound pretty well – especially on songs like “Way I Feel” and “Endless Highway, Endless Song,” which, at 3:10, is far less endless than many of Bob’s epics.
The folk pop roster of Fading Yellow 8 would’ve welcomed the upbeat strummin’ sunshine sounds of “Queen in Red and Purple,” another irresistible song that dares to imagine a parallel universe where Dylan was actually happy. Or downright playful, as on “Bachelor Blues,” where the only thing Jack’s protesting is the lack of a good woman to cook him dinner:
“Dish pile statues, coffee cup residue,
Ran out of teabags, got no more gum to chew,
Don’t want to make my dinner.
Won’t you come in?”
Needless to say, Joan Baez didn’t call back. Which is her loss, because Jack seems like he’d be more fun. And like Bob, Jack’s still recording today. In fact, he won a Juno Award for Best Children’s Recording in 2006. And no one named “Soy Bomb” interrupted his performance.
Original Austrian pressing from 1967 on the Amadeo label. Cover in EXCELLENT shape, vinyl plays VG++ with scattered pops.
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