PETE DELLO 2LP INTO YOUR EARS SEALED REISSUE HONEYBUS

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 HANKY PANKY RECORDS. 2LP GATEFOLD EDITION. INCLUDES INSERT. OOP LIMITED REISSUE 154/500

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The '60s spawned so many psychedelic bands that the reissue has become its own genre. Audiophiles flock to conventions worldwide to pay exorbitant amounts of money for obscurities that your average music fan would recoil at. This passion has unearthed horrible artifacts, intriguing oddities, and the occasional gem. After tasting success in 1968 with the single "I Can't Let Maggie Go," Honeybus founder Pete Dello left the band after only one album to pursue a more settled lifestyle. His distaste for the rigors of touring left him with a surplus of un-recorded material that would eventually steer him back into the studio to record his first and only solo record. Into Your Ears features 14 songs, each under three-and-a-half minutes long, that prosper through a winning combination of goofy psychedelia and Beatlesque beauty. The sweet melodies and gentle harmonies of "It's What You've Got" and "Taking The Heart Out Of Love" are timeless, devoid of irony, and begging for placement in a Wes Anderson film. "Do I Still Figure In Your Life," which has since been covered by the likes of Joe Cocker, conveys the same irresistible form of melancholy that permeates a great Randy Newman or Harry Nilsson recording, and more than makes up for the wince-inducing "Uptight Basil" and "Harry The Earwig (the latter inspired the horrific Roger Dean cover art). Dello's voice is sweet and clear, with only a tinge of the British folk throatiness that ruled the era. The songs, while never complex, benefit from strategically placed string arrangements that rarely disappoint, and crisp production as exemplified on the set closer "Arise Sir Henry."

SIDE ONE: 1. IT’S WHAT YOU’VE GOT  2. THERE’S NOTHING THAT I CAN DO FOR YOU  3. I’M A GAMBLER  4. HARRY THE EARWIG  5. DO I STILL FIGURE IN YOUR LIFE  6. UPTIGHT BASIL 

SIDE TWO: 1. TAKING THE HEART OUT OF LOVE  2. ON A TIME SAID SYLVIE  3. A GOOD SONG  4. IT’S THE WAY  5. GO AWAY  6. ARISE SIR HENRY

SIDE THREE: 1. UPTIGHT BASIL (Credited to Magic Valley)  2. TAKING THE HEART OUT OF LOVE (Credited to Magic Valley)  3. I’M A GAMBLER (Credited to Magenta)  4. GO AWAY (Credited to Lace)  5. WORKING CLASS MAN (Credited to Rod Herring)

SIDE FOUR: 1. TATTERED ROBE (Credited to Magenta)  2. I’M A GAMBLER (Credited to Lace)  3. DELIGHTED TO SEE YOU (unreleased demo)  4. HOLD UP, FOLD UP (Unreleased)  5. TEXAS CANDY (Unreleased).