ROBB KUNKEL Abyss - 1973 Folk Psych LP - Danny Holien

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ITEM 
Artist: Robb Kunkel

Title: Abyss
Original Stereo LP with Textured Cover

CONDITION

Cover: vg+, cover has ring and edge wear & punch hole

Vinyl: vg++

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INFO
Label: Tumbleweed Records

Label / Matrix #: TWS 111

Country of Origin: USA

Year made: 1973

Tracks: You Were The Morning, Whispermuse, Country Blues, O Light, Abyss   ///   Monterrey, Ten Summers, Airhammer Eddie, Playa De Bagdad, Turn Of The Century

ROBB KUNKEL: "I am glad to hear some folks enjoy Abyss. It was a blast to be 21 at the Village Recorder, high as a kite, doing it in Quadraphonic. 'You were the morning' was written by Thomas Stockwell and I learned the song near Chicago in 1964. When session guitar master Howard Roberts was doing the banjo part at the end of 'You were the morning' he had done many lines and glasses of Remy Martin and had to keep doing re-takes. He looked up at the window to the control room and said, 'I will get this right if it takes all the money Tumbleweed has got'. 'Whispermuse' was based on the writing of Baudelaire who I was reading at the time. My upstairs 4 rooms had leaded glass round windows which I put in the lyrics: 'times magic sunlight dances through a round window'. I think 500 copies of 'Abyss' were pressed but it could be more. The company went under just at the time of it's release."

(from The ACID ARCHIVES)

Obscure but surprisingly good LP on a Rocky Mountain independent that rode high on corporate money for a few years. It's one of the best, perhaps the best, on the label, and opens with two terrific dreamy westcoast psych tracks that alone makes this worth getting. The rest is an eclectic bag of melodic rock and singer/songwriter, with two weaker (but short) rootsy tracks, and the rest quite enjoyable. Heavy session names are all over this LP, which displays the typical Tumbleweed combination of a stoned, loose vibe and a classy production. When staff member Kunkel's album was released the label's money was running out, and it may have been pressed in as few as 500 copies. [PL]
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Having listened to this album a dozen times it's still hard to slap it with a label. Much of it has a laidback acoustic feel to it, but the songs are often punctuated by Howard Robert's jazzy lead guitar and/or Kunkel's percussive keyboards. 'Whispermuse' is a perfect example. For the first couple of moments in flows along as a pretty acoustic ballad before Kunkel and Roberts kick in at the tale end. In contrast, the title track and 'Turn of the Century' (the latter being the standout effort) are fairly conventional (and enjoyable) rock numbers. Full of pretty melodies and some nice harmony vocals, I can see why it's becoming somewhat of a sought after collectable. The only real missteps are a couple of country-flavored throwaways including the forgettable "Country Blues". [SB]

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