SHIVA'S HEADBAND Take Me To The MountainsLP CAPITOL 1969 US orig SPENCER PERSKIN

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SHIVA'S HEADBAND

SPENCER PERSKIN, SHAWN SIEGEL, SUSAN PERSKIN

KENNY PARKER, ROBERT GLADWIN, RICHARD FINNELL

Founded in Austin, Texas in 1967 by violinist/vocalist Spencer Perskin. Susan Perskin (vocals/percussion), 

Bob Tonreid (guitar), Kenny Parker (bass) and Jerry Barnett (drums) completed the original line-up 

which was buoyed the following year with the addition of Shawn Siegal (keyboards). 

The sextet completed their debut single, ‘Kaleidoscoptic’, before moving to San Francisco 

to record Take Me To The Mountains. Robert Gladwin and Richard Finnel replaced Tonreid and Barnett prior 

to recording, but the group remained a vehicle for Perskin’s violin dexterity and his frazzled vision of psychedelic country. 

Shiva’s Headband then returned to Texas where a revitalized line-up completed Comin’ To A Head, 

before becoming an integral part of the state’s vibrant live circuit. 

"TAKE ME TO THE MOUNTAINS"

co-produced by  SPENCER PERSKIN and FRED CATERO

1969     LP     CAPITOL RECORDS      ST-538   STEREO

PRINTED IN U.S.A.    ORIGINAL COPY

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

LABEL:  CAPITOL -  'LIME/GREEN' LABEL + PURPLE TARGET - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover : ST-538      

Catalog on labels: ST-538 (ST1-538 / ST2-538)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): ST1 538  A1 #1

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): ST-2-538-B2 #1

On labels: Produced by Spencer Perskin and Fred Catero for Armadillo Productions

All arrangements by Spencer Perskin

rim text reads "Mfd. by Capitol Records. Inc. A Subsidiary of Capitol Industries, Inc., U.S.A.     

Capitol ®Marca Reg. U.S. Pat. No. 2.631.859"

On back cover: Recorded at Pacific Recording Studios

Co-produced by Spencer Perskin and Fred Catero for Armadillo Productions

Cover Art by Jim Franklin

Printed in U.S.A.

from my records collection

tracklisting

Side 1) MY BABY - TAKE ME TO THE MOUNTAINS

HOMESICK ARMADILLO BLUES - RIPPLE - SONG FOR PEACE

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RECORD  STRONG VG+ (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG(+) (please, see pictures and read above description)

Back in the '60s, when every town in America seemed to have its own burgeoning music scene, Austin was strangely quiet. 

Long before the city became filled with clubs and began its hosting of the SXSW music festival, 

there wasn't much happening on the cool Texas plateau. Not much at all -- save for one group that all 

but dominated the scene from the late '60s to the early '70s. That group was the eclectic, country-fried psychedelic 

outfit known as Shiva's Headband. Shiva's first major-label effort, Take Me to the Mountains on Capitol 

(the first ever major-label release by an Austin band). 

The album is formidable, and its influence on the "galactic cowboy" genre was as great as, say, 

Love's Forever Changes was to the West Coast rock scene. It laid the groundwork for psychedelic twang 

and brought the world's attention to the creatively diverse (yet firmly rooted) music 

that was beginning to blossom back in those Texas heyday...(AllMusic)