Touch: Street Suite 1969 Mainline Records LP 2001 (SUPER RARE St. Louis)
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Touch: Street Suite 1969 Mainline Records LP 2001 (SUPER RARE St. Louis)
Tracklist
A1. Happy Face 0:45
A2. Beginnings 1:08
A3. Get A Gun 3:55
A4. Catfish 7:38
A5. Got To Keep Travelin' On 3:06
B1. Let's Keep The Children On The Streets 5:27
B2. Motor City's Burning 4:46
B3. Gettin' Off 6:40
"Street Suite" is the sole album release of the St. Louis based Touch; released in 1969, this record splits the difference between psych rock, country, and blues rock. Vocal duties are split between Raymond Stone and Paulette Butts, two unique singers of two distinct styles. Butts' voice, a cross between Grace Slick and Bobbie Gentry, is husky yet gentle, and serves to temper the hokum style of Raymond Stone. While not technically a bad singer, Stone occasionally affects a forced Southern accent, which keeps the heavy blues jam of "Catfish" from reaching its full potential. He fares better on the Grateful Dead-like "Got to Be Traveling On," a funky country singalong, replete with kazoos. When he drops that affectation, he sounds less like Jerry Garcia and more like Jerry Reed or Dan Hicks. But Paulette is the real star here, and they know it. The opening medley may start off slightly cheesy anthem "Happy Face," but it turns into a rather serious political manifesto of "Beginnings/Get a Gun." She really shines on "Let's Keep the Children on the Streets," a protest song, and even though the band's style can generously be called a schizophrenic romp through blues, rock, and psychedelia, it's her powerful singing that keeps the song from falling apart. That ramshackle number gives away to the straightforward blues of "Motor City Burning," which then gives way to the funky and fine "Gettin' Off," with Stone finally showing himself to be the superb blues singer only hinted at in "Catfish." Shortly after this album was recorded, Butts left for California, a lineup change would shift the focus to Stone, and the band would split after releasing two singles. "Street Suite" is not a particularly spectacular album, but it still possesses that innocent charm that comes with a band's formative years.
Red labels with black lettering.
Identifiers:
Matrix/Runout: (Side A runout, etched) TS-70-116 SIDE 1 TI
Matrix/Runout: (Side B runout, etched) TS-10-117 SIDE 2 TI
Recorded at Technisonic Studios, St. Louis, MO
Personnel: Jerry Schulte (Bass Guitar); Raymond Stone (Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica); Ovid Bilderback (Percussion); Paulette Butts (Vocals, Tambourine).
I have seen copies in much worse condition sell high...
This copy is G+ it has been played a lot. There is surface wear and noise. Not as bad as a couple others that I have seen. The cover not ripped but has had some erosion along the gate fold opening. The spine is in tact. Please view the photos and use the ZOOM option for best results. Questions??? please ask. Thanks.
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