WENDY & BONNIE Genesis 3LP SUNDAZED 2008 US re LP 5249 LARRY CARLTON-JIM KELTNER

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2008 US REPRESSING on SUNDAZED label. GATEFOLD COVER (Tri-fold). The cover is in VG+ condition. normal wear BUT surface discolouration/wear on corners/where folded, , hairlines/marks on front (right edge, 1,5cm break on rear (bottom right corner, on Sundazed logo), mild creases on edges, left spine is fully readable; INSIDE PANELS in great condition; for details see photos. The vinyls in EX/NM condition [hardly played].

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WENDY & BONNIE

with JIM KELTNER drums, LARRY CARLTON guitar, RANDY CIERLY bass,

MICHAEL LANG & MIKE MELVOIN organ & piano

The sister duo of Wendy Flower and Bonnie Flower (their real names, not aliases), Wendy & Bonnie recorded one album in the late '60s. Genesis is pleasant, if naïve, harmonized light rock with psychedelic, jazz, and folk influences. It is impressive given their tender ages -- Wendy Flower was just 17, and Bonnie Flower only 13, when it was recorded in late 1968, and the pair wrote all of the material on the LP. The Flowers grew up in a musical family in the San Francisco Bay Area, and prior to recording on their own, did a couple of garage-psychedelic singles as part of Crystal Fountain; Wendy sang lead, and Bonnie played drums. Jazz star Cal Tjader put them to the attention of a jazz label he recorded for, Skye, which made the Wendy & Bonnie LP its lone venture into rock. Genesis was pretty sparsely produced, the arrangements highlighting their harmonies and pensive paisley tunes, but did benefit from backing by some top Los Angeles session musicians, including drummer Jim Keltner and guitarist Larry Carlton. The album was released in 1969, but stalled when Skye Records folded the following year. The death of producer Gary McFarland in 1971 further discouraged the duo. Although they did sing backup vocals on a couple of Tjader albums and some jingles and background vocals at Fantasy Records, they never recorded their own material again, and broke up in the early '70s. They did perform music separately in the subsequent decades, Wendy Flower issuing a children's music cassette, and Bonnie Flower once rejecting an invitation to join the Bangles...(AllMusic)

"GENESIS"

<reissue, originally published 1969>

3LP        SUNDAZED RECORDS       STEREO/MONO  LP 5249

PRINTED IN U.S.A.    2008 REPRESSING

GATEFOLD COVER + HYPE STICKER

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: (text) 0 90771-5249-1 1

Catalog on cover: LP 5249

Matrix / Runout (Side A): LP 5249 Rec1 Side A  Trutone NY  Car1  9-08  

Matrix / Runout (Side B): LP 5249 Rec1 Side B  Trutone NY  Car1  9-08

Matrix / Runout (Side C): LP 5249 Rec2 Side A  Trutone NY  Car1  9-08 

Matrix / Runout (Side D): LP 5249 Rec2 Side B  Trutone NY  Car1  9-08

Matrix / Runout (Side E): LP 5249 Rec3 Side A  Trutone NY  Car1  9-08

Matrix / Runout (Side F): LP 5249 Rec3 Side B  Trutone NY  Car1  9-08

On labels: for details see dedicated pictures

On Back Sleeve: Tracklist + Notes

Sundazed logo and address

tracklisting: please, for tracklist see pictures

grading

RECORDS EX/NM but (please, read above description)

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

A soft folk psyche duet, on the label founded by the jazzmen Gary McFarland and Gabor Szabo. The two sisters, Wendy and Bonny Flower, tenderly aged 18 and 15, write and sing on all the tracks on what is a very typical period piece. Luckily the producer avoids the trap of over-orchestration and so comes up with a flowery and soothing bunch of songs, sometimes bordering on the sugary, but mostly rendering a peaceful and harmonic atmosphere. The voices of the sisters blend beautifully, the backing is unobtrusive but qualified. Naturally this drips innocence all over, but infrequently rises to the occasion and reaches real expresiveness, though often subdued, as on Five O'Clock In The Morning and Endless Pathway. Evidently, the last four tracks on side two are the best, which show more commitment than those on side one and also boast sharp cutting acid-guitar on The Winter Is Cold. These four cuts are above average and should be heard by anyone with interest in female vocals in lighly psychedelic settings. The cover shot of the pair shows the very personification of naivete. The album is now rare and sought-after...(Fuzz Acid & Flowers)