Laser Pace — Granfalloon 1974 (USA, prog cosmic funk rock, Psychedelic Rock)
Laser Pace is an American band that released their only album, Granfalloon, in 1974. It featured a complex and experimental blend of prog, funk, and jazz, featuring the magnificent vocals of Maureen O'Connor (who also played guitar, synthesizer, and Mellotron). After several successful and well-received concerts, the band disbanded in 1976.
The only prog LP Takoma Records ever released -- the 1974 slab by L.A.'s Laser Pace. The album's title, Granfalloon, is a term created by the late Kurt Vonnegut to describe a bunch of people who pretend to be an affinity group without having any actual affinity for each other. We're uncertain if that is suppose to refer to factions inside Laser Pace, but no matter. The album is probably the strangest pieces of wax dripped by Takoma (apart from Charlie Nothing, natch) and seems wildly out of synch with the label's presumed focus. But is a goddamn monster of odd charm, no two ways about it.
Doug Decker had a very successful career doing recording engineering working with Johnny Cash, the Beach Boys, Band of Gypsies, Roger Miller, and John Fahey among many, many others. He also did sound for the "Win Ben Stein's Money" TV show. Doug and his wife Maureen O'Connor recorded "Granfalloon", very experimental, lots of electronics.
Tracks:
01. Closet Casualty — 0:00
02. Avatar — 4:05
03. (Whoever) You Are (You) — 9:38
04. Sky Fell — 13:38
05. Endless — 18:19
06. Oh Yeah? — 21:36
07. Redemption - 26:25
08. Scatter - 31:35
Personnel:
Maureen O’Connor – female vocals, guitars, bass, synthesizer, mellotron, piano
Doug Decker (as D. Distorto) – bass, synthesizer, mellotron, producer
Chris Christensen (W.G. Christensen) – drums, percussion, vocals
Larry Parsons – Fender Rhodes, acoustic piano, organ, synthesizer
Jim Divisek (as Jimbo Dee) — synthesizer
George Belle - percussion
Carl Van Young - clavinet (02)
Larry Wolff – tenor saxophone (02)
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