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Van Dyke Parks' 'Song Cycle' (33 1/3 Series)
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LENGTH3 hrs and 44 mins
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RELEASE DATE07-26-12
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Posing more riddles than the average sphinx, with its decipherable answers pointing somewhere dark, Song Cycle was anything but passive. I had already witnessed hippie bands playing with their backs to the hall, so the thought of late '60s musicians being interested in their audience struck me as a concept bordering on revolutionary.
The debut album from songwriter and pianist Van Dyke Parks, Song Cycle first appeared in 1968 on Warner Brothers Records. Its 12 songs led listeners through Joycean wordplay and sound collages to reveal messages of dissent and personal loss, at odds with Parks' buoyant, riotously eclectic music. Monumentally ambitious and equally expensive, Song Cycle resembled a film — possibly Citizen Kane — more than the pop music of its day; like Kane, Parks' masterwork was adored by critics yet all but ignored by paying customers.
In his efforts to plumb the mysteries of this quixotic record and its subsequent fate, Richard Henderson interviews several of the key figures involved with Song Cycle, notably Parks himself and producer Lenny Waronker.
©2010 Richard Henderson (P)2012 Audible, Inc.
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"Good Overview of an Oft-overlooked Classic"
Very good overview of the album Song Cycle and ultimately the strange career of Van Dyke Parks. This is my second book in the 33 1/3 Series (it far surpasses the other I read on OK Computer), and Richard Henderson's love for the album is infectious and seems genuine.
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