Eastern Ferris Wheel

by Addiss and Crofut

Eastern Ferris Wheel cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1968
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 29:36
  • Community rating: 3.29/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Eastern Ferris Wheel' showcases the unique cross-cultural explorations of Steve Addiss and Bill Crofut. The duo incorporates traditional Southeast Asian elements into a psychedelic folk framework, resulting in a fascinating artifact of global musical synthesis.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, Acoustic

Tracklist

  1. The Jimmy Song (2:51)
  2. In Just Spring (1:40)
  3. Flowers Fall Away (2:15)
  4. Softly (2:48)
  5. Down By the Meadow (1:59)
  6. He Is There (2:27)
  7. Willow Rustling In the Breeze (1:59)
  8. Gentle Robyn (2:38)
  9. Forty Days (2:36)
  10. High In the Mountain Pass (2:57)
  11. Azulao (1:41)
  12. Dry Riverbeds (1:44)
  13. Spring (1:54)

Credits

  • Addiss and Crofut - primary artist
  • Charles Morrow - arranged by, conductor
  • Bill Crofut - banjo, guitar, french horn, angklung [anklung], written-by
  • Jeff Levine - bass
  • Bruce Rogers - cello
  • John Berg - cover [album cover]
  • Edward Murray - harpsichord, organ [calliope], organ
  • Soga Shohaku - painting [front cover]
  • John Hammond - producer

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