One Nation Underground

by Pearls Before Swine

One Nation Underground cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1967
  • Label: ESP-Disk
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:10:51
  • Community rating: 3.84/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Lane Lederer, Saxie Dowell, Swine Chorus, Sara Teasdale, Wayne Harley, Tom Rapp, Roger Crissinger, Roman Tombs, Warren Smith

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Tom Rapp's distinctive, slightly lisping vocal delivery sets the tone for this deeply cynical, anti-war folk project. The arrangements incorporate unexpected elements like organ drones and bowed banjos, creating a bizarre, politically charged atmosphere that stands far apart from the sunny folk-pop of the day.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, political, folk, acoustic, male-vocals, experimental, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. Another Time (3:06)
  2. Playmate (2:22)
  3. Ballad to an Amber Lady (5:16)
  4. (Oh Dear) Miss Morse (1:56)
  5. Drop Out! (4:06)
  6. Morning Song (4:08)
  7. Regions of May (3:29)
  8. Uncle John (2:56)
  9. I Shall Not Care (5:23)
  10. The Surrealist Waltz (3:31)
  11. Uncle John - ESP Out-Take (2:50)
  12. Playmate - ESP Out-Take (2:57)
  13. Morning Song - Pre ONU, Spring '67 Orlando, Florida (3:22)
  14. Surrealist Waltz - ESP Out-Take (2:26)
  15. Drop Out! - Magic Eye Show Radio Session, 1997 (4:03)
  16. Another Time - WHCN Radio Session, 1972 (3:37)
  17. Ballad to an Amber Lady - Wizard of Is Out-Take (3:44)
  18. (Oh Dear) Miss Morse - Live at the Free Music Store, 1971 (2:34)
  19. Full Fathom Five - I Shall Not Care - Live at Goddard College, 1972 (3:46)
  20. State U Instrumental - Pre ONU, Spring '67 Orlando, Florida (5:12)

Credits

  • Pearls Before Swine - primary artist, arranged by
  • Richard Alderson - arranged by [with the assistance of], producer, directed by, recorded by, mixed by
  • Wayne Harley - autoharp, banjo, mandolin, vibraphone, synthesizer [audio oscillator], harmony vocals
  • Lane Lederer - bass, guitar, english horn, horn [swinehorn], sarangi, celesta [celeste], finger cymbals, lead vocals, written-by
  • Elmer Jared Gordon - co-producer [production aide]
  • Warren Smith - drums, percussion
  • Tom Rapp - guitar, lead vocals, written-by
  • Swine Chorus - harmony vocals
  • David Hancock - mastered by
  • Roger Crissinger - organ, harpsichord, synthesizer [clavioline], written-by
  • Hieronymus Bosch - painting [front cover]
  • Saxie Dowell - written-by
  • Roman Tombs - written-by
  • Sara Teasdale - written-by

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