Part One
by The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
- Type: Album
- Released: March 1967
- Label: Reprise
- Country: United States
- Length: 36:48
- Community rating: 3.81/5 from 6 ratings
Artists on this release: Shaun Harris, Frank Zappa, Van Dyke Parks, Baker Knight, P.F. Sloan, Joy Byers, Michael Lloyd, Danny Harris, Ron Morgan
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Funded by a wealthy heir, this enigmatic band swung wildly from fragile, Byrds-esque folk harmonies to abrasive, feedback-laden freakouts. The record feels fragmented and erratic, acting as a bizarre, unfiltered cross-section of Los Angeles' underground musical trends.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, avant-garde, swirling, spacey, dreamy
Tracklist
- Shifting Sands (3:54)
- I Won't Hurt You (2:24)
- 1906 (2:17)
- Help, I'm a Rock (4:26)
- Will You Walk with Me (3:01)
- Transparent Day (2:18)
- Leiyla (2:55)
- Here's Where You Belong (2:50)
- If You Want This Love (2:52)
- 'Scuse Me, Miss Rose (3:03)
- High Coin (2:04)
- Transparent Day (2:22)
- Help, I'm a Rock (2:15)
Credits
- The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - primary artist
- Ed Thrasher - art direction
- Shaun Harris - bass, vocals, written-by
- Charles E. White III - design
- Lee Herschberg - engineer
- Danny Harris - guitar, written-by
- Ron Morgan - guitar, written-by
- Michael Lloyd - guitar, vocals, written-by
- Carl Frith - photography by
- Bob Markley - producer, vocals, written-by
- Jimmy Bowen - producer
- Baker Knight - written-by
- Frank Zappa - written-by
- P.F. Sloan - written-by
- Joy Byers - written-by
- Van Dyke Parks - written-by
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