The Moonstone

by Tommy Flanders

The Moonstone cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1969
  • Label: Verve Forecast
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:33
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

After departing the Blues Project, the distinctive vocalist issues a lone solo endeavor characterized by gentle, introspective acoustic balladry and subtle orchestral flourishes. The understated production perfectly frames his resonant voice, yielding a deeply atmospheric, melancholic masterpiece of late-sixties folk rock.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, acoustic, storytelling, melodic, piano

Tracklist

  1. Since You've Been Gone (2:33)
  2. Blue Water Blue (3:02)
  3. Morning Misty Eyes (3:15)
  4. A Detective Story (3:50)
  5. Purple And Blue (2:40)
  6. The Moonstone (4:32)
  7. By The Mailbox We Stood (3:12)
  8. Angel Of Mercy (3:40)
  9. Boston Girls (3:05)
  10. Sleepin' (3:49)
  11. She's My Love (4:55)

Credits

  • Bruce Langhorne - musician
  • Dennis McCarthy - musician
  • Dick Rosmini - musician
  • Jerry Scheff - musician
  • Mike Botts - musician
  • Gabriel Mekler - written-by

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