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File under: Acid Folk

Pearls Before Swine

The Wizard Of Is (2LP)

Label: Earth

Format: 2LP

Genre: Psych

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Remastered and re-appraised 31-track collection of Pearls Before Swine rarities from the private tape collection of the late, great Tom Rapp.  For the first time on vinyl, this beautiful collection brings together alternate versions of Rapp originals ‘The Jeweler’, ‘Translucent Carriages’ and ‘Rocket Man’. It also includes jaw-dropping covers of Rapp’s contemporaries Cohen, Dylan and Joni Mitchell, with bonus download material featuring seven amazing live versions plus a never before released intimate show at The Other End circa 1976.

A goldmine of possibilities from a prospector with a silver tongue and stories to tell. ‘The Wizard Of Is’ is a weird and wonderful trip inside its creator’s mind, from sonnets and space hymns to stories of revolution and the war. It’s an American Gothic fantasy that straddles old tyme America and the outer edges of an imagined stratosphere.

A more intoxicating version of folk psychedelia.” Wire magazine

Extremely influential.” Rolling Stone

Details
File under: Acid Folk
Cat. number: EARTHLP052
Year: 2023
Notes:
Gatefold sleeve. Includes download card.