Label: Rhino Records (Europe), R2 7519, CCM-134-2
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock
Country: San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Time: 32:24
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 205 Mb
Album
consists of a musical setting of the mass sung in Latin and Greek and
arranged in the psychedelic style of the band, and was written and
arranged by David Axelrod.
Following the limited commercial success
of the Electric Prunes' previous album, Underground, the band's manager
Lenny Poncher and their producer Dave Hassinger, whose company owned the
rights to the band name, agreed with Reprise Records that their third
album would be written and arranged by David Axelrod, a classically
trained musician. The album was planned to combine religious and
classical elements with psychedelic rock, in a religious-based
rock-opera concept album.[2] Axelrod was given carte blanche by
Hassinger to do what he wanted with the Electric Prunes.
When the
existing band – singer James Lowe, guitarists Ken Williams and Mike
Gannon, bassist Mark Tulin, and drummer Michael "Quint" Weakley – came
to record the album, it became apparent that the complex arrangements
largely outstripped the band's ability to perform them to the standards
expected by Axelrod, or within the time set aside for recording.
Although Lowe, Tulin (the only band member who could read music) and
Weakley appeared on all the tracks, and Williams and Gannon also
appeared on the first three tracks ("Kyrie Eleison", "Gloria" and
"Credo"), the album was finished by studio musicians working with
engineer Richie Podolor on guitar, and a Canadian group, the
Collectors.[2] The choral-style vocals were by Lowe, double-tracked.[5]
Hassinger was credited with producing the album.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_in_F_Minor)
01. Kyrie Eleison (03:21)
02. Gloria (05:45)
03. Credo (05:02)
04. Sanctus (02:57)
05. Benedictus (04:52)
06. Agnus Dei (04:29)
07. Hey Mr President (bonus) (02:49)
08. Flowing Smoothly (bonus) (03:06)
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