BOC: SFG

[Ted Jackson]

On 30 May 2001, at 18:01, Michael R Godwin wrote:

> The liner notes for St Cecilia suggest that Elektra lost confidence in
> the band when Les Braunstein's vocals were replaced by Eric Bloom's.
> But to my ear, there are very few EB lead vocals on the album, apart
> from 'Donovan's Monkey' and 'I'm on the lamb'. Has anyone got a full
> list of lead vocalists by track, please?
>

Good point!  Sounds to me like Buck takes his share of lead vocals,
too.  Interesting that Elektra bailed on the band, considering that a
lot of shite got released in those days, and that the SFG stuff
stands pretty tall against the likes of the Airplane, Quicksiler etc.--
hell it's much better than those, IM[NS]HO...

But the disc we're playing now may sound quite a bit different from
what the Elektra suits were listening to back then.  We have to
consider that the remastering probably enhaced the overall impact
of the material.  Still, a blind horse should have been able to figure
out that the band was brimming with talent...

theo