Sound off http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/09/04/sound_off_rediscovering_some_vintage_acts/
On our minds and on our playlists By James Reed Globe Staff / September 4, 2009 2009 could go down as the year Boston looked back on some of its bands that fell through the cracks. Quill, which technically opened the first day of Woodstock but never made it into the documentary, debuted on CD as part of Rhino's comprehensive new box set "Woodstock: 40 Years On: Back to Yasgur's Farm.'' Even more interesting, though, is the rediscovery of two other '60s relics: psychedelic rock band Ill Wind and porcelain-voiced Cambridge folkie Dayle Stanley, both of whom also made the leap to CD recently. Long relegated to bootlegged copies and serious record collectors, Ill Wind's debut, "Flashes,'' has been reissued by British label Sunbeam Records, with a second disc of bonus material. It's a classic period piece (sample song: "Hung Up Chick''), but the music is fascinating, sounding like the love child of the Mamas and the Papas and Jefferson Airplane. The band's website, www.ill-wind.com, gives a full rundown on how the band formed at MIT and came this close to making it big. It's especially amusing to see photos of the band members in all their stoner glory at the Boston Tea Party. Meanwhile, "Women Blue,'' a compilation of long-lost female vocalists, unearths a song by Stanley, who's even more of an anomaly. Google her name, and you'll get little more than passing references to her peculiar vocal style, which she called "tremolando'' and gave the impression she was singing underwater. Sounding eerily like Joan Baez, Stanley was even voted best local folk singer by Broadside magazine in 1963 before disappearing completely. Fifty bucks to the first person who can tell me what happened to her: [email protected]. -- Both "Flashes'' and "Women Blue'' are available at www.forced exposure.com. . --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sixties-L" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sixties-l?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
