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The Wizard Of Is

Earth Recordings

EARTHLP052

2LP Black

$29

31 tracks
Sourced from the private tape collection of the late, great Tom Rapp
Pressed on black double vinyl
Includes 7 live bonus tracks

Description

Remastered and re-appraised 31-track collection of Pearls Before Swine rarities from the private tape collection of the late, great Tom Rapp.

“Extremely influential.” Rolling Stone

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 more intoxicating version of folk psychedelia.” Wire magazine

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 time America and the outer edges of an imagined stratosphere.

Preview Tracklist

1 Where Is Love?
2 Butterflies (Alternate Version)
3 Love, You Are Not Alone
4 Grace Street
5 Translucent Carriages (Alternate Version)
6 Space
7 Rocket Man (Alternate Version)
8 City Of Gold (Alternate Version)
9 For Free
10 Wizard Of Is (Alternate Version)
11 Riegal (Alternate Version)
12 Sail Away (Alternate Version)
13 Footnote/When The War Began
14 Everybody's Got Pain (Alternate Version)
15 Crawling Towards Bethlehem
16 I'm Going To The City (Alternate Version)
17 Can't Go Back
18 Prisoner Of War
19 Another Time (Alternate Version)
20 If You Don't Want To (I Don't Mind) (Alternate Version)
21 (Oh Dear) Miss Morse (Alternate Version)
22 The Jeweler (Alternate Version)
23 The Lincoln Dream
24 There's No Other (Like My Baby)
25 Roadside Hotel
26 Song About A Rose (Alternate Version)
27 Mary Mary
28 Crew Man
29 Suzanne
30 Oh Sister
31 Full Fathom Five/I Shall Not Care

Pearls Before Swine

The Wizard Of Is

Preview Tracklist

1 Where Is Love?

2 Butterflies (Alternate Version)

3 Love, You Are Not Alone

4 Grace Street

5 Translucent Carriages (Alternate Version)

6 Space

7 Rocket Man (Alternate Version)

8 City Of Gold (Alternate Version)

9 For Free

10 Wizard Of Is (Alternate Version)

11 Riegal (Alternate Version)

12 Sail Away (Alternate Version)

13 Footnote/When The War Began

14 Everybody's Got Pain (Alternate Version)

15 Crawling Towards Bethlehem

16 I'm Going To The City (Alternate Version)

17 Can't Go Back

18 Prisoner Of War

19 Another Time (Alternate Version)

20 If You Don't Want To (I Don't Mind) (Alternate Version)

21 (Oh Dear) Miss Morse (Alternate Version)

22 The Jeweler (Alternate Version)

23 The Lincoln Dream

24 There's No Other (Like My Baby)

25 Roadside Hotel

26 Song About A Rose (Alternate Version)

27 Mary Mary

28 Crew Man

29 Suzanne

30 Oh Sister

31 Full Fathom Five/I Shall Not Care

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