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DAVID BLUE & THE AMERICAN PATROL - The Lost 1967 Elektra Recordings & More (LP)

by David Blue and David Blue & The American Patrol

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DAVID BLUE & THE AMERICAN PATROL - The Lost 1967 Elektra Recordings & More
(HPR-068 // MAPA0021LP)

A HankyPanky Records & Mapache Records joint release.

Format: LP only
Release date: June 2023

*** Available now // Ya disponible ***

- For the first time, Hanky Panky and Mapache release these historical abandoned American Patrol recordings – along with the three solo tracks included on Elektra’s 1965 LP Singer Songwriter Project
- Includes four-page color insert with notes by author and musician Mark Brend.
- Limited edition of 500 copies.

These days, singer-songwriter and actor David Blue tends to be remembered only in relation to Bob Dylan. A member of the supporting cast in mid-60s Greenwich Village and The Rolling Thunder Revue. Yet to categorise Blue in this way is reductionist, and does him an injustice. He was something of an archetype of the 60s generation of Greenwich Village singer-songwriters. Yet, esteemed by his peers, he was overlooked. He released seven albums in a decade, and his acting career was shaping up when he died suddenly at the age of just 41.

His passing was barely noted in the rock press, and in the subsequent years Blue was all but forgotten. Of late, though, that’s changed. His albums started to reappear on CD on small labels and, in 2020, both Rolling Stone and Mojo magazines published major reappraisals. Blue – at last – was getting the attention denied him in life.

It wasn’t until 1965 that Blue, as Dave Cohen, released his first recordings – three songs on Elektra’s Singer Songwriter Project. All betrayed a debt to pre-electric Dylan. But then again, so did much else coming out of Greenwich Village at the time. Elektra contracted Blue to do his own album, and in 1966 “David Blue” was released – his first recording to appear under that name. Electric folk rock with a garage band attitude, somewhat in debt to Highway 61, it didn’t sell well. Shortly after the album’s release Blue formed and toured with The American Patrol, a four-piece rock band, recording an album for Elektra that was never released.

Now, for the first time, Hanky Panky and Mapache release those historical abandoned American Patrol recordings, along with the three tracks included on Elektra’s 1965 LP Singer Songwriter Project, as David Blue And The American Patrol “The Lost 1967 Elektra Recordings & More” and “David Blue”, his self-titled 1966 debut album, on two exclusive vinyl editions limited to 500 copies each.

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- "The Lost 1967 Elektra Recordings & More" incluye grabaciones inéditas de American Patrol, junto con las tres canciones en solitario incluidas en el LP de Elektra de 1965 "Singer Songwriter Project".
- Incluye insert en color de cuatro páginas con notas del autor y músico Mark Brend.
- Edición limitada a 500 copias.

Hoy, el cantautor y actor David Blue tiende a ser recordado solo en relación con Bob Dylan. Un miembro del elenco de apoyo en el Greenwich Village de mediados de los años 60 y con The Rolling Thunder Revue. Sin embargo, categorizar a Blue de esta manera es reduccionista y le hace una injusticia. Blue era una especie de arquetipo de la generación de cantautores del Greenwich Village de los años 60. Aunque siempre muy estimado por sus compañeros, el público le pasó por alto. Publicó siete álbumes en una década, y su carrera como actor estaba tomando forma cuando murió repentinamente a la edad de 41 años, en 1982.

Su fallecimiento apenas tuvo repercusión en la prensa de rock, y en los años siguientes, Blue fue casi olvidado. Últimamente, sin embargo, eso ha cambiado. Sus discos comenzaron a reaparecer en CD en sellos pequeños y, en 2020, las revistas Rolling Stone y Mojo publicaron importantes reevaluaciones. Blue, por fin, estaba recibiendo la atención que le había sido negada en la vida.

No fue hasta 1965 que Blue, como Dave Cohen, lanzó sus primeras grabaciones: tres canciones en el LP Singer Songwriter Project de Elektra, en las que la sombra del Dylan preeléctrico era alargada. Como para la mayoría de cosas que surgieron del Greenwich Village en ese momento. Elektra contrató a Blue para hacer su propio álbum, y en 1966 se lanzó David Blue, su primera grabación que apareció con ese nombre. Un ejercicio de folk rock eléctrico con actitud de banda de garaje, en deuda con Highway 61. No vendió mucho. Poco después del lanzamiento del álbum, Blue formó y realizó una gira con The American Patrol, una banda de rock de cuatro integrantes, grabando un álbum para Elektra que nunca se publicó.

Ahora, por primera vez, Hanky Panky y Mapache editan esas grabaciones históricas abandonadas de American Patrol, junto con las tres pistas incluidas en el LP Singer Songwriter Project de Elektra de 1965, como David Blue & The American Patrol The Lost 1967 Elektra Recordings & More y David Blue, su álbum debut homónimo de 1966, en dos ediciones exclusivas de vinilo limitadas a 500 copias cada una.

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Tracklisting:

Side 1
1.- You Need A Change (3:48)
2.- 23 Days In September (5:15)
3.- Vaudeville Blues (3:50)
4.- King Of Spain (3:22)
5.- Anna (3:56)

Side 2
1.- Dr. Smith’s Electrical Light Machine (2:37)
2.- Scales For A Window Thief (4:36)
3.- Best Of Your Childlike Smiles (5:05)
4.- I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning (2:20) – DAVID COHEN
5.- It’s Alright With Me (1:58) – DAVID COHEN
6.- Don’t Get Caught In A Storm (2:07) – DAVID COHEN

All songs written by David Blue

Side 1 and Side 2, tracks 1-3, all previously unreleased 1967 recordings.
Side 2, tracks 4-6, from Singer Songwriter Project, LP EKL-299, 1965 -as David Cohen-.

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