Perth County Conspiracy - "The Voice Of The Wilderness" - Kanada (1975)

Canadian folk-hippie legends The Perth County Conspiracy recorded their final album 'Kanada' (a.k.a. 'Break Out To Berlin') behind the Iron Curtain in East Berlin in February 1975. The album was recorded in several sessions over a three-day period, following the group's appearance at the 'Fifth Annual Festival of Political Song', where many (communist and predominantly state-sponsored) bands from the Eastern bloc and other countries gathered from across the world. With statewide broadcast of the festival providing advertising, the final PCC album reportedly sold upwards of 80,000 copies in the Soviet bloc. Whether or not that figure is true, it certainly stands as one of the band's best efforts, and it was cut with an audiophile-level quality of high fidelity. Since the album has never been reissued on CD, here is what the original AMIGA pressing sounds like.
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LYRICS (music & text by Richard Keelan):
Listen to the voice in the wilderness
Listen to the voice in the wilderness
Listen to the voice in the wilderness
The voice in the wilderness
Speaks in silent mountain wisdom
Softening the solitude with wonder
At the simple splendor
Listen to the voice in the wilderness
Listen to the voice in the wilderness
Whispering the raven's wing night
Glistening the lightening songs
Of love and surrender
And take it to heart
Let that voice sing your song with you
Let that voice be a part of you
De-do de-do, de-do de-do, de-do de-do
To do as you will, to do as you will
To do as you will, to do as you will
To do as you will, do as you will
So listen to the voice in the wilderness
And let the voice in the wilderness
Sing you through the stillness to find
Your very spirit can shine
And try to remember
To take it to heart
Let that voice sing your song with you
Let that voice be a part of you
De-do de-do, de-do de-do, de-do de-do de-do
To do as you will, to do as you will
To do as you will, to do as you will
To do as you will
(solos)
Listen to the voice in the wilderness
Listen to the voice in the wilderness
Whispering the raven's wing night
Glistening the lightening songs
Of love and surrender
And take it to heart
Let that voice sing your song along with you
Let that voice be a part of you
De-do de-do, de-do de-do de-do, de-do de-do de-do de-do
To do as you will, to do as you will
To do as you will, to do as you will
To do as you will, as you will
You've got to listen to the voice in the wilderness
(To do as you will)
Listen to the voice in the wilderness
(To do as you will)
So listen to the voice in the wilderness
(To do as you will)
Listen to the voice in the wilderness
(To do as you will)
Listen to the voice in the wilderness...

[@Chris-ft4iq]

Sounds great!

[@eeesti216]

Thank you so much I was just commenting on another youtube channel "Canadian Cult Classics" about the Berlin album. Beautiful quality

[@mrgalaxyman57]

this band was never well known in canada...just not noticed by the public here.

[@eeesti216]

Do you have 'Lining up to go'?