Tons of information on the band on the net......members were Peter Rowan - guitars, vocals David Grisman - mandolin, mandocello Bill Stevenson - piano, harpsichord, organ, vibraphone John Nagy - bass Paul Dillon - drums Billy Mundi - drums, percussion Warren Smith - drums, percussion
I believe the information you uncovered is for another band listed under the same name. As I mentioned in the post, they were around from 1967 to 1969 and released two LPs (see: discog.com). The band that released this LP appears to be a different bunch of fellows. The copy I have has been autographed, presumably by the band members, and none of the signatures match those of the first Earth Opera group. I could be wrong but I'm only guessing on this matter.
I stand corrected.....did find this info though: Hard Rock group from Otis, Colorado 80743, a town of 600 or so ! . Active during the mid 1970's. In 1975 - their album came out. Not connected to the Massachusetts band ! 🙂
@@paulparker3803 You're right. Those members mentioned werere from the Earth Band from Boston, part of the Bosstown sound of the late 60s. The Bosstown sound was marketed as the East coast"s answer to the San Francisco psych sound. This Earth Opera definitely sounds like early 70s rock. Great album. Thanks for the upload.
If you can find a copy of The You Know Who Band (not to be confused with The You Know Who Group), there's two very young musicians in this quintet that became very famous later, John Denver and Jim Croce---herein using the stage names Colorado and Leroy. The band only put out one album in '68, called simply '68---on NSFS's subsidiary label, goldeN showerS oF hitS (not to be confused with Circle Jerk's Golden Shower Of Hits lp), and which was almost immediately pulled from the shelves when bluenosed watchdogs (hinky "moralists", not wonderful Pitbulls) complained about the cover art, which featured on the front a topless 11 year old girl about to hurl a Balsa Wood Jet Flyer into the air, and on the back the same girl winding the propeller's rubber band (the parallels between that front picture and Blind Faith's album cover art are, well, are not just parallelograms or even rhombuses's's, let me tell ya!). The relevance here is that these two fellows, Denver and Croce, along with Delaney (from Delaney and Bonnie fame), were just hanging out at that infamous brothel studio in Muscle Shoals, The Church Of Mad Love, taking a break from the girls, when they realized the guy banging away on the brothel's old upright piano was, of all people, Nicky Holpkins! And there on the other divan, between two giggling naked girls, sat Mike Bloomfield!, his arms draped over their shoulders as they sang bawdy songs to Hopkins's rollicking accompaniment. Well this was too fortuitous to pass up---plus they were all high as a dirigible!---so they headed over to the studio and recorded this album in one day, a Thursday. The naked girls were there, too, frugging away in Beatle boots (using them for back-up vocals was scrapped when they couldn't sing a lick, though licking a singer proved no problem . . .). ATCO was set to release this until they saw the cover the band wanted---the two naked girls, frugging away in Beatle boots---so they quietly shelved the whole thing and forgot about it, even denying its existence. (My constant enquiries about it and refusal to believe it didn't exist were politely dismissed as "Hogwash", or maybe it was "Hogwarts", anyway, they got pretty snippy!) Obviously someone at ATCO somehow pirated a copy out, 'cause here it is! Smashing!! The fellows themselves, Denver, Croce, et al, didn't push it, mainly 'cause they couldn't even remember making it! Luckily, the two girls didn't forget, best friends still, one married---to me. That's how I came to know the whole story, from two eye(and ear)witnesses! Plus they got the original reel-to-reel tapes AND the pre-production cover art! (Which is quite va-va-vooming! And woulda been utterly SMASHING in 1970!!! Yowza . . .)
My my. Have you considered a career in writing? You weave a marvelous tale. I actually scoured my album collection in search of said mystical LP. No luck. But I did come across a seldom played copy of the Mothers of Invention that tickled my earballs.
A band called Earth Opera played a concert at my Michigan high school sometime between 1978-1981. I only remember the name because I have a signed PR photo packed away somewhere with other old ephemera. I don't remember what they sounded like, but they look like they could have sounded like this. If I come across the photo again I'll compare signatures and let you know.
Yeah, these guys also played at my high school in the Chicago area around that period 78 to 80 - maybe the same tour . I was a budding tech/roadie and volunteered to help them with lights. They also played a neighboring high school and I helped them there. I got this album from them for my efforts. They played a mix of originals and covers. They did Zeppelin, and I think I remember Freebird. I also remember them doing a really rocking version of their song Colorado live, and a few others. Nice guys.
Just a guess from a couple of the song titles. Also, the first song mentions "...I love the Lord and my home." But obviously not openly Christian in the same vein as the early 70's movement (Norman, LeFevre, Keaggy, et al).
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Good music 🫶👏👏👏
I'm Efraim, from the João Pessoa-Pb/Brazil 😍
Stunning
Tons of information on the band on the net......members were Peter Rowan - guitars, vocals
David Grisman - mandolin, mandocello
Bill Stevenson - piano, harpsichord, organ, vibraphone
John Nagy - bass
Paul Dillon - drums
Billy Mundi - drums, percussion
Warren Smith - drums, percussion
I believe the information you uncovered is for another band listed under the same name. As I mentioned in the post, they were around from 1967 to 1969 and released two LPs (see: discog.com). The band that released this LP appears to be a different bunch of fellows. The copy I have has been autographed, presumably by the band members, and none of the signatures match those of the first Earth Opera group. I could be wrong but I'm only guessing on this matter.
No, this is a different band.
I stand corrected.....did find this info though:
Hard Rock group from Otis, Colorado 80743,
a town of 600 or so !
. Active during the mid 1970's.
In 1975 - their album came out.
Not connected to the Massachusetts band ! 🙂
@@paulparker3803
You're right. Those members mentioned werere from the Earth Band from Boston, part of the Bosstown sound of the late 60s.
The Bosstown sound was marketed as the East coast"s answer to the San Francisco psych sound.
This Earth Opera definitely sounds like early 70s rock. Great album. Thanks for the upload.
@@JonLambliesDown Thanks for the added info, Jon. That helps identify and date this gem.
If you can find a copy of The You Know Who Band (not to be confused with The You Know Who Group), there's two very young musicians in this quintet that became very famous later, John Denver and Jim Croce---herein using the stage names Colorado and Leroy. The band only put out one album in '68, called simply '68---on NSFS's subsidiary label, goldeN showerS oF hitS (not to be confused with Circle Jerk's Golden Shower Of Hits lp), and which was almost immediately pulled from the shelves when bluenosed watchdogs (hinky "moralists", not wonderful Pitbulls) complained about the cover art, which featured on the front a topless 11 year old girl about to hurl a Balsa Wood Jet Flyer into the air, and on the back the same girl winding the propeller's rubber band (the parallels between that front picture and Blind Faith's album cover art are, well, are not just parallelograms or even rhombuses's's, let me tell ya!). The relevance here is that these two fellows, Denver and Croce, along with Delaney (from Delaney and Bonnie fame), were just hanging out at that infamous brothel studio in Muscle Shoals, The Church Of Mad Love, taking a break from the girls, when they realized the guy banging away on the brothel's old upright piano was, of all people, Nicky Holpkins! And there on the other divan, between two giggling naked girls, sat Mike Bloomfield!, his arms draped over their shoulders as they sang bawdy songs to Hopkins's rollicking accompaniment. Well this was too fortuitous to pass up---plus they were all high as a dirigible!---so they headed over to the studio and recorded this album in one day, a Thursday. The naked girls were there, too, frugging away in Beatle boots (using them for back-up vocals was scrapped when they couldn't sing a lick, though licking a singer proved no problem . . .). ATCO was set to release this until they saw the cover the band wanted---the two naked girls, frugging away in Beatle boots---so they quietly shelved the whole thing and forgot about it, even denying its existence. (My constant enquiries about it and refusal to believe it didn't exist were politely dismissed as "Hogwash", or maybe it was "Hogwarts", anyway, they got pretty snippy!) Obviously someone at ATCO somehow pirated a copy out, 'cause here it is! Smashing!! The fellows themselves, Denver, Croce, et al, didn't push it, mainly 'cause they couldn't even remember making it! Luckily, the two girls didn't forget, best friends still, one married---to me. That's how I came to know the whole story, from two eye(and ear)witnesses! Plus they got the original reel-to-reel tapes AND the pre-production cover art! (Which is quite va-va-vooming! And woulda been utterly SMASHING in 1970!!! Yowza . . .)
My my. Have you considered a career in writing? You weave a marvelous tale. I actually scoured my album collection in search of said mystical LP. No luck. But I did come across a seldom played copy of the Mothers of Invention that tickled my earballs.
Outstanding! ❤
超好聽的音樂
Blasting this at full volume while lifting weights and burning incense in my office
A band called Earth Opera played a concert at my Michigan high school sometime between 1978-1981. I only remember the name because I have a signed PR photo packed away somewhere with other old ephemera. I don't remember what they sounded like, but they look like they could have sounded like this. If I come across the photo again I'll compare signatures and let you know.
Yeah, these guys also played at my high school in the Chicago area around that period 78 to 80 - maybe the same tour . I was a budding tech/roadie and volunteered to help them with lights. They also played a neighboring high school and I helped them there. I got this album from them for my efforts. They played a mix of originals and covers. They did Zeppelin, and I think I remember Freebird. I also remember them doing a really rocking version of their song Colorado live, and a few others. Nice guys.
Amazin!!!😊😊😊
Moves the heart ❤❤❤
Good,good old Fashion Rock Blues Band.
Dr.Ilja Lasaroff.Bulgarien
Good 70s rock .
Diggn it
Oh err ! Even the term Christian band is enough to make me shudder
Just a guess from a couple of the song titles. Also, the first song mentions "...I love the Lord and my home." But obviously not openly Christian in the same vein as the early 70's movement (Norman, LeFevre, Keaggy, et al).
most boring rock'n'roll i've ever heard... 😞
Music is subjective. One man's Joni Mitchell is another man's Billie Eye-lash.
@@paulparker3803😂