Apr 20, 2009

JOHN COMPTON - TO LUNA (AGELESS 1971) Jap mastering cardboard sleeve + 5 bonus




Singer, songwriter, and guitarist John Parker Compton co-founded the acoustic band APPALOOSA with violinist Robin Batteau in the late '60s. Both musicians had been heavily influenced by the folk scene in their hometown, Cambridge, MA. Compton got his start singing in a Cambridge church choir before he and Batteau began playing the coffeehouse circuit together.
As the 1972 press release for Compton's solo album, To Luna, tells it, John Compton showed up at producer Al Kooper's Columbia Records office in late 1968, hoping to show Kooper his songs. Uninterested, Kooper told the kid (Compton was 18) to come back some other time. But a little while later, Kooper came in on Compton and Batteau performing for the office secretaries. Won over, Kooper recorded their demo, and within a year the newly signed musicians had an album out, the self-titled debut from their group Appaloosa. Also including bassist David Reiser and cellist Eugene Rosov, Appaloosa was joined in the studios by members of Blood, Sweat & Tears, and by Kooper himself.
A year after Appaloosa's 1969 release (which was produced by Al Kooper) on Columbia Records, a 19-year-old John Compton got to take the stage at Fillmore East the last weekend of December, along with the Allman Brothers, and Blood, Sweat, and Tears. Appaloosa soon gave way to a duo project of Compton & Batteau, and the two musicians recorded Compton & Batteau in California for Columbia. By 1971, Compton was on his own with a new LP, To Luna, but after this, it would be over 20 years before he returned to the studios. His return was marked by 1995's Mother of Mercy, which was followed by a six-song self-released recording of Compton on a Vermont radio station....
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NOTE:
"TO LUNA" cd is now available worldwide (not only in Japan)
at: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/johncompton

7 comments:

ge said...

our fave drummer Billy Mundi plays some cuts, which is why we are especially happy to get this

zappahead said...

Opening up your blog and hearing that track ....I just had to listen to more....fantastic sound reminded me of csny....there electric side circa 4 way street....what a fantastic share...thank you .

ge said...

Gents: I submit to you those bonus cuts w/ rhythm section of Brooks-Mundi and the mastering-sound throughout this album is a-mucking-FAzing!
i almost hear "Television" the NY band at times on the electric bonusers

Miles said...

i always enjoyed 'appaloosa' but never knew of a follow-up from john compton. i look forward to hearing this, particularly after seeing ge's comments regarding billy mundi's involvement. thanks for sharing this.

harding said...

i hung onto my appaloosa lp for a long time, it was a great record, thanks for sharing this.

Georgie Hirezola said...

there is also another one.... "Compton & Batteau" LP on "Columbia" (1970) but unfortunately is unavailable on cd at the moment...
thanks+++++++++++++

Mod Lang said...

Georgie,your Appaloosa post turned me on to finding this solo album by John Compton and from there I then had to find Compton & Battaeu in California. See what you started man,I love this music so much and I thank you for giving me the "Knowledge" Your 24 Bit Jap versions sound amazing as 320 Mp3s
Here is a link for C & B California
It comes from Lajso Sound.blog and very good it is too.Hope this helps your blog posse enjoy this great music,Cheers Geo.

http://rapidshare.com/files/139341173/COMPTON___BATTEAU_-_In_California__1970__by_Lajso.rar