Dan Sorrell - Child's plate (1974) (US, ULTRA RARE PRIVATE PRESS, Folk Rock)

MUSIC HERE IS ONLY FOR SHARING, NOT FOR MAKING MONEY. 01 For Denise 02 Summer’s here 03 A friend 04 Greeck in the ozarks 05 Appello 06 Leaves of fall 07 Rainy day Elaine 08 Rainbow eyes 09 I’m alone with every other one 10 Natural child 11 Second time 12 Last of june --------------------------------------------------------------- LINE-UP: Dan Sorrell — vocals, guitars, keyboards, clarinet, combs, sitar, wind chimes + Mark Rensel — Arp synthesizer Tom Alvord — bass, drums, spoons Greg Albrecht — crow calls, laughs INFO: Appearing on the same label as the very rare and quite good Strange, this one may be even harder to locate--apparently a copy was sold back in the '90s but otherwise I have never heard of it before. Judging by the credits it is essentially the solo work of one Dan Sorrell, who wrote the tunes, sings and plays guitar and keyboard. We'll have to get back to you regarding the music ("drifting, introspective folk psych in a loner, singer/songwriter direction") but obviously it's a non-acoustic 'rock' title offering the interesting combo of sitar and Arp synth, which makes me wonder if it's a Sky Sulamyth or William E Nowik type nocturnal shroom tripper. Once heard, I'll update this. Moving on to what is known, this was not only on the same label as Strange, but the two albums do in fact overlap in the credits due to the presence of Mark Rensel, who here is credited with recording and production, in addition to the Arp noises. He is credited on the Strange LP for a couple of the live recordings, while another 'Rensel' named Robert (his brother?) was part of the actual Strange/BarApp band. Possibly Rensel owned the label/studio where both Strange and Child's Plate were mastered. Claims of the LP being a limited 100 press may be true, at least the recent copy showed a hand-written '78 of 100' on the lower right cover corner. (Acid Archives)