Les and Bessie Glass (née Gallagher): Retired vaudeville performers. Les is Australian (mentioned in "Hapworth 16, 1924") and Jewish, and is in the entertainment business. He is not mentioned often in the stories, but is criticized by Seymour in "Hapworth 16, 1924." Bessie, the matriarch, is Irish, and is characterized as consistently worried about the fact her children are talented yet largely unable to assimilate into society. They are the parents of the seven children:
Psychedelic Masterpiece: The Glass Family Electric Band - "Guess I'll Let You Go" (1967) [Mono]
This amazing piece comes from a Los Angeles, California-based psych-rock trio named The Glass Family Electric Band, and they are amazingly still active and recording today. This track was released on one of their 45 RPM singles, and presents a different mono mix of the same track that was released on their 1967 debut album, "The Glass Family Electric Band" (Warner Bros. - Seven Arts WS 1776).
THE GLASS FAMILY ELECTRIC BAND:
Ralph Parrett (aka Jim Callon) - vocals, guitar
David Capilouto - keyboards, bass
Gary Green - drums & percussion
Audio transfer, restoration, & remastering by TPB; video by TPB with winamp.
LYRICS (Ralph Parrett):
Guess I'll have to let you go, my baby
Guess I never told you about a man like me
Who must be free
Who must be free
Guess we'll have to let it go, my b...
published: 23 Apr 2022
Glass Family - Agorn (Elements Of Complex Variables) (1967)
This 40-years old record seems to have passed the test of time: not that it sounds "modern" today, but it has this 'classic' touch that we see in music made with honesty, love and joy.
"House of Glass" is the impressive opening track, full of tension and convincing vocals over a 13 Floor Elevators style music, "Born In the USA" is an almost straight R'n'B track, complete with harmonica (but it sounds a little phony and out of place), "Once Again" and "Sometimes You Wander" are nice soft-pop tunes (California style), "The Means" is an excellent hallucinogenic flying into the Beatles territory, "Do You Remember" is not far from Pearls Before Swine. "I Want To See My Baby" is a much more successful attempt on the psyche/blues style than "Born in the USA", with a nice fuzz guitar, reminding...
published: 07 Jul 2010
The Glass Family - Smoke Your Troubles Away
Smoked out disco from Cali, perplexing pressed on midwestern independent Valberst. The surprises don't stop there, with this pressing, a tape-edit to extend the song goes awry, cutting out and coming back off beat! Editing mixups aside, a pretty slick slice of pro-pot indie disco
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published: 29 Apr 2016
Glass Family Electric Band Record Store Live Version
2nd track from the 1979 LP "Crazy!"
couldn't see it on youtube so figured i'd upload. the track also reminds me of something i can't place. maybe i'm going crazy.
published: 16 Jul 2020
The Glass Family - House of Glass (1968)
rare US psych
published: 12 Jul 2007
Watch this family master butchery and traditional cooking in glass jars 🍖🌾 #CountryLifeVlog
published: 15 Aug 2024
Family Guy - Peter is made of stained glass
Family Guy, 'Regarding Carter'. Peter wants to spend his money to turn himself into a 100% stained glass.
This amazing piece comes from a Los Angeles, California-based psych-rock trio named The Glass Family Electric Band, and they are amazingly still active and reco...
This amazing piece comes from a Los Angeles, California-based psych-rock trio named The Glass Family Electric Band, and they are amazingly still active and recording today. This track was released on one of their 45 RPM singles, and presents a different mono mix of the same track that was released on their 1967 debut album, "The Glass Family Electric Band" (Warner Bros. - Seven Arts WS 1776).
THE GLASS FAMILY ELECTRIC BAND:
Ralph Parrett (aka Jim Callon) - vocals, guitar
David Capilouto - keyboards, bass
Gary Green - drums & percussion
Audio transfer, restoration, & remastering by TPB; video by TPB with winamp.
LYRICS (Ralph Parrett):
Guess I'll have to let you go, my baby
Guess I never told you about a man like me
Who must be free
Who must be free
Guess we'll have to let it go, my baby
Possessing you ain't where it's gonna be
Oh, you must be free
You must be free
Ah, but baby did I tell you I would love you
Even if you love another man
I will love you just for you, my love
And whatever things that you may plan
Maybe don't need to let you go my baby
They say you understand someone like me
And we both must be free
We must be free
Oh whatever you may do
If you fly on up to the moon
Girl, it really still is you
And you are the one I love
This amazing piece comes from a Los Angeles, California-based psych-rock trio named The Glass Family Electric Band, and they are amazingly still active and recording today. This track was released on one of their 45 RPM singles, and presents a different mono mix of the same track that was released on their 1967 debut album, "The Glass Family Electric Band" (Warner Bros. - Seven Arts WS 1776).
THE GLASS FAMILY ELECTRIC BAND:
Ralph Parrett (aka Jim Callon) - vocals, guitar
David Capilouto - keyboards, bass
Gary Green - drums & percussion
Audio transfer, restoration, & remastering by TPB; video by TPB with winamp.
LYRICS (Ralph Parrett):
Guess I'll have to let you go, my baby
Guess I never told you about a man like me
Who must be free
Who must be free
Guess we'll have to let it go, my baby
Possessing you ain't where it's gonna be
Oh, you must be free
You must be free
Ah, but baby did I tell you I would love you
Even if you love another man
I will love you just for you, my love
And whatever things that you may plan
Maybe don't need to let you go my baby
They say you understand someone like me
And we both must be free
We must be free
Oh whatever you may do
If you fly on up to the moon
Girl, it really still is you
And you are the one I love
This 40-years old record seems to have passed the test of time: not that it sounds "modern" today, but it has this 'classic' touch that we see in music made wit...
This 40-years old record seems to have passed the test of time: not that it sounds "modern" today, but it has this 'classic' touch that we see in music made with honesty, love and joy.
"House of Glass" is the impressive opening track, full of tension and convincing vocals over a 13 Floor Elevators style music, "Born In the USA" is an almost straight R'n'B track, complete with harmonica (but it sounds a little phony and out of place), "Once Again" and "Sometimes You Wander" are nice soft-pop tunes (California style), "The Means" is an excellent hallucinogenic flying into the Beatles territory, "Do You Remember" is not far from Pearls Before Swine. "I Want To See My Baby" is a much more successful attempt on the psyche/blues style than "Born in the USA", with a nice fuzz guitar, reminding "Death Sound Blues" of Country Joe & The Fish, "Lady Blue" is basically a straight rock song, besides the psychedelic arrangement. Then we have the organ-based "Passage #17", the country-pop "Mr.Happy Glee" with nice mandolin, "Guess I'll Let You Go", a superb love song, where the minimal orchestration gives it inner depth, and the lysergic instrumental "Agorn" which starts with a drum storm that leads to a guitar riff, reminding very much "This can't be today" of Rain Parade.
All songs were penned by Ralph Parrett (except two of them that were written by the band), but I must mention the producer Richard Podolor, who did an amazing job here. Given that this record was released by Warner Brothers, the production did not buried the originality of the band, in order to make a record that would sell, but, in fact, brought the best elements in the surface and out of the many styles that Glass Family were apparently playing at the time, created an amazing record that owes to all and nobody, avoiding to sound generic or exploito.
It's a pity that Glass Family released only this LP: if they had continue (especially in the direction of 'House of Glass' or 'I Guess I'll let You Go'), they could have created a masterpiece.
source: http://lost-in-tyme.ucoz.com/blog/2008-08-21-433
This 40-years old record seems to have passed the test of time: not that it sounds "modern" today, but it has this 'classic' touch that we see in music made with honesty, love and joy.
"House of Glass" is the impressive opening track, full of tension and convincing vocals over a 13 Floor Elevators style music, "Born In the USA" is an almost straight R'n'B track, complete with harmonica (but it sounds a little phony and out of place), "Once Again" and "Sometimes You Wander" are nice soft-pop tunes (California style), "The Means" is an excellent hallucinogenic flying into the Beatles territory, "Do You Remember" is not far from Pearls Before Swine. "I Want To See My Baby" is a much more successful attempt on the psyche/blues style than "Born in the USA", with a nice fuzz guitar, reminding "Death Sound Blues" of Country Joe & The Fish, "Lady Blue" is basically a straight rock song, besides the psychedelic arrangement. Then we have the organ-based "Passage #17", the country-pop "Mr.Happy Glee" with nice mandolin, "Guess I'll Let You Go", a superb love song, where the minimal orchestration gives it inner depth, and the lysergic instrumental "Agorn" which starts with a drum storm that leads to a guitar riff, reminding very much "This can't be today" of Rain Parade.
All songs were penned by Ralph Parrett (except two of them that were written by the band), but I must mention the producer Richard Podolor, who did an amazing job here. Given that this record was released by Warner Brothers, the production did not buried the originality of the band, in order to make a record that would sell, but, in fact, brought the best elements in the surface and out of the many styles that Glass Family were apparently playing at the time, created an amazing record that owes to all and nobody, avoiding to sound generic or exploito.
It's a pity that Glass Family released only this LP: if they had continue (especially in the direction of 'House of Glass' or 'I Guess I'll let You Go'), they could have created a masterpiece.
source: http://lost-in-tyme.ucoz.com/blog/2008-08-21-433
Smoked out disco from Cali, perplexing pressed on midwestern independent Valberst. The surprises don't stop there, with this pressing, a tape-edit to extend the...
Smoked out disco from Cali, perplexing pressed on midwestern independent Valberst. The surprises don't stop there, with this pressing, a tape-edit to extend the song goes awry, cutting out and coming back off beat! Editing mixups aside, a pretty slick slice of pro-pot indie disco
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Smoked out disco from Cali, perplexing pressed on midwestern independent Valberst. The surprises don't stop there, with this pressing, a tape-edit to extend the song goes awry, cutting out and coming back off beat! Editing mixups aside, a pretty slick slice of pro-pot indie disco
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2nd track from the 1979 LP "Crazy!"
couldn't see it on youtube so figured i'd upload. the track also reminds me of something i can't place. maybe i'm going craz...
2nd track from the 1979 LP "Crazy!"
couldn't see it on youtube so figured i'd upload. the track also reminds me of something i can't place. maybe i'm going crazy.
2nd track from the 1979 LP "Crazy!"
couldn't see it on youtube so figured i'd upload. the track also reminds me of something i can't place. maybe i'm going crazy.
This amazing piece comes from a Los Angeles, California-based psych-rock trio named The Glass Family Electric Band, and they are amazingly still active and recording today. This track was released on one of their 45 RPM singles, and presents a different mono mix of the same track that was released on their 1967 debut album, "The Glass Family Electric Band" (Warner Bros. - Seven Arts WS 1776).
THE GLASS FAMILY ELECTRIC BAND:
Ralph Parrett (aka Jim Callon) - vocals, guitar
David Capilouto - keyboards, bass
Gary Green - drums & percussion
Audio transfer, restoration, & remastering by TPB; video by TPB with winamp.
LYRICS (Ralph Parrett):
Guess I'll have to let you go, my baby
Guess I never told you about a man like me
Who must be free
Who must be free
Guess we'll have to let it go, my baby
Possessing you ain't where it's gonna be
Oh, you must be free
You must be free
Ah, but baby did I tell you I would love you
Even if you love another man
I will love you just for you, my love
And whatever things that you may plan
Maybe don't need to let you go my baby
They say you understand someone like me
And we both must be free
We must be free
Oh whatever you may do
If you fly on up to the moon
Girl, it really still is you
And you are the one I love
This 40-years old record seems to have passed the test of time: not that it sounds "modern" today, but it has this 'classic' touch that we see in music made with honesty, love and joy.
"House of Glass" is the impressive opening track, full of tension and convincing vocals over a 13 Floor Elevators style music, "Born In the USA" is an almost straight R'n'B track, complete with harmonica (but it sounds a little phony and out of place), "Once Again" and "Sometimes You Wander" are nice soft-pop tunes (California style), "The Means" is an excellent hallucinogenic flying into the Beatles territory, "Do You Remember" is not far from Pearls Before Swine. "I Want To See My Baby" is a much more successful attempt on the psyche/blues style than "Born in the USA", with a nice fuzz guitar, reminding "Death Sound Blues" of Country Joe & The Fish, "Lady Blue" is basically a straight rock song, besides the psychedelic arrangement. Then we have the organ-based "Passage #17", the country-pop "Mr.Happy Glee" with nice mandolin, "Guess I'll Let You Go", a superb love song, where the minimal orchestration gives it inner depth, and the lysergic instrumental "Agorn" which starts with a drum storm that leads to a guitar riff, reminding very much "This can't be today" of Rain Parade.
All songs were penned by Ralph Parrett (except two of them that were written by the band), but I must mention the producer Richard Podolor, who did an amazing job here. Given that this record was released by Warner Brothers, the production did not buried the originality of the band, in order to make a record that would sell, but, in fact, brought the best elements in the surface and out of the many styles that Glass Family were apparently playing at the time, created an amazing record that owes to all and nobody, avoiding to sound generic or exploito.
It's a pity that Glass Family released only this LP: if they had continue (especially in the direction of 'House of Glass' or 'I Guess I'll let You Go'), they could have created a masterpiece.
source: http://lost-in-tyme.ucoz.com/blog/2008-08-21-433
Smoked out disco from Cali, perplexing pressed on midwestern independent Valberst. The surprises don't stop there, with this pressing, a tape-edit to extend the song goes awry, cutting out and coming back off beat! Editing mixups aside, a pretty slick slice of pro-pot indie disco
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2nd track from the 1979 LP "Crazy!"
couldn't see it on youtube so figured i'd upload. the track also reminds me of something i can't place. maybe i'm going crazy.
Les and Bessie Glass (née Gallagher): Retired vaudeville performers. Les is Australian (mentioned in "Hapworth 16, 1924") and Jewish, and is in the entertainment business. He is not mentioned often in the stories, but is criticized by Seymour in "Hapworth 16, 1924." Bessie, the matriarch, is Irish, and is characterized as consistently worried about the fact her children are talented yet largely unable to assimilate into society. They are the parents of the seven children: