Eternity's Children – Eternity's Children (1968)

Второй альбом psych pop/sunshine pop группы Eternity's Children. Солнечная позитивная музыка. Классический саншайн-поп или, как его еще называли, power-pop. Но нынче когда говорят о пауэр попе подразумевают совсем другие группы. Да кстати говоря и термины psychedelic pop и folk psych приобрели сейчас совершенно иное значение и употребляются применительно к инди коллективам, похожим друг на друга чуть более чем полностью.

Originally The Phantoms (minus Lawley) they'd formed in Cleveland, Mississippi. After relocating to Biloxi, they recruited Linda Lawley and changed their name to Eternity's Children. With aspirations to become an L.A. pop-psych band, they honed their skills on the New Orleans circuit (playing as Charlie Rich's backing band?), before venturing to L.A. to record. Their main claim to fame was Mrs. Bluebird, a minor hit, which was produced by Millennium's Curt Boettcher and Keith Olsen. By the time their first album was released however, Bounds, Walker and Blackman had left, with the latter replaced by Texan McClain (ex-Neurotic Sheep).

Overall their eponymous debut album is a top album for Boettcher fans, and features songs by Boettcher plus other Millennium members - including Flowers, a Michael Fennelly composition dropped from Millennium's Begin album. Curiously, the "cover" of Sagittarius' You know I've Found A Way is the exact same track as the demo logged at the publishers, and may not even feature Eternity's Children at all!

Their second album was produced by Gary Paxton in Bakersfield, with compositions by Clarence White, Gene Parsons, Ben Benay and Gary & Jan Paxton. Sounding like a tougher Fifth Dimension, with a European tinge, akin perhaps to Glitterhouse's performance on the "Barbarella" soundtrack. A couple of the tracks, Blue Horizon and Sidewalks Of The Ghetto were cut with Spooner Oldham and Chips Moman - presumably in Memphis.

In 1969, the 45 releases get a little confusing, with consecutive Tower catalogue numbers mixing tracks credited to Charles Ross III, with Eternity's Children cuts. This kind of begs the question, whether this parallel release was a marketing ploy, to push Charles Ross III on the back of the more familiar group name. In addition, their final 45 includes an unreleased Curt Boettcher tune on the 'B' side which may even date back to their first album sessions.

Blackman went on to form Starbuck and later Korona.

The band also recorded a further album which wasn't released at the time. This has recently been discovered by Gear Fab and is due to be reissued together with other bonus material from '65 - '67, sometime in the near future. Alternatively, there is a Revola CD which comprises 25 tracks, covering both LPs and assorted 45s from 1967-1970. This comes with a detailed history by Dawn Eden.

~ Fuzz, Acid And Flower

tracklist:

1. Again Again
2. Rupert White
3. Flowers
4. My Happiness Day
5. Lifetime Day
6. Mrs. Bluebird
7. Your World
8. You Know I've Found A Way
9. Little Boy
10.Sunshine Among Us
11.I Wanna Be With you
12.Nature's Child
13.The Other Side Of Me
14.Look Away
15.Christina In My Dreams
16.Sunshine And Flowers
17.Till I Hear It From You
18.Get Outta Here
19.Gypsy Minstrel Man
20.The Thinking Animal
21.From You Unto Us
22.Alone Again
23.Blue Horizon
24.The Sidewalks Of The Ghetto
25.When The World Turns

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