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Bubble Puppy Gathering Of Promises CD

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1969 Reissue From This Texas Psychedelic Band.

Bubble Puppy: Rod Prince (vocals, guitar); Todd Potter (guitar); Roy Cox (bass); Clayton Pulley (drums).
Personnel: Rod Prince (vocals).
Audio Remasterer: Greg Russo.
Liner Note Author: Greg Russo.
Recording information: International Artists Recording Studios (1969).
Short-lived Texas psychedelic rockers Bubble Puppy stuck around long enough for only one album, but A GATHERING OF PROMISES is a fine legacy. It contains the band's signature single, "Hot Smoke and Sasafrass," which actually hit the Top 40 at the time, and it shows Bubble Puppy to have been heavily influenced by West Coast contemporaries like Moby Grape, mixing three-part harmonies and solid songcraft with a tasty dash of fuzz-guitar frenzy.
Recording for International Artists Records, the crazed Texas label that brought the world such acid-damaged visionaries as the 13th Floor Elevators, the Red Krayola, Lost & Found, and Electric Rubayyat, the Bubble Puppy seemed by comparison to be a beacon of semisanity -- a rather typical psychedelic band of the period who seemed more interested in having a good time and cranking up the amps than in reimagining the size and shape of the inner cosmos. But that's not to say they weren't a good psychedelic band -- the band's best known tune, "Hot Smoke and Sassafras," was a charging guitar-heavy rocker that deservedly became a hit single, and its flip side, "Loney," was nearly as good. Truth to tell, those two songs are the most interesting tracks on the Bubble Puppy's first album, A Gathering of Promises, but the rest of the material is certainly more than just filler -- softer tunes such as "It's Safe to Say" and the title cut show off the band's surprisingly strong harmonies and folk-rock influences, while the interlocking guitars of Todd Potter and Rod Prince drive "Beginning," "Hurry Sundown," and the epic "I've Got to Reach You." The Bubble Puppy could write and play like seasoned pros, and with the exception of "I've Got to Reach You" they had the sense to wrap up their tunes in three or four minutes, so that this album actually manages to end before it wears out its welcome. It's not exactly a work of life-changing genius, but A Gathering of Promises is still a noticeably stronger and better crafted album than most bands of their time and place were turning out, and if it had enjoyed wider distribution (and another song or two as good as the single) who knows where they could have ended up. [The 2004 reissue tacks on monophonic single mixes of "Hot Smoke and Sassafras," "Lonely," "Hurry Sundown," and "Beginning," as well as four songs from non-LP singles; the mono mixes certainly boast a lot more punch than the often eccentric stereo versions, and "Thinkin' About Thinkin'" is a thoroughly enjoyable slice of hook-heavy guitar mauling that should have made the cut for the LP.] ~ Mark Deming

Mojo (Publisher) (p.122) - 4 stars out of 5 - "A GATHERING OF PROMISES remains a great lost treasure of American psychedelia."
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List Price $12.98 (You save $3.29)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Psychedelic
Label Fuel 2000
Orig Year 1969
All Time Sales Rank   13890  
CD Universe Part number 6659296
Catalog number 061381
Discs 1
Release Date Feb 03, 2004
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Ray Rush
Personnel Rod Prince - vocals, guitar
Roy Cox - bass
Todd Potter - guitar
Clayton Pulley - drums
Additional Info Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample1.Hot Smoke & Sasafrass
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample2.Todd's Tune
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample3.I've Got to Reach You
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample4.Lonely
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5.Gathering of Promises, A
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample6.Hurry Sundown
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample7.Elizabeth
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample8.It's Safe to Say
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample9.Road to St. Stephens
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample10.Beginning
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample11.Hot Smoke & Sassafras - (mono)
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample12.Lonely - (mono, single B-side)
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample13.If I Had a Reason - (mono)
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample14.Beginning - (mono)
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample15.Days of Our Time - (mono)
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample16.Thinkin' About Thinkin' - (mono)
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample17.What Do You See - (mono)
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample18.Hurry Sundown - (mono)

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Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

4 stars Promises fulfilled!
If you like guitar-driven sixties pop, with a tinge of psychedelia, then this album is tops. I fell in love with "Hot Smoke and Sassafras" way back then, but the full album reveals the mostly unrecognised talent of this band. Check out "Lonely" and "Beginnings" for more examples of pure sixties guitar delights. Great nostalgia but still releavant.
Submitted by goid (Ballarat, Australia) Verified Buyer
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4 stars Bubble Puppy-Complete IA
Well it's about time someone got around to put all these tracks on one CD. It's a shame the master tapes aren't around but still the sound quality is pretty good. Even on the Singles and it was good to include Hot Smoke in it's mono mix. Now if someone would get busy on the Demian material!!!
Submitted by greghaynes (Cereal City, MI, USA) Verified Buyer
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5 stars Finally...a good reissue of this group's material
The extra tracks and the informative liner notes were worth the cd. I am pleased to FINALLY see a reissue of this cd that includes all of this groups essential singles and recorded music along with the original album.
Submitted by mariobiggwheel (miami, fla. USA) Verified Buyer
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