The Insect Trust-The Insect Trust (1968)
More Discoveries From The Cutout Bin
This record was purchased somewhere in Upstate New York. That is all I can recall.
There were 2 reasons I purchased it.
1-The Album Cover-Just look at it….I love it. I think I saw it somewhere, with my eyes closed, while in an altered state.
2-Special Rider Blues-The Skip James song below is covered on this record.
Just so you know, I still visit this record today, 58 years after it was entered into the cut-out bin. You should have a listen…..I don’t think it will disappoint you.
The late Mark Sandman and the other members of the band Morphine may have heard this record.
Wrap your ears around it….let me know if you dig it.
This was not your typical 1968 psychedelic record.
Nancy Jeffries (vocals), Bill Barth (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bottleneck guitar), Luke Faust (banjo, guitjo, vocals), Robert Palmer (alto saxophone, clarinet, recorder), Trevor Koehler (baritone saxophone, piccolo, drum, thumb piano, upright bass)
Check out the instruments used above. What was happening here? Here is a short write-up that covers it:
With all five members contributing material “The Insect Trust” somehow managed to incorporate influences ranging from 1920s-era anti-war tracts (’World War I Song’), bluegrass (’Foggy River Bridge Fly’), C&W, jazz, discordant avant garde (the second half of ‘The Skin Game’), blues (the blazing ‘Special Rider Blues’) and what would even pass as a precursor to today’s world music genre (’Going Home’).
Propelled by Jeffries’ crystalline voice and the band’s penchant for unusual instrumentation and bizarre arrangements (often within the same song), to my ears the results were simply fascinating. Personal favorites; the mesmerizing ‘Miss Fun City’ and the sweet ballad ‘Been Here and Gone So Soon’. Clearly too unusual for radio (to say nothing of the rank and file listening public), the album instantly landed in cutout bins.(from badcatrecord.com)
https://open.qobuz.com/album/ntzhu3d3489pc This is the link to Qobuz album….below is the evil Spotify…..Switch to Qobuz…it not only sounds better, they pay the artists more money per stream. Need help doing it ….message me.
See ya later….from deep in the Cut Out Bin.
