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Monday, March 23, 2015

Lighthouse - Peacing It All Together (1970 canada, amazing brass psych rock, 2010 korean remaster)



In 1969 Lighthouse played the Atlantic City Jazz Festival and after a technical glitch with the PA system the band had an impromptu conversation with many of the 20,000 people in attendance who were anxious to hear this new band from Canada. They also discussed politics and when the show continued the band won over the mostly American audience – and the press declared Lighthouse “The Peace Band”.

The band took the term to heart and named their next release ‘Peacing It All Together’which allowed them to continue touring and building a larger audience. While the jazz-rock-classical blend they had pioneered was still prominent, the record included more pop-friendly tunes than their first two albums had featured, as well as some unexpected detours into folk-rock and country-rock. Comprised entirely of original compositions, the LP also included 'The Chant,' a hit single in Japan.

Peacing It All Together was the most commercially successful of Lighthouse's three RCA albums, reaching #133 in the Billboard charts, though it would take the title track of their next album, One Fine Morning, to give the band an international hit single. RCA would release the band from its deal in 1971. 


Tracks
1. Nam Myoho Renge' Kyo / Let The Happines Begin (Paul Hoffert, Skip Prokop, Ralph Cole) - 3:52
2. Every Day I Am Reminded (L. V. Beethoven, Paul Hoffert, Skip Prokop) - 4:54
3. The Country Song - 2:29
4. Sausalito - 3:05
5. The Fiction Of Twenty Six Million - 2:32
6. The Chant (Nam Myoho Renge' Kyo) - 2:47
7. Mr. Candleman - 3:15
8. On My Way To L.A. - 4:28
9. Daughters And Sons (Grant Fullerton) - 2:57
10.Just A Little More Time - 2:19
11.Little People / Nam Myoho Renge' Kyo - 4:04
All songs by Paul Hoffert, Skip Prokop except where stated

Lighthouse
*Skip Prokop - Drums, Vocals
*Paul Hoffert - Keyboards, Vibes
*Ralph Cole - Guitar, Vocals
*Grant Fullerton - Bass, Vocals
*Pinky Dauvin - Lead Vocals
*Paul Armin - Violin
*Don Dinovo - Viola
*Dick Armin - Cello
*Leslie Schneider - Cello
*Arnie Chycoski- Trumpet
*Bruce Cassidy - Trumpet
*Howard Shore - Alto Sax, Flute
*Russ Little - Trombone

Lighthouse
1969  Lighthouse (2012 extra tracks edition)
1969  Lighthouse - Suite Feeling (2010 Korean remaster)
1971  One Fine Morning
1972  Sunny Days (2008 RDI issue)
1973  Can You Feel It?  (2008 RDI issue)
Related Acts
1967  The Paupers - Magic People
1968  The Paupers · Ellis Island  (2008 remaster)
1969  The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield And Al Kooper
1969  Michael Bloomfield with Nick Gravenites And Friends - Live At Bill Graham's Fillmore West (2009 remaster and expanded) 

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7 comments:

  1. Fantastic! Thanks a lot for this one!

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  2. Great beginning of the day to me.Thank you a lot"MARIOS" for LIGHTHOUSE...

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  3. Double grateful: first for the upload of this record and second, for using depositfiles. Thank you very much, Marios! almost complete my lighthouse collection. I like this band!

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  4. Thank you for this treasure from the past. I found a vinyl copy in a second hand shop close to 20 years ago and have been hoping for a CD reisuue ever since.

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  5. WONDERFUL!!
    Thanks so much, Marios.
    LIGHTHOUSE is my very favourite band, and if not for you sharing like this, their rich, early releases would remain obscure.
    I totally appreciate reading the back stories you provide too, as I find them very informative & interesting, and can begin to 'connect the dots' on the various bands' & artists' histories:)
    You and Rockasteria really make a lot of peoples' days!!

    All the best,
    tanktop

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  6. Thanks for all the Lighthouse! I remember One Fine Morning on AM radio as a kid, and was curious what else the band did. I had no idea about these early albums-- what great stuff! Thanks for posting this!

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