The Electric Prunes: Mass in F Minor 1967/1973 LP
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Mass in F Minor is the third studio album by American rock band The Electric Prunes, released in 1967. It consists of a musical setting of the mass sung in Latin and Greek and arranged in the psychedelic style of the band, and was written and arranged by David Axelrod.
Following the limited commercial success of the Electric Prunes' previous album, Underground, the band's manager Lenny Poncher and their producer Dave Hassinger, whose company owned the rights to the band name, agreed with Reprise Records that their third album would be written and arranged by David Axelrod, a classically trained musician. The album was planned to combine religious and classical elements with psychedelic rock, in a religious-based rock-opera concept album.
Axelrod was given carte blanche by Hassinger to do what he wanted with the Electric Prunes.
When the existing band – singer James Lowe, guitarists Ken Williams and Mike Gannon, bassist Mark Tulin, and drummer Michael "Quint" Weakley – came to record the album, it became apparent that the complex arrangements largely outstripped the band's ability to perform them to the standards expected by Axelrod, or within the time set aside for recording. Although Lowe, Tulin (the only band member who could read music) and Weakley appeared on all the tracks, and Williams and Gannon also appeared on the first three tracks ("Kyrie Eleison", "Gloria" and "Credo"), the album was finished by studio musicians working with engineer Richie Podolor on guitar, and a Canadian group, the Collectors. The choral-style vocals were by Lowe, double-tracked.
Hassinger was credited with producing the album.
Psychedelic rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. They reached their highest US charting success in 1966 with "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night" (peaking at #11). They released two albums in 1967: "The Electric Prunes: I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)" and "Underground". They broke up in 1968 during the recording sessions for their third album "Mass in F Minor", which was composed and arranged by David Axelrod. The album was completed by Axelrod and producer Dave Hassinger using session musicians and Canadian band The Collectors (4). A fourth album "Release Of An Oath" was released in 1968, also composed and arranged by David Axelrod, and produced by Dave Hassinger with session musicians providing the music. This was followed in 1969 by a "Just Good Old Rock And Roll" recorded by a different group of musicians under the name of The Improved New Electric Prunes, since the name was legally owned by their producer Dave Hassinger.
The Electric Prunes – Mass In F Minor
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Midi – MID 24 010
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Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
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Psychedelic Rock, Symphonic Rock
A1Kyrie Eleison3:18A2Gloria5:42A3Credo4:58B1Sanctus2:52B2Benedictus4:48B3Agnus Dei4:25
Recorded By – Reprise Records
Phonographic Copyright ? – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright © – WEA Musik GmbH
Pressed By – Teldec-Press GmbH
Distributed By – WEA Musik GmbH
Record Company – Warner Communications
Bass, Flute, Vocals – Brett Wade
Composed By – David A. Axelrod*
Drums, Guitar, Vocals – Richard Whetstone*
Guitar – Ron Morgan (2)
Guitar, Vocals – Mark Kincaid
Liner Notes – Rainer Blome
Piano, Organ – John Herren*
Producer – Dave Hassinger
Written-By, Arranged By – David Axelrod
Originally released in November 1967.
? 1967 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Some copies were distributed in the UK with an additional gold sticker with cat# K 34003.
Made in Germany.
Runouts are etched except "Manufactured in Germany", which is stamped.
