Gold - Oregins S.F. (1970) [Remastered 2003]

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Gold - Oregins S.F. (1970)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks & cue & log) | 485 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 162 MB | Scans | 73:56
Genre: Hard Rock/Acid Rock/Hard Blues Rock | Country: U.S.A| Label: World In Sound | WIS-1018

With nine songs recorded in the studio at Golden State Recorders in San Francisco in 1969 and 1970, plus eight songs (in decent if imperfect fidelity) from a live show at the Fillmore West on March 3, 1970, this is a generous document – lasting 78 minutes in all – of a San Francisco band that only got to release one obscure single, never putting out an LP. (Both sides of that single, "No Parking"/"Summertime" – the latter produced by Country Joe McDonald, who also plays clavichord on the track – are here, though the notes don't make it clear if these were the same recordings used on the 45.)

It's a decent slab of period late-'60s San Francisco rock, though Gold were neither top-tier when judged against the many similar bands from the time and region, nor possessed of a fully formed musical identity. Certainly you can hear bits and pieces of other major Bay Area acts – "High on Love" and "When I Saw You" have the spacy languor of Quicksilver Messenger Service at their most folk-rocking wistful, and "Conquistadores" is very much in the spirit of Santana's first album (in fact both bands had "Fried Neck Bones," heard on the live portion of this CD, in their repertoire). Other tracks have a more macho, bluesy hard rock approach, and while eclecticism was a trademark of numerous San Francisco psychedelic acts, Gold were missing that something that might have elevated them to a notable rank.

Despite their derivative nature, however, "When I Saw You," "High on Love," and "Colores" are all enjoyable songs for those who like the distinctively bittersweet sound of much gentler S.F. psychedelia. Other tracks indicate they could have done well with a Santana-esque fusion of rock, blues, and Latin rhythms had they wanted to go further down that route. The scattershot liner notes don't give you much of a coherent history of the band's life and times, however.
by Richie Unterberger





Tracklist:

Golden State Recorders - San Francisco 1969/70
1. No Parking - 2:35
2. High On Love - 4:07
3. Righteous Road - 2:52
4. Conquistadores - 5:20
5. Heavy - 2:54
6. When I Saw You - 2:40
7. PSB - 5:51
8. Filet Of Soul - 5:44
9. Summertime - 4:45
Live at the Fillmore-West Auditorium 03/03/1970
10.When I Saw You - 3:44
11.Filet Of Soul - 4:55
12.Colores - 4:32
13.PSB - 6:59
14.Conquistadores - 6:15
15.No Parking - 6:21
16.Fried Neck Bones - 5:36
17.Heavy - 2:53
All songs by Gold

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Gold / Oregins S.F. 1970

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Personnel

*Ed Scott - Rhythm Guitar
*Joe Bajza - Lead Guitar
*Louie Goursau - Drums
*Chico Moncada - Bass
*Richard Coco - Vocals
*Robin Sinclair - Vocals
*Ron Cabral - Percussion (Cowbell, Maracas, Guido, Sticks, Tambourine)
*Sebastian Nicholson - Congas
*Bob Golden - Vocals

All thanks goes to the original releaser