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ERIK - "Why Come Another Day" (Vanguard VRS-9267) December 1967
My weekend's album under the spotlight is this obscurity by folk singer Erik Heller. The recordings for his album date from late 1967 and it appears to have been released during December. A full page advert promoting the album and a single from it was published in Cashbox trade magazine and Billboard gave it four stars in their new releases column.

The music contained within can best be described as loner folk with orchestration. Erik's songs are moody and desolate. Most here are stripped down acoustic based folk songs with Erik's mournful 'spoken' vocals increasing the anxiety. Samuel Charters' production adds psychedelics especially on the song I've chosen and my pick from "Look Where I Am." Some research reveals that the latter produced the first four Country Joe & the Fish albums so he was very familiar with the underground acid scene and in some ways was perfect fo…

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ERIK - WHY COME ANOTHER DAY

"THEE ŒARLY DAYZE OF HYGHE KNYGHTES" - THEE TREASURE IN THEE TOWER