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Maxfield Parrish
It's a Cinch to Give Legs to
Old Hard-boiled Eggs

desert island classics
desert island classics #4
catalog-no. tx 2051
rock - 1999

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track listing
The Lighthouse Is Falling (75K)
It's Alright (70K)
Cruel Deception (92K)

Maxfield Parrish – an enigmatic name still today. Even in the early 70s the few lucky owners of a rare vinyl copy of "IT'S A CINCH..." - released on the small local Claremont Cur Non label - speculated about the identity behind this strange name. Was it a solo artist? A band? Or maybe just a loose aggregation of Californian hippies? The list of guest musicians was pretty impressive: David Lindley, Bernie Leadon, John Ware, Chris Darrow, Chester Crill, John London – the producer's name: Chris Darrow. Quite a safe bet for some extraordinary music! Now, almost thirty years later, the long overdue re-release of an expanded edition of the album serves as an opportunity to shed some light on this ominous record. It also celebrates a fascinating piece of work from rock's history – nothing more and nothing less.

the desert island classic-story #4


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It's a Cinch to Give Legs to Old Hard-boiled Eggs:
  1. The Lighthouse Is Falling (Perrin Muir/David Biasotti) 3:10
  2. It's Alright (I Love Her) (Perrin Muir/David Biasotti) 2:56
  3. Ellie McCall (Perrin Muir/David Biasotti) 2:03
  4. Cruel Deception (Perrin Muir/David Biasotti) 4 :09
  5. Bottle of Reds Blues (David McClellan/Perrin Muir) 3:46
  6. Julie Columbus (Perrin Muir/David Biasotti) 2:26
  7. Cross Over the World (Perrin Muir/David Biasotti) 2:01
  8. The Widow (Lennie Porrue) (Perrin Muir/David Biasotti) 8:11
  9. 'Round the Morning* (Perrin Muir/David Biasotti) 2:54
  10. The Untransmuted Child* (Perrin Muir/David Biasotti) 6:24
All Gone Down (The Palmer Canyon Tape):
  1. Juanita* (Perrin Muir/David Biasotti) 3:56
  2. Hershey* (Perrin Muir/David Biasotti) 2:53
  3. Whoa Johnny* (Perrin Muir/David Biasotti) 3:22
  4. Mother of Pearl* (Perrin Muir/David Biasotti) 3:02
  5. Dismal River* (Perrin Muir/David Biasotti) 7:43
*previously unreleased



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