Elyse
Artist Elyse Weinberg
Format:Vinyl / 12" Album
Label:Trading Places
Catalogue No:TDP54151
Barcode:5060672881517
Genre:Psychedelic
No of Discs:1
Release Date:29 Nov 2024

Canadian singer-songwriter Elyse Weinberg got her start in the Toronto folk underground that birthed Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. Making her way to Los Angeles to visit Young, she shacked up with Cass Elliott of the Mamas & the Papas, whose friend Roy Silver signed her to Tetragrammaton. Backed by local band Touch, debut album Elyse placed medieval folk and psychedelic rock behind her raspy vocals, the unusual arrangements adding strings in places and even sitar. Despite reaching a respectful 31 on the Billboard charts, the glory faded when the label went bust, leaving Weinberg unmoored. A beloved lost gem, finally available again!

1. LAST DITCH PROTOCOL
2. OH, DEED I DO
3. IRON WORKS FOR RENT SHE CRIED
4. SPIRIT OF THE LETTER
5. HERE IN MY HEART (UNDERNEATH THE SPREADING CHESTNUT TREE)
6. BAND OF THIEVES
7. SWEET POUNDING RYTHM
8. MEET ME AT THE STATION
9. SIMPLEMINDED HARLEQUIN
10. PAINTED RAVEN
11. MORTUARY BOUND
12. IF DEATH DON'T OVERTAKE ME