Genre: psych
Rating: *** (3 stars)
Title: Fat Peter Presents - Sweet Pants
Company: Barclay
Catalog: LP-1141
Year: 1972
Country/State: Pennsylvania, USA
Grade (cover/record): VG/VG
Comments: minor warp to bottom left hand side of sleeve
Available: 1
GEMM catalog ID: 4303
Price: $200.00
Cost: $66.00
Talk about obscure
... Reknown psych collecter Hans Pokora included this as a two LP rarity in
his book 1001 Record Collector Dreams.
Based on the liner notes accompanying their sole LP, we know the line up
consisted of drummer Michael Carr, guitarist Tony Molla, bassist Merk
Mozzone and keyboardist Mike Mulloney. Since it was recorded and produced in
Pennsylvania, we're gonna' take a gamble and guess that's where they came
from ... Clearly a vanity project (released by the small Barclay Records),
it's hard to imagine more than a couple of hundred copies of "Fat
Peter Presents - Sweet Pants" exist. Recognizing rarity
doesn't necessarily equate to quality, as you'd expect from such a project,
the sound's exceptionally raw and under-produced; much of it sounding like
it was recorded in someone's bathroom. With all four members contributing
material (Mulloney the prime writer), tracks such as "Stars &
Bars", "Tell Me" and "Poor John" recalled a hybrid
of The Dead-meets-Mary Butterworth. Sporting some nice organ and
occasionally fuzz guitar ("Mamma Come Get What You Want"),
musically they weren't bad, though the absence of a distinctive singer (most
of the performances were rather flat), and Carr's mediocre drumming didn't
exactly help the proceedings. Still, you couldn't blame them for trying to
stretch out, even if the results frequently found them stumbling past the
limits of their talents. Elsewhere, we always thought the
"flasher" cover (credited to MCM) was pretty funny. One LP and
they were a musical footnote ...
"Fat Peter Presents - Sweet Pants" track listing:
(side
1)
1.) Stars &
Bars (Mike Mulloney) -
2.) Tell Me (Tony Molla - Mike Mulloney) -
3.) Poor John (Michael Carr - Mike Mulloney) -
4.) Mamma Come Get What You Want (Michael Carr - Mike Mulloney) -
5.) Good To Be Good (Mike Mulloney) -
(side 2)
1.) Trilogy
(Michael Carr - Mike Mulloney) -
2.) Im Clean (Michael Carr - Mike Mulloney) -
3.) Joe (Michael Carr - Mike Mulloney) -
4.) Enjoy Yourself (Merk Mozzone - Mike Mulloney) -