Rating: *** (3 stars)
Title: Alive and Well In Argentina
Company: Kama Sutra
Catalog: KSBS 2030
Year: 1967
Grade (cover/record): VG+/VG+
Comments: 2 small cut out holes lower right corner; gatefold sleeve
Available: 1
Price: SOLD
After leaving The Lovin' Spoonful in late 1967 (see separate entry), guitarist Zal Yanovsky returned to his native Canada. With his reputation serious damaged by claims he'd narc'ed on someone to avoid a potential jail term, Yanovsky started what turned out to be a low-key and highly unsuccessful solo career. Initially signed by Buddah, his 1968 debut
"Alive and Well In Argentina" stood as one of the year's odder offerings. Highlighting Yanovsky's strained voice and strange sense of humor, material such as "You Talk To Much", "Brown To Blue" and "Hip Toad" haphazardly bounced from one musical genre to another. Intriguing, in part because it was so weird, the collection was greeted with universal disdain; quickly relegated to cutout bins.
"Alive and Well In Argentina" track listing:
1.) Raven In a Cage (Yester - Zal Yanovsky - Yester) - 2:51
2.) You Talk Too Much (Roy Smeck - Coleman Kamile) - 2:31
3.) Last Date (Floyd Kramer) - 3:03
4.) Little Bitty Pretty One (Robert Byrd) - 2:57
5.) Alive and Well In Argentina (Zal Yanovsky - Rapport de Bousef) - 3:27
6.) Brown To Blue (Virginia Franks - G. Jones - J. Mathis) -2:27
7.) Priscilla Millionaira (John Sebastian) - 2:10
8.) I Almost Lost My Mind (Ivory Joe Hunter) - 3:10
9.) Hip Toad (Yester - Yester) - 2:05
10.) Lt. Schtinckhausen (instrumental) (Yester - Zal Yanovsky - Yester) - 6:11