Sunday, January 23, 2022

Darius - Darius II (1967-71 us, beautiful bluesy psych acid folk, 2002 release)



Second unreleased Darius album - it continues the story of the famous Chartmaker record. On the electric tunes Darius is again backed by the legendary “Goldenrod“ guys, and several other interesting LA guest musicians! This album includes Darius´ only 45 rpm (Hello Stranger/ I Don´t Mind) and cuts from acetates to become a 15 track collection of sunny psychedelic Westcoast emotions – ranging from beautiful folk over to 2 min. fuzz Rock´n´Roll tunes, psychedelic jams and perfectly arranged orchestrated stuff.
Tracks
1. Don't You Get The Feeling Pt. 1 - 3:07
2. New Start - 2:56
3. I Don't Mind - 2:13
4. Summer Is Over - 2:43
5. Soul Proud - 2:45
6. 44th Floor (Bobby Jameson) - 3:15
7. Beauty - 7:08
8. I Just Don't Understand - 3:41
9. No One Like You - 2:39
10.Hello Stranger (Barbara Lewis) - 2:07
11.Best Girl - 2:39
12.For Now I Love You - 3:03
13.Warm - 2:35
14.Quiet Morning - 2:55
15.Don't You Get The Feeling Pt. 2 - 3:14 
All songs written by Robert Joseph Ott "Darius" except where stated

Musicians
*Robert Joseph Ott "Darius" - Vocals, Guitar
*Jerry Scheff - Bass 
*Joe Osbourne - Bass
*Ed Green - Drums 
*Toxey French - Drums 
*Ben Benay - Guitar
*John Rhys - Guitar 
*Mike Deasy - Guitar
*Michael Henderson - Horn 
*Roy Catron - Horn 
*Ollie Mitchell - Horn  
*Larry Knectel - Horn 
*Armand Kaproff - Strings 
*Bill Krudsch - Strings 
*Bobby Bruce - Strings 
*Harold Dickrow - Strings 
*Israel Baker - Strings 
*Jesse Ehrlich - Strings 
*Leonard Malarsky - Strings 
*Nathan Gershman - Strings 
*Ray Kelley - Strings 
*Sid Sharp - Strings 
*Tibor Zelig - Strings