Evergreen, Volume 2
| Evergreen, Vol. 2 | ||||
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| Studio album by The Stone Poneys | ||||
| Released | June 12, 1967 | |||
| Recorded | Spring 1967 | |||
| Studio | Capitol (Hollywood) | |||
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| Length | 32:51 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Nick Venet | |||
| The Stone Poneys chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Evergreen, Vol. 2 | ||||
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Allmusic |   [2] |
Evergreen, Vol. 2 is the second album from the Stone Poneys, released five months after The Stone Poneys. It was the most commercially successful of the Stone Poneys' three studio albums.
Release data
The album was released in the
Notes on the tracks
In a departure from the first album, Linda Ronstadt was the lead vocalist on almost all songs, with only occasional harmony vocals. The exception is the title song, "Evergreen" (also released on the B-side of the album's first single, "One for One"). Kenny Edwards sang lead on "Part One", while "Part Two" is an instrumental. Both parts have a psychedelic rock feel and feature sitar playing (also by Edwards).
The album contains the band's biggest hit, "
The first single from the album, "One for One," did not chart. It was co-written by Austin DeLone, later a member of seminal
Five of the songs were co-written by band members Bobby Kimmel and Edwards. Kimmel also co-wrote "New Hard Times" – with the unusual theme of examining the downside of '60s affluence – with Mayne Smith, a member of the San Francisco Bay Area's first bluegrass band, the Redwood Canyon Ramblers.[5]
Many of the other songwriters featured on the album, like the Stone Poneys themselves, were struggling singer-songwriters on the Los Angeles folk scene.
"December Dream," the album's opening track, was written by John Braheny, who had a brief career as a singer-songwriter before moving on to other areas of the music business. Fred Neil recorded the song in the same general time period, although it remained unreleased until the 1998 double-CD compilation album The Many Sides of Fred Neil.[8] Braheny also included it on his eccentric 1970 LP, Some Kind of Change.[9]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "December Dream" | Steve Gillette | 2:40 |
| 3. | "Autumn Afternoon" | Ken Edwards/Bobby Kimmel | 2:35 |
| 4. | "I've Got to Know" | Pamela Polland | 2:38 |
| 5. | "Evergreen (Part One)" | Edwards/Kimmel | 3:10 |
| 6. | "Evergreen (Part Two)" (instrumental) | Edwards/Kimmel | 3:33 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | " Mike Nesmith | 2:45 | |
| 2. | "Driftin'" | Edwards/Kimmel | 2:30 |
| 3. | "One for One" | Al Silverman/Austin DeLone | 2:50 |
| 4. | "Back on the Street Again" | Steve Gillette | 1:50 |
| 5. | "Toys in Time" | Edwards/Kimmel | 1:50 |
| 6. | "New Hard Times" | Mayne Smith/Kimmel | 3:00 |
Personnel
Band members
- Bobby Kimmel: Guitar
- Kenny Edwards: Guitar, Sitar
- Finger Cymbals
Other musicians
- Jimmy Bond: Bass
- Dennis Budimir: Guitar
- Pete Childs: Guitar
- Cyrus Faryar: Acoustic Guitar, Bouzouki
- John T. Forsha: Guitar
- Harmony vocals(on "Back on the Street Again")
- Jim Gordon: Drums
- Bernie Leadon: Guitar on "Different Drum"[10]
- Billy Mundi: Drums
- Joe Osborn: Electric Bass
- Don Randi: Harpsichord
- Sidney Sharp: Violin, Concertmaster
- Norman Botnick: Strings
- William Durasch: Strings
- Jesse Ehrlich: Strings, Violin, Cello, Viola
- Harry Hyams: Strings, Violin, Cello, Viola
- William Kurasch: Violin, Cello, Viola
- Leonard Malarsky: Strings
- Stanley Plummer: Strings, Violin, Cello, Viola
- Robert Sushel: Strings, Violin, Cello, Viola
Other credits
- Mastering
- Liner Notes
- Peter Shillito: Compilation, Concept, Release Preparation
- Ian McFarlane: Release Preparation
- Kevin Mueller: Release Preparation
References
- ^ "The 50 best psychedelic rock albums of the Summer of Love". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- AllMusic. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-87930-743-1. Retrieved April 5, 2009.
- AllMusic. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
- ^ Redwood Canyon Ramblers Archived May 10, 2021, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
- AllMusic. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
- AllMusic. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
- AllMusic. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
- AllMusic. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
- ^ "Linda Ronstadt praises Minneapolis music legend".
