Now Playing: Journey Of Persephone (George School) LP
Topic: Minor change or comment
There recently surfaced what looks like a 1970s tax-scam release credited to 'Chris Ducey'. Housed in a generic cover bearing the title I Am A Rock (Krios 01042) and a minimum of credits, the disc contains pure Top 40 pop with what to me sounds like a late '60s sound. As such it's not bad, and may have been recorded as a songwriter's demo primarily. The way the tax loss trip worked, these recordings then later fell into the hands of someone else (or Ducey himself) and were put to fiscal use, when nothing else came from them. The background and music is somewhat like the third Hobbits LP but with a little more consistency.
The obvious fantasy is that this LP would finally bring to light the recordings that Ducey did in 1966 which were later famously replaced by Bobby Jameson's tracks (see the Acid Archives book for details), but it's evident from the song titles alone that we are not so lucky. However, this odd little bird, which may appeal to soft-rock and vocal pop collectors, does mark yet another curious angle on the Chris Ducey saga, in addition to the existing Jameson & Maitreya Kali tangents.
Thanks to Mike M in Seattle for bringing this buried artifact to our attention.
