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American psychedelic stone band

The Westward Coast Popular Art Experimental Ring
From left to right: Bob Markley, Michael Lloyd (bottom), Danny Harris, Shaun Harris, and John Ware.
Groundwork information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.south.
Genres	Psychedelic rock, folk rock, experimental stone
Years agile	1965–1970
Labels	FiFo Reprise Amos Forwards
Associated acts	The Laughing Wind California Spectrum Markley, A Grouping
Past members	Bob Markley Shaun Harris Danny Harris Michael Lloyd Ron Morgan John Ware

The W Coast Popular Art Experimental Ring (WCPAEB) was an American psychedelic rock ring formed in Los Angeles, California in 1965. The grouping created music that possessed an eerie, and at times sinister atmosphere, and independent material that was frankly political, artless, and bizarre. Representing different musical backgrounds among band members, the grouping, at times, resembled a traditional Byrds-esque folk rock ensemble, just the WCPAEB also, within the same body of work, recorded avant-garde music marked by multi-layered song harmonies.

Aspiring musician and scenester Bob Markley managed to join the grouping the Laughing Wind in commutation for his connections in the music manufacture and substantial bankroll. The original 5-piece line-up consisted of Michael Lloyd (rhythm guitar, vocals), Shaun Harris (bass guitar, vocals), Danny Harris (atomic number 82 guitar, vocals), John Ware (drums), and Markley (tambourine, vocals).

The band debuted with the album Volume Ane in 1966 on the pocket-size FiFo tape label. In the early years of the group, much was made of the WCPAEB'due south elaborate psychedelic light shows, which became the focal point of their alive performances in Los Angeles. Following the release of Volume 1, the WCPAEB signed with Reprise Records, recording 3 albums with the company, including arguably their well-well-nigh achieved piece of work Volume 3: A Child's Guide to Good and Evil in 1968. Two additional albums, Where'southward My Daddy? and Markley, A Group, were distributed on independent labels before the grouping disbanded in 1970.

History [edit]

Formation and first album (1966) [edit]

The grouping was formed in August 1965 when Los Angeles playboy Bob Markley, a wealthy law graduate and adopted son of an oil tycoon, organized a party at his abode in Beverly Hills. Markley previously hosted the television program Oklahoma Bandstand in 1958, until he was signed past a Warner Bros. Records executive, and purchased a luxury mansion in Los Angeles.^[one] He released ii commercially unsuccessful singles, "Will Nosotros See Again" and "Summer'south Comin' On", between 1960 and 1961, and produced recordings for some musical acts, including Lucifer and the Peppermints, Bobby Rebel, and Sonny Knight on Markley's ain local record labels.^[2] In omnipresence at Markley'due south political party were dozens of journalists, deejays, and diverse individuals of the "in-oversupply", besides as alive performances past Al Kooper followed by the Yardbirds.^[3] Producer Kim Fowley introduced Markley to Michael Lloyd, and brothers Shaun and Danny Harris, members of the group the Laughing Wind.^{[4] [v]}

Lloyd began his music career in 1962 in an instrumental surf rock ring which included Jimmy Greenspoon, known every bit the New Dimensions and later the AlleyKats. The group entered Stereo Masters studio to record 3 albums, during which time Lloyd outset became acquainted with Fowley.^{[2] [half dozen] [seven]} While attending the Hollywood Professional person School, Lloyd befriended the Harris brothers, who recorded the regional striking "Ski Storm" with rival human action the Snowmen. In early on 1965, Shaun Harris collaborated with Lloyd in his newly formed ring the Rogues, releasing the Harris-Lloyd composition "Wanted: Dead or Live", on Fowley'due south Living Fable characterization.^[8] Shortly thereafter, with Danny Harris and drummer John Ware in the fold, Lloyd and Shaun formed the Laughing Wind, which recorded the unmarried "Skillful to Exist Around" for Tower Records later that year.^[9] Recordings made or produced past these pre-WCPAEB acts were collected years subsequently on the compilation album, The W Coast Pop Fine art Experimental Ring Companion in 2011.^[10]

Markley became motivated by the large crowd a rock band similar the Yardbirds attracted, peculiarly the number of teenage girls, and proposed he would finance and secure a recording contract for the Laughing Electric current of air, in exchange for his inclusion into the group.^[xi] Impressed and slightly seduced by the much older Markley'southward wealth and entourage, the band accustomed his offer. The conclusion to tape every bit the West Coast Pop Fine art Experimental Band, rather than the Laughing Wind, was fabricated by Markley, who envisioned the band every bit a west coast analogue to the Velvet Secret.^[12] Looking to have something tangible to represent the band, in 1966, the WCPAEB released their debut album on Markley's FiFo label, Book 1. Much of the album was recorded at Lloyd'southward personal studio and a rented shop-forepart on La Cienega Boulevard, earlier Markley joined the grouping; still, tracks such as "Don't Interruption My Balloon" and "If You Want This Beloved" betoken he had some influence over the later sessions for the album'southward development.^{[thirteen] [xiv]} While Book I did characteristic a pocket-sized-scale option of original cloth, the majority of the anthology was embrace versions including "Louie Louie", "Yous Actually Got Me", and "It's All Over Now, Babe Blue".^[15]

Reprise years (1967–1968) [edit]

The WCPAEB embarked on their commencement bout in June 1966, establishing themselves equally a live favorite with Los Angeles hippies at venues such every bit the Other Identify and Wild Thing. The grouping shared the bill with the Mothers of Invention, the Seeds, Fe Butterfly, and the Yardbirds, among others. Co-ordinate to Ware, the group's performances were "the ultimate street happening for a while"; highlighted by their aggressive psychedelic light show, which was operated past Buddy Walters, who besides arranged light shows for Jimi Hendrix and the Animals.^[16] In a review of a gig in 1967, the Los Angeles Gratis Press commended the WCPAEB'due south musicianship, simply was critical of Markley for his "hypster" mental attitude and non-rhythmic tambourine playing.^[xvi] Although his bandmates did not like his pretentious on and off-stage antics, Markley did manage to negotiate a 3-album bargain with talent scouts of Reprise Records who had attended WCPAEB's performances.^[xiv]

In May 1967, the ring recorded and released their outset album for Reprise, Function 1. Past the time recording sessions began, Markley had causeless absolute control of the WCPAEB'south publishing rights, which explains his unusual selection for the A-side of the album's singles: a "spoken rap" composition "1906", co-penned with session musician Ron Morgan, and a cover of the Mothers of Invention'southward vocal "Help, I'yard a Rock".^[16] The album itself featured songs that exhibited a wide-ranging stylistic diversity, including Byrds-esque folk rock, garage rock, and Bizarre popular. The song "I Won't Injure Y'all" was i of ii compositions (the other existence "If You lot lot Desire This Love") from the grouping'due due south debut anthology re-recorded for Part 1, where information technology was given a much more than subdued atmosphere and a heartbeat rhythm.^{[12] [17]} Shaun Harris sang the reworked version of "I Won't Hurt You", rather than Lloyd, who, aside from some backing vocals on the anthology, would not sing pb on a WCPAEB release until the 1969 album Where's My Daddy?.^[sixteen]

Markley and Lloyd did not go along, which led to the latter leaving the grouping and Morgan joining full-time.^[eighteen] According to Lloyd, Markley became increasingly overbearing on the WCPAEB'due south creative output, and "he started to believe that he was similar, yous know, the real deal, as opposed to the guy who doesn't sing and doesn't really take any musical thoughts and stuff like that. He wasn't content anymore just being the guy who concluded up with the girls that he could become from it".^[18] Lloyd remained in Los Angeles and participated in a number of studio projects with Fowley and Mike Curb such as October State, the Smoke, St. John Light-green, and the Burn Escape.^{[xix] [20] [21]}

In August 1967, merely prior to recording sessions for the WCPAEB's 2nd Reprise album, Shaun Harris took a hiatus from the ring. His divergence was partly due to his disillusionment with the group, primarily with the WCPAEB'southward lack of success, and it served every bit a waiting menstruum while his brother, Danny, was being treated for depression.^[22] He formed the California Spectrum with Danny, Lloyd, and Jimmy Greenspoon. The group toured the Midwest with Markley'due south state-of-the-art lite show, and released two singles in its cursory recording career, "Sassafras" (the same version featured on Book One) and a cover of the Left Banke'southward "She May Telephone telephone call Yous Up This evening", none of which were met with much attention.^{[two] [22]} When Harris returned to the WCPAEB in 1968, he touted a completely dissimilar line-up, and promoted the California Spectrum with his cavalcade in the teen zine Tiger Crush until the group disbanded former in early 1969.^[2]

In tardily 1967, the WCPAEB released their third album, Vol. ii (Breaking Through), which was the band's nearly ambitious, admitting less consistent than its predecessor, piece of work to date.^[eighteen] The anthology featured a peculiar cover photograph of Markley and the Harris brothers sitting bare-chested in a silvery bath, and a assuming declaration on the backside: "Every vocal in this album has been written, arranged, sung and played past the grouping. No one censored united states. We got to say everything nosotros wanted to say, in the style we wanted to say information technology".^[eighteen] For the kickoff time, each runway was credited either in whole or in office to members of the WCPAEB; however, Markley'south manic narratives and questionable lyrical content (peculiarly young girls) dominate the record. An edited version of the Morgan-Markley limerick "Odor of Incense" was issued only alee of Vol. 2 (Breaking Through), but it failed to nautical chart.^[23] The Dallas psychedelic pop group Southwest Play a trick on covered the song in 1968, which reached No. 56 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[24] Amidst its ten tracks, the album included the politically-satirical "In the Arena", possibly inspired by the Watts riots.^[23] Vol. 2 (Breaking Through) also features the anti-war song "Suppose They Gave a War and No 1 Comes", the full version of "Scent of Incense", and a rare instance of Markley singing is found on "Unfree Child".^[23]

The WCPAEB's 4th anthology Volume 3: A Kid's Guide to Expert and Evil was released in July 1968. The album represented a artistic leap forward for the band and is often considered their most achieved work.^[25] Ring biographer Tim Forster described Volume 3 as the group'south "nigh boggling achievement", one which utilized a "bizarre fusion of innocence and malice" heavily afflicted by the "exuberance of the British Invasion, folk rock, and bloom ability-era" beingness "swept away in a tide of bad drugs, paranoia, and protest".^[25] The album also saw Morgan experimenting with the dawdling quality of the electric sitar, featured prominently on "Ritual #1", "Until the Poorest of People Take Coin", the title track, and "Ritual #2".^[25] In add-on, Book three'southward front end cover design showcased the "butterfly heed" artwork of John Van Hamersveld, who also is credited with the covers of Crown of Creation, Exile on Main St., and Magical Mystery Tour.^{[18] [26]} Like the WCPAEB's earlier albums, Book iii failed to sell in sufficient quantities to attain the U.Southward. charts, and Reprise dropped the ring.^[25]

Contained labels (1969–1970) [edit]

Belatedly in 1968, Jimmy Bowen established his label Amos Records and signed the group the following twelvemonth. While the ring worked on the Where'southward My Daddy? album, Danny Harris rejoined and Lloyd returned to provide backing vocals and co-write "Where'due south My Daddy?", "Where Money Rules Everything", and "Coming of Celebrated catamenia in L.A." with Markley.^{[27] [28]} It became apparent on the album, nevertheless, that the echoing vocal harmonies found on the band's preceding works were replaced by a closely-miked sound.^[29] The album loosely possessed the components of a concept piece, narrated through the eyes of a young homeless girl named "Poor Patty" as she journeys through the anarchy of postal service-Summer of Dear Los Angeles. However, Where's My Daddy?, every bit well equally its accompanying single "Costless as Bird", failed to opposite the WCPAEB'due south commercial fortunes, and it is regarded past critics and fans as the grouping'southward nigh lackluster album release.^{[27] [thirty]}

Lloyd negotiated with Curb to distribute the group's fifth and terminal album on Forrad Records. Released in 1970, Markley insisted the album, originally cocky-titled, should be released under the proper noun Markley, A Grouping. The album benefited from the total involvement and product experience of Lloyd, who sang the majority of the pb vocals, provided keyboards, and organized the orchestral arrangements. Danny Harris was a cardinal influence on the anthology, writing half of its tracks.^[31] Withal, although the album is by and large considered an comeback over Where'southward My Daddy?, the grouping could no longer cope with Markley's erratic behavior, and disbanded soon afterwards the album'south release.^[1]

Aftermath [edit]

Markley connected his playboy lifestyle at a beach business concern business firm he purchased in Los Angeles. He produced Jim Stallings' (J. J. Calorie-free) European hitting "Heya" and the album of the aforementioned name earlier vanishing from the music business arrangement.^[32] According to various accounts by ring members and Fowley, in 1972 Markley had evaded imprisonment and kept a low-contour after on an incident involving two underage girls.^[33] Markley sporadically contacted his old bandmates; yet, Fowley recollected a chat with Stallings in 1992: "He [Stallings] told me that Bob had been sitting in this rowing gunkhole on a lake almost Las Vegas - he was like a recluse. Information technology got loose from its moorings and he drifted off lone for a day and a half. He was already pretty messed upward, only he got very desperately dehydrated. When they eventually found him he was taken to some infirmary and placed on a life-back up arrangement, unable to speak or remember".^[33] Markley died on September 9, 2003 in a infirmary in Gardena, California; he was 68.^[2]

At age 20, Curb appointed Lloyd vice-president of MGM Records. In the 1970s, he became a successful tape producer for teen idols, including the Osmonds, Shaun Cassidy, and Leif Garrett. In 1986, he was music supervisor for the soundtrack of the film Dirty Dancing, and has been involved in several other movie soundtracks well into the 2000s.^[34] Shaun Harris collaborated with Lloyd to release Harris's self-titled debut solo anthology in 1973, which explored his state stone influences. Later on, he became the president of Barry Manilow'south publishing visitor and nearly recently Harris has written a play well-about his life.^[35] Although Danny Harris was initially disillusioned with the music industry, he recorded the gospel anthology Give thanks Him Every Day in 1980. He besides worked as a folk musician and role player before dying on the gear up of Saving Mr. Banks from a middle attack on October one, 2012.^{[35] [36]} Morgan helped found Iii Domestic dog Nighttime (though left before they found commercial success) and joined the Electrical Prunes for their anthology Just Good Quondam Stone and Curlicue. He died in 1989 anile 44.^[33]

Band members [edit]

• Bob Markley (August 29, 1935 – September ix, 2003) - tambourine, spoken word, vocals (1965–1970)
• Michael Lloyd (born Nov iii, 1948) - rhythm guitar, keyboards, vocals (1965–1967, 1969–1970)
• Shaun Harris (born March ii, 1946) - bass guitar, vocals (1965–1970)
• Danny Harris (March xix, 1947 – Oct i, 2012) - lead guitar, vocals (1965–1967, 1969–1970)
• John Ware (born May ii, 1944) - drums (1966–1968)
• Ron Morgan (1945 – 1989) - atomic number 82 guitar, sitar (1967–1970)

Timeline [edit]

Discography [edit]

Studio albums [edit]

• Volume One (1966)
• Part 1 (1967)
• Vol. 2 (Breaking Through) (1967)
• Volume iii: A Kid'due south Guide to Skillful and Evil (1968)
• Where'due s My Daddy? (1969)
• Markley, A Group (1970)

Compilation albums [edit]

• Legendary Unreleased Albums on the Raspberry Sawfly label (1980)
• Transparent Mean solar day Sampler on Edsel Records ED 180 (1986)
• The W Declension Pop Fine fine art Experimental Ring Companion (2011)

Singles [edit]

• FiFo Records
  • "Sassafras" b/westward "I Won't Hurt Yous" (1966)
• Reprise Records
  • "1906" b/w "Shifting Sands" (1967)
  • "Help, I'chiliad a Stone" b/due west "Transparent Mean solar 24-hour interval" (1967)
  • "Suppose They Requite a War and No One Comes" b/west "Queen Nymphet" (1967)
  • "Odour of Incense" b/w "Unfree Child" (1968)
• Amos Records
  • "Free as Bird" b/due west "Where'southward My Daddy?" (1969)

References [edit]

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