Monday, 16 March 2015

1975's Perky Quinby And Gavin Gervis aka The Street and The Sea




Is it the Golden Gate Bridge or the Verazzano-Narrows?  Someone might recognize it better than myself.  In any case, quite a gorgeous monochromatic blue photograph for an album that is very beautiful once one hears it a few times.  This poor quality mp3 has been circulating sometime among collectors and no one seems to have access to the actual record which appears to be exceedingly rare.  If anyone actually possesses it, some information might be really appreciated.  For example it's not clear if this rip is even complete, being suspiciously well short of thirty minutes.  There is very little information on the internet, just this rym note.

I find the first track in particular to be breathlessly beautiful in a way that early Joni Mitchell was.  It's not a masterpiece-- there are too many inferior tracks, but it's one of those hauntingly gorgeous records, like the Marcia Meyers, and Melisma's album, I feel very very lucky to have heard in my life....







Obviously this is not my rip, but I sincerely feel immense gratitude to the kind soul who let us hear this rarity...

More info on discogs now:

https://www.discogs.com/Perky-Quinby-And-Gavin-Gervis-The-Street-And-The-Sea/release/10136469?ev=item-vc

14 comments:

  1. Swank Daddy16 March 2015 at 16:39

    It's the Golden Gate bridge.

    Interesting looking album. Thanks for sharing it.

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    1. Julianryan16 March 2015 at 17:13

      where would the photo have been taken, from the park somewhere?

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    2. Swank Daddy16 March 2015 at 18:08

      My guess is it was taken from a park on the San Francisco side near the Palace of Fine Arts.

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    3. Julianryan17 March 2015 at 03:44

      is that where the presidio begins?

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    4. Swank Daddy17 March 2015 at 07:51

      The Presidio is adjacent west of the Palace of Fine Arts and could also be where the cover photo was taken.

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  2. Nathaniel Davis18 March 2015 at 15:31

    Thanks as always for this!

    Any chance of a post of that Melisma record?

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  3. Anonymous19 April 2015 at 09:36

    You need to remove this entry, I am reissuing it on my label Yoga Records

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  4. Julianryan19 April 2015 at 09:38

    Wow, you're kidding me! I'm so happy to hear this, as I was wanting more information about this release. Do you have any more information for us, for ex. when?

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  5. Igor13 October 2015 at 11:33

    This song looks like Laura Nyro in the mid 70's with her "Smile" album.
    Anxious to be reissued.

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  6. Julianryan13 October 2015 at 15:39

    Me too! wonder what happened with that...

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  7. Julianryan15 July 2020 at 18:27

    https://www.discogs.com/Perky-Quinby-And-Gavin-Gervis-The-Street-And-The-Sea/release/10136469?ev=item-vc
    More info added to discogs

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