The Pekin Tapes is the sixth studio album by American progressive rock/AOR band Pavlov's Dog, released in 2014.
| The Pekin Tapes | ||||
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| Released | November 28, 2014[1] | |||
| Recorded | October 1973 (main album) March 1973 (bonus tracks) | |||
| Studio | Golden Voice Studios, Pekin, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, art rock | |||
| Label | Rockville Music | |||
| Producer | Pavlov's Dog | |||
| Pavlov's Dog chronology | ||||
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| Audio sample | ||||
"Subway Sue" | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Cross Fire (in German) |    [2] |
| Exposé Online | favorable[3] |
| Gaesteliste (in German) | favorable[4] |
| Musik Reviews (in German) | favorable[5] |
| Power Metal (in German) | [6] |
| Prog | favorable[7] |
| Rock Times (in German) | favorable[8] |
| Zware Metalen (in Dutch) | favorable[9] |
The album was recorded in October 1973 in just three days and produced by the band themselves, with the intention of earning them a contract with a record label to release it as their debut.[10] Impressed by the album's quality, ABC Records signed Pavlov's Dog on a $650,000 deal,[11] but the company decided they needed to refine the material before releasing it. Under the guidance of Sandy Pearlman and Murray Krugman, five of The Pekin Tapes's songs were re-recorded, and with the addition of four new compositions they became the band's debut album Pampered Menial in early 1975.
The original recordings remained unreleased and were thought destroyed in 1977 when Golden Voice Studios burned down,[10] but in 2014 a well-preserved copy was discovered in a private collection. Rockville Music restored the tape the best they could and released the album in November 2014.[10] The album's bonus tracks are demos recorded in March 1973, and they are the earliest known Pavlov's Dog recordings.[10]
Track listing
editAll information according to the album's liner notes.[1]
Tracks in bold were re-recorded for Pavlov's Dog debut album Pampered Menial.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "Subway Sue" | David Surkamp | David Surkamp | 5:53 |
| 2. | "Natchez Trace" | Steve Scorfina | Surkamp | 3:57 |
| 3. | "Time" | David Hamilton | David Hamilton | 5:25 |
| 4. | "Stomp Water Magic" | Scorfina | Surkamp | 3:50 |
| 5. | "It's All for You" | Scorfina | Scorfina | 5:21 |
| 6. | "Song Dance" | Mike Safron | Surkamp | 5:44 |
| 7. | "Dreams" | Surkamp | Surkamp | 4:58 |
| 8. | "Clipper Ship" | Hamilton | Hamilton | 5:33 |
| 9. | "Fast Gun" | Surkamp | Surkamp | 3:35 |
| 10. | "Preludin & Fellacio in E Minor" | Sigfried Carver | instrumental | 7:30 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 11. | "Brand New Day" | Surkamp | Surkamp | 3:34 |
| 12. | "Natchez Trace" | Scorfina | Surkamp | 4:07 |
| 13. | "Fast Gun" | Surkamp | Surkamp | 3:42 |
| 14. | "I Wish It Would Rain" | Surkamp | Surkamp | 5:05 |
| Total length: | 68:19 | |||
Personnel
editAll information according to the album's liner notes[1]
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Pavlov's Dog
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Production
Artwork
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Pavlov's Dog – The Pekin Tapes". discogs. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Burdelak, Steve. "PAVLOV´S DOG - THE PEKIN TAPES". crossfire-metal.de. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Thelen, Peter. "Pavlov's Dog — The Pekin Tapes". expose.org. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Reckert, Klaus (29 November 2021). "Pavlov's Dog - The Pekin Tapes". gaesteliste.de. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Schuckar, Lars. "Pavlov's Dog: The Pekin Tapes (Review)". musikreviews.de. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Pope, Raphael. "PAVLOV'S DOG - The Pekin Tapes". powermetal.de. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Dome, Malcolm (30 January 2015). "Pavlov's Dog: The Pekin Tapes". Prog. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Brookes, Joachim "Joe". "Pavlov's Dog / Echo & Boo". rocktimes.info. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Pelgrims, Yves. "Pavlov's Dog – The Pekin Tapes". zwaremetalen.com. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Press release: PAVLOV'S DOG - "The Pekin Tapes"". germusica.com. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ^ Lester, Paul (17 July 2016). "They specialised in music you couldn't dance to, but how prog were Pavlov's Dog?". Prog. Retrieved November 29, 2021.