Good Taste Is Timeless

Good Taste Is Timeless

Track Listings

1. Once A Year

2. Black Bottom

3. Happy Scrapple Daddy Polka

4. Spring Of '65

5. Livin' Off The Land

6. Love Is The Closest Thing

7. Boobs A Lot

8. Melinda

9. Generalonely

10. Alligator Man

11. City Blues

12. The Whole World Oughta Go On A Vacation

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
FIRST TIME ON COMPACT DISC— After being held for ransom by merciless record collectors for decades, the Holy Modal Rounders' rarest album Good Taste Is Timeless can now breathe the sweet air of freedom! Rounders' founders Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber—the godfathers of anti-folk—fire every cap pistol in their satchel for this clat-tering, jugband-on-acid classic, cut in Nashville in 1971 with guest artists Tracy Nelson (Mother Earth), D.J. Fontana, and pedal steel legend Pete Drake. Featuring the definitive version of Rounders gonzo ditty "Boobs A Lot," Good Taste Is Timeless now sports fascinating new liner notes by Stampfel, and remains the pinnacle of the Holy Modal Rounders' art.

Tracks:

Once A Year
Black Bottom
Happy Scrapple Daddy Polka
Spring Of '65
Livin' Off The Land
Love Is The Closest Thing
Boobs A Lot
Melinda
Generalonely
Alligator Man
City Blues
The Whole World Oughta Go On A Vacation

Album Description

FIRST TIME ON COMPACT DISC— After being held for ransom by merciless record collectors for decades, the Holy Modal Rounders' rarest album Good Taste Is Timeless can now breathe the sweet air of freedom! Rounders' founders Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber—the godfathers of anti-folk—fire every cap pistol in their satchel for this clat-tering, jugband-on-acid classic, cut in Nashville in 1971 with guest artists Tracy Nelson (Mother Earth), D.J. Fontana, and pedal steel legend Pete Drake. Featuring the definitive version of Rounders gonzo ditty "Boobs A Lot," Good Taste Is Timeless now sports fascinating new liner notes by Stampfel, and remains the pinnacle of the Holy Modal Rounders' art.

Album Description

CD debut of rare 1971 album from the godfathers of anti-folk, originally produced by Bob Dorough. Sundazed. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Well, It's On CD At Least..........2003-06-25

For starters, if you've heard of that 'horrible mix job' of the original album, that's the mix used here (sounds mono most of the time, but close listening reveals MINIMAL, and I mean minimal stereo separation). In this age, I would have hoped a fully remixed version would have been done, but you can't have everything. Maybe there weren't any tapes available for that purpose? Who knows. Anyway, this is a good album, it's no INDIAN WAR WHOOP or MORAY EELS... but instead it's a twisted country-rock album with occasional relapses of Rounder craziness. If you're not used to the Rounders this may be an odd album for you since other band members take vocals (Stampfel and Weber only get half the album), but on it's own merits, and if one can cast aside the bother of the mixing, GOOD TASTE IS TIMELESS may well prove to be, well, timeless.

Finally the Wait is Over!!.......2003-06-20

When I read the linar notes on this CD I was shocked when Peter Stampfel hinted it might not be his favorite record.I think it's one of the finest Country Western records ever made. A bold statement! I addmit I'm somewhat prejudice having purchased my first copy in 71, wearing it out & finding my second copy in the late 80's @ a record show & wearing it out.This the way C&W should be.It's not the processed, souless stuff from todays C&W radio. It's a toe tapper from begining to end. Fun songs,well written & played. It's in my top 5 C&W records of all time. If you just found the Rounders this is the one to own!!