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Electric Prunes «Mass in F Minor».

Using the Electric Prunes to perform a pseudo-religious concept album constructed as a psychedelic mass (and sung in Latin) must have, to use the old cliche, seemed like a good idea at the time. One strike against the project from the outset was that it was not the brainchild of the group so much as of outside business forces, who wanted them to perform the material, which was wholly composed, arranged, and conducted by David Axelrod. It’s not all that bad, both for its novelty value and for the pleasing imagination of much of Axelrod’s arrangements. These match heavy organ with the usual heavy Electric Prunes guitar reverb, as well as choral harmonies, semi-acid freakout guitar soloing (which sounds like the Jefferson Airplane in spots), and dabs of horns and orchestral instruments. It’s not all that great, either, sounding forced and dated in some respects. Undoubtedly the highwater mark is “Kyrie Eleison,” which was featured in the Easy Rider soundtrack (how did Peter Fonda find the tune?), and boasts some enchanting guitar tremolo, harmonies, and stop-start tempos. Incidentally, it’s since been discovered that much of the music was played not by the Prunes, but by session musicians and the Canadian band the Collectors. — Richie Unterberger, All-Music Guide
Songs
Side 1
1. Kyrie Eleison (Axelrod) 3.18
2. Gloria (Axelrod) 5.42
3. Credo (Axelrod) 4.58
Side 2
1. Sanctus (Axelrod) 2.52
2. Benedictus (Axelrod) 4.48
3. Agnus Dei (Axelrod) 4.25
Exact personnel unknown but the following is what has been determined thusfar :
Original members of ‘The Electric Prunes’ whose pictures appear on the album cover and who recorded the first three tracks on the album (i.e. the line-up from the European Tour 1967) :
James Lowe – Lead Vocals
Mark Tulin – Bass & Organ
Ken Williams – Lead Guitar
Mike Gannon – Rhythm Guitar
Quint – Drums

Electric Prunes «Release of an Oath».

“Through the centuries and out of the travail of the past, man has many times, in his search for a better life, been forced by powers beyond his control to foreswear the principles of his fathers and to accept the yoke of a conqueror who might vanquish his body, but not his soul. But no man of principle can live with himself having foresworn the ideals that he lives by. In yearning to free his spirit of the conqueror’s yoke, he has conjured up a psychological release that enables him to break the chains that bind him to any oath made under duress and in violation of his principles. Such a lament is the Kol Nidre – a prayer of antiquity which cleanses the spirit and enables man to start anew, with his eyes again on the stars.
This, then, is the music of the Kol Nidre, which is as modern and meaningful today as when it was first written. David Axelrod has brought the music into a contemporary stance by blending the melodies of the centuries with today’s contemporary sounds. David Hassinger has taken the efforts of David Axelrod and, with his provocative talents, has in turn blended them into this artful presentation by The Electric Prunes.”
(Jules B. Newman – cover of ‘Release Of An Oath’)
Songs
Side 1
1. Kol Nidre (Axelrod) 4.14
2. Holy Are You (Axelrod) 4.05
3. General Confessional (Axelrod) 4.15
Side 2
1. Individual Confessional (Axelrod) 2.10
2. Our Father, Our King (Axelrod) 3.10
3. The Adoration (Axelrod) 3.48
4. Closing Hymn (Axelrod) 2.53
Personnel
John Herron – Organ
Brett Wade – Bass Guitar, Flute & Vocals
Mark Kincaid – Guitar & Vocals
Dick Whetstone – Drums & Lead Vocals

«Bonus» track:
Quintessence, In Blissfull Company. LP Islands Rec. 1969, CD Islands Rec. 1993.
«Giants»