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Grinder's Switch Featuring Garland Jeffreys

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Grinder's Switch
featuring Garland Jeffreys
Studio album by
Grinder's Switch featuring Garland Jeffreys
Released1970
StudioMastertone Studios, New York City, NY[1][unreliable source?]
GenreRock
LabelVanguard
ProducerLewis Merenstein
Garland Jeffreys chronology
Grinder's Switch
featuring Garland Jeffreys

(1970)
Garland Jeffreys
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]

Grinder's Switch featuring Garland Jeffreys is the debut album of Garland Jeffreys and Grinder's Switch. It was released by Vanguard Records (catalog number VSD 6550) in 1970.[3] The 1970 version issued in France (catalog number VSD 23050) used the name Grinder's Switch. The CD releases use the name Garland Jeffreys and Grinder's Switch.[1] It was produced by Lewis Merenstein.

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Garland Jeffreys

  1. "Sister Divine" - 4:45
  2. "Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost" - 3:56
  3. "Won't Ya Come Back Home" - 2:26
  4. "Dear Jolly Jack" - 3:41
  5. "And Don't Be Late" - 2:42
  6. "An Imaginary Invalid" - 4:05
  7. "Last Night I Drove Down to the Bar (Women and Wine)" - 2:09
  8. "Evening" - 1:52
  9. "They Call Me Fortune and Fame" - 2:17
  10. "Seven Sleepers' Den" - 7:40

Personnel

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Grinder's Switch featuring Garland Jeffreys[4]
  • Garland Jeffreys - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Ernie Corallo - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, mandolin
  • Richard Davis - bass
  • Sanford Konikoff - drums
  • Bob Piazza - bass
  • Stan Szelest - vocals, harmonica, organ, piano
Technical
  • Neil Schwartz - engineer
  • Jules Halfant - art direction
  • Joel Brodsky - cover photography

References

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  1. ^ a b Garland Jeffreys And Grinder's Switch at Discogs. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Grinder's Switch Featuring Garland Jeffreys at Discogs. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  4. ^ Garland Jeffreys & Grinder's Switch. Garland Jeffreys and Grinder's Switch at AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
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