Relatively Clean Rivers

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Former Beat Of The Earth leader Phil Pearlman assembled this band in the early seventies and eventually recorded this magnificent rural rock album in 1975. The Relatively Clean Rivers album stands with the very best albums of the era, possessing a purely American sound and walking confidently past the shadow of its previous incarnation. Amazingly well produced for a private pressing, it is the very antithesis of his earlier releases that could be classified as garage (at a stretch, perhaps - they are not without a certain tangible sophistication). No measurable degree of time or expense was spared in the creation of the Relatively Clean Rivers album, which took over a year to assemble and is the most flawless snapshot of the California seventies underground scene you will ever hear. While it should be easy to describe the sound the band produced, it most definitely is not. There are moments where they sound like The Grateful Dead at their most ethereal, for example like Box Of Rain from American Beauty; but other tracks on 'Rivers are utterly psychedelic in the Damin Eih way (although this album smells more like thai stick than acid). The Persian Caravan is as Eastern as the title suggests; Pearlman's collection of ethnic instruments used by the band to good effect. The lyrics are both funny and thought-provoking, especially when addressing religion: "Could I believe if I had nothing to gain? Would I walk away to paradise, Or keep on playin' the game?" Famed poster artist

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Relatively Clean Rivers

Relatively Clean Rivers - Digitally Remastered

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The Rising Storm Mix Tape

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Caribou: The Longest Mixtape

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The Rising Storm Mix Tape 2

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Relatively Clean River

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Bootcut Classic

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Birdsongs 8 - Richard Norris

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Psychemagik river comp

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Back To The Country: Rural Psych

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Relatively Clean Rivers (1976)

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1975: A Musical Wasteland

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