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Friday, October 21, 2011

Erik Heller - Look Where I Am (1968 us, sweet hippie psych folk rock)



Circa 1967 signed and recorded for Vanguard Records, the previously and subsequently unknown hippy folk singer, Erik, whose sole musical offering, 1968's Look Where I Am (VRS9267) remains one of the label's undiscovered gems.

The 11 tracks on Look Where I Am cover the full range of psych/acid folk, from the strong opening track, with its multi-instrumental backdrop of flute, vibes, horns and bells, to the voice-and-guitar of 'Why Come Another Day' to the heavy fuzz guitar of 'You Said/But I've Got My Way'. There's even a long, soulful Davis-esque muted trumpet passage on 'Lights Across The Field'. The album has a dreamy, almost wistful Donavan-like feel, with tons of acoustic guitar and ethereal flutes.


Tracks
1. Look Where I Am (Well It's Right Over Here) - 3:55
2. Painted On The Wall - 2:45
3. Dead Afternoon Song - 3:20
4. Be Off Man - 2:11
5. Why Come Anotherday - 3:13
6. You Said But I've Got My Way - 5:51
7. Lights Across The Field, Bright Lights Across The Field Too - 2:49
8. Sweet Eyes Of - 4:36
9. Georgeann - 3:48
10. Untitled Number 2 - 4:51
11. Trymphant Breaking Bottle - 4:33
Words and music by Erik Heller.

Erik Heller - Guitars, Vocals

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18 comments:

  1. mscmichaelOctober 21, 2011 at 11:57 AM

    Never heard of this artist before. The clip sounds interesting. Many thanks...

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  2. AnonymousOctober 21, 2011 at 12:13 PM

    So many artists I never heard of on Radioavtive. Most of their releases were private press albums. Sorry to see them go. Thank you Marios.

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  3. JeanBernardFranceOctober 21, 2011 at 1:17 PM

    Thanks for this beautiful and delicate album.
    I think Radioactive was certainly a bootleg label but how much rare albums issued on cd by them.

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  4. buzzieOctober 21, 2011 at 4:37 PM

    Brilliant as always, can't wait to hear. I don't think much of all that bootleg things about Radioactive, they're doing a nice job anyway, IMHO. Thanks a lot Marios!

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  5. merrypranksterOctober 22, 2011 at 2:21 AM

    Didn't have a clue that this album was ever released on cd.
    Thanks for the wonderful post Marios.

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  6. ComadrejaPepOctober 23, 2011 at 1:05 AM

    Thank you very much for this album friend.

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  7. adamus67October 23, 2011 at 3:18 AM

    Here’s another obscurity released on the Vanguard label in 1968, Erik Heller’s “Look Where I Am”, which is a nice mixture of folk/psycho remains one of the not undiscovered gems for me... Marios,thanks a lot

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  8. trismegistosOctober 24, 2011 at 6:46 AM

    Ευχαριστώ Μάριε.

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  9. AnonymousNovember 12, 2011 at 2:18 PM

    oldfuzzface says"I've never heard this before,but it sounds interesting"thanks for sharing Marios

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  10. Guitarradeplastico,scraping odditiesJune 7, 2016 at 1:08 PM

    many thanks, I have in your blog in 2015.
    the arranger in the wonderful fol jazz album is Ed Bland ( info scans )( Other important works of this arranger in funk albums,jazz,fusion )

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  11. AnonymousJuly 14, 2021 at 6:07 PM

    Please make this music available again, thank you Marios.

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  12. MariosJuly 15, 2021 at 4:45 PM

    Unknown, "Erik Heller", is ..back...

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  13. AnonymousJuly 16, 2021 at 7:11 PM

    Thank you Marios for uploading this music again.

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  14. Randall MikkelsenApril 19, 2022 at 10:40 PM

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  15. Randall MikkelsenApril 19, 2022 at 11:02 PM

    I hear a lot of David Sylvian (from the 1980s new-romantic band Japan) in this recording

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  16. AnonymousApril 20, 2022 at 1:05 AM

    As goddam awful as i feared!! Clearly some great jazz musicians in the background making it sound far better than the singer deserves... Thanks for uploading though.To the guy who thinks it sounds like David Sylvian......what ARE you ON!!?????

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  17. MariosApril 20, 2022 at 11:58 AM

    Anonymous, I do not understand why so much aggression? please, all users try to be more polite in your comments, towards to other users ..

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  18. AnonymousApril 20, 2022 at 2:37 PM

    For god sake lighten up will you.It was a joke thats all.Jeez.

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