Idiosyncratic Path: The Best of Van Dyke Parks

Idiosyncratic Path: The Best of Van Dyke Parks Artist: Van Dyke Parks
Label: Diablo Records UK
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 740155480721
EAN: 0740155480721
ASIN: B000003BT0


Release Date: 1995-10-31

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4 out of 5 stars A compilation album of the first three albums.......2001-09-03

IF YOU HAVE "SONG CYCLE", "Discover America" & "The Clang of The Yankee Reaper" you don't need this album. There are no surprises as miscellaneous singles that would have been welcomed such as his own version of "Come To The Sunshine" a minor hit for the group Harper's Bizarre, Beethoven's "Ode To Joy" with his own set of lyrics, "music for the 1969 Datsun Commericals" a curious zippy foray into electronic music, and a black gospel piece "While Rolling on The River Jesus Came To Me" (this title may not be quite accurate). All of these tracks were recorded and released between 1966 and 1970.
I bought this sight unseen hoping at least some of the above would be included, So there is a sense of disappointment.
There are great tracks but not a great overview of his career, he had released eight albums by the time Demon released this, and the SONG CYCLE tracks, modelled heavily on Brian Wilson's Smile recordings, do stand out being stylisticly alien to the more Caribbean sounding tracks of the other albums.
It is a good, not great, album to give a friend as an introduction to Van Dyke Parks work.

Music CD:

  1. Generations ~ Jon Gailmor
  2. Maid in Bedlam ~ John Renbourn
  3. Live: Working Without a Net ~ Janis Ian
  4. Songs for Seafarers ~ Sheringham Shantymen
  5. No. 2 Patrick Street ~ Patrick Street
  6. The Complete Alphabet Zoo ~ Ralph McTell
  7. Rice ~ Eliza Carthy
  8. Drawn & Ready ~ Tucson Simpson
  9. Rendezvous ~ Sandy Denny
  10. Los Grupos Mas Famosos ~ Various Artists

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This Is My Round ~ The Mollys

Iron Butterfly Live ~ Iron Butterfly

I'll Never Let You ~ Steelheart

Quiet Fire: Zen Moods for the Spa Experience ~ Quiet Fire

Songs of Earth, Water, Fire & Sky ~ Various Artists

Cocktail Collection, Vol. 1 ~ Georgette Plana

Acts of Love ~ Penny Rimbaud & Eve Libertine

The Very Best of the Move ~ The Move

Twin Peaks ~ Angelo Badalamenti

Undiscovered Ibiza, Vol. 3 ~ DJ Pippi