Suddenly One Summer

Suddenly One Summer Artist: J.K. & Co.
Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
Category: Music


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


UPC: 090771012623
EAN: 0090771012623
ASIN: B00005JY1R


Release Date: 2001-05-29

Suddenly One Summer


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Tracks:

  1. Break Of Dawn
  2. Fly
  3. Little Children
  4. Christine
  5. Speed
  6. Crystal Ball
  7. Nobody
  8. O.D.
  9. Land Of Sensations & Delights
  10. The Times
  11. Magical Fingers Of Minerva
  12. Dead

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Album Description

In 1968, 15-year-old guitarist/singer Jay Kaye trekked from Las Vegas to Vancouver, British Columbia. There, with a topnotch team of session musicians, he recorded Suddenly One Summer, a dark masterpiece of orchestral psychedelia, intended to musically represent the life and death of a man. This first-ever-legitimate reissue of this ultra rare album is available on CD and 180 gram vinyl, direct from the analog master tapes, and features interviews with Jay Kaye and key members of his Company. 12 tracks. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars 4.5 star lost classic with great story behind it!.......2007-03-10

Truly deserving a reissue this lost "pysche" classic is worthy of the cult following it has garnered. I am so glad i stumbled upon this excellent mix of what sounds like at times mellow Radiohead some 30 years before their time written by a very talented 15 year old. It ofcourse has all the hippie and pyschedelic trappings or benefits as i consider them and is a time capsule of 67-68 but like the pretty things S.F sorrow it is well recorded arranged and very honest if not naive. I personally love all the 1967-68 recordings from the bands during this era and this is one that deserves to be heard along any other summer of love classic. Its a mix of orchestral pysche pop with some interesting sound effects backward guitars and upfront trippy vocals. One of the best unknown hard to find albums in my opinion.

5 out of 5 stars Break your minds open, robots........2005-01-04

Recommended you listen to this while tripping on anything from cough syrup to mushrooms to meditation and your little minds will be blown, like young J. Kaye's obviously was. It's hard for me to even believe that he was that young. However when you find out his mom's a professional jazz guitarist and he heard the Beatles before they hit big in america, skipping school at thirteen to listen to their records all during the first great psychedelic era (second one coming soon) it's actually plausable. "Fly" is the first track you will LOVE (reverse tape stuff, mind numbing lyrics) but actually the whole album is a conceptual piece spanning from birth to death, you'll really dig the whole thing.... Also of note is that this was reissued on vinyl, available at www.sundazed.com. viva analogue! cds are wretched!

5 out of 5 stars I can see the pin wheels spinning!.......2004-12-11

Suddenly One Summer is sought after for a reason and Jay Kaye was just a teenager when he wrote this stuff. It's been a collectors item and it is undoubtedly one of the best pop psych albums released back in 1968. Another masterpiece from the Psychedelic Renaissance Era! Just listen to "Fly", "O.D.", "Land Of Sensations and Delights" and "Dead". Exquisite arrangements and vocals, not to mention some nice fuzz. You'll start to climb until you've reached your peak! Another top review in my large list of favorite 60's albums!

4 out of 5 stars remarkable.......2003-09-23

this is a wonderful album. what's really impressive is jay kaye was only FIFTEEN YEARS OLD when this incredible album was released. it is orchestral psych for the most part, with occasional horns. FLY really is the best track, but NOBODY, an arthur lee and love sounding song is also great. none of the songs on the album are embarassing or boring. it isn't perfect, but its definitely an overlooked gem of the era.

2 out of 5 stars

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