Window

Description

The self-titled and sole album by the American folk-rock project Window (a.k.a. singer-songwriter Judy Kelly) was released on New Life Records in 1974. In the summer of 1974, singer-songwriter Judy Kelly asked several of her musician friends to work on a project which became the album Window. The album was released locally and the title song was later picked up by the major gospel label Word Records and included on the label’s multi-artist compilation Jubilation, Too!, released in 1976.

If you remember the ‘70s compilations Jubilation, Too! and The Greatest Of These Is Love, there was a quaint little piano ballad on there called «Window» by an artist named Judy Kelly. Well I don’t what the deal was, if it was just a bonus cut or if Myrrh had planned to release the LP and then backed out or what. All I know is it has been a very difficult album to locate, taking me a full sixteen years! Well worth the search though as it’s a really beautiful thing, full of the vibrant FM folk-rock style of Joni Mitchell (with whom Kelly shares a similar vocal range). Kelly wrote most of the fourteen songs, plays guitar and piano, and is assisted by several friends. «Day Star» in particular sounds dead-on like a lost Joni Mitchell track. «Silver» and «Noah» also spring to life with bustling Mitchell-esque moods, 12-string guitar, drums and bass dynamically interacting with flourishes of electric guitar. Melodic ‘70s singer/songwriter impressions of the Carole King variety can be found on piano-backed titles like «Jamie», «Jenny’s Song» and «The Garden». One of the album’s stand-outs is «The Magician», a chilling folky fuzzed psych track about the devil (based on John 8:44). A real work of art with creative song-writing and solid performances, up there with Barbara Bell in my top five favorite female artists. Includes a fancy gate-fold lyric insert. [Ken Scott, The Archivist, 4th edition]

> iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/album/window-remastered/1579248668)

LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Silver”
A2. “Noah”
A3. “Lullaby You”
A4. “Day Star”
A5. “Comfort Me”
A6. “Happy to See You”
A7. “Jamie”

Side Two
B1. “Beginning”
B2. “The Magician”
B3. “You Can Pray”
B4. “Window”
B5. “Shine”
B6. “Jenny’s Song”
B7. “The Garden”

Note: Unofficially re-issued on CD by RadioActive.

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