Lyle & Peake

Description

The self-titled and sole album by the American rock combo Lyle & Peake (Jeremy Lyle and Kenny Peake) of Rebirth fame was independently released on AMP in 1978. The album was recorded by Don and Brian Gurr at Autumn Music Place in Monterey, California; with Lyle & Peake producing and arranging. (The other members from Rebirth – Jerry Singley and Les Gilbert – couldn’t make the sessions so Jeremy and Kenny played all the parts themselves.)

Jeremy Lyle and Kenny Peake’s custom LP is an exceptional mix of hard-edged garage rock, jangly hippie folk and dreamy acoustic songs. The electric stuff will blow you away, rugged basement rhythm guitar coupled with stinging electric leads, bringing a rough Jefferson Airplane kind of sound to «Armageddon Blues», «Get Your Life In Tune», «Jesus Is Savior» and «Open Your Heart», all of which have extensive fuzz guitar soloing, bass and drums are in there, too (no keyboards). The twosome is equally effective in the unplugged format, their 6 and 12-string acoustic guitars creating soft impressionistic folk/psych moods within titles like «White Dove». The delicate acoustic ballads «Such A Long, Long Time» and «Jesus Gave Us Life For Free» have a fragile sincerity that is intensely moving. A touch of harmonica on «Daniel 2:20», soft Byrds-like jingle-jangle on «Love Still Remains». More climactic fuzz can be found building up the closing ballad «We Are The Stillness Of Silence». An outstanding record and a prime candidate for Christian monster-Hood. Nice cover painting of a dove. Recorded in Monterey, California. [Ken Scott, The Archivist, 4th Edition]

LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “White Dove” – 4:09
A2. “Such A Long, Long Time” – 4:18
A3. “Daniel 2:20” – 2:10
A4. “Armageddon Blues” – 4:19
A5. “Get Your Life in Tune” – 3:39

Side One
B1. “Love Still Remains” – 4:06
B2. “Jesus Is Savior” – 2:15
B3. “Jesus Gave Us Life For Free” – 4:16
B4. “Open Your Heart” – 3:55
B5. “We Are The Stillness Of Silence” – 3:55

Note: https://soundcloud.com/psychedelic-rocknroll/sets/lyle-peake

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