The Neon Philharmonic, subtitled Dedicated to the Baroness d'A, is the eponymous second album by The Neon Philharmonic

The Neon Philharmonic

The Neon Philharmonic was an American psychedelic pop band led by songwriter and conductor Tupper Saussy and singer Don Gant. They released their only two albums in 1969, and they scored a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Morning Girl", when it hit the Top Forty in May of that...

, again consisting of songs written by Tupper Saussy

Tupper Saussy

Frederick Tupper Saussy III was an American composer, musician, author, and artist. He was born in Statesboro, Georgia; grew up in Tampa, Florida; and graduated from the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee, in 1958. His jazz combo there put out a university-subsidized album, Jazz at...

 and sung by Don Gant

Don Gant

Donald W. Gant was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.With Tupper Saussy, in the late 1960s he formed "The Neon Philharmonic." Singing vocals, with Saussy on the keyboards, they recorded five singles and two albums for Warner Bros. Records between 1969 and 1971...

. "You Lied" and "No One Is Going To Hurt You" were released as a single in July 1969.

Each song has a brief parenthetical description of the intent of the song.

Track listing

Side One:

1. Are You Old Enough to Remember Dresden
   Bombing of Dresden in World War II
   The Bombing of Dresden was a military bombing by the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Force and as part of the Allied forces between 13 February and 15 February 1945 in the Second World War...
   
   ? (Questionnaire)
2. Forever Hold Your Peace (Burning Bridges)
3. You Lied (Going Away)
4. Harry (Letter to a Friend)

Side Two:

1. No One Is Going To Hurt You (A Promise)
2. Long John
   Long John Silver
   Long John Silver is a fictional character and the primary antagonist of the novel Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Silver is also known by the nicknames "Barbecue" and the "Sea-Cook".- Profile :...
   
    the Pirate (Allegory)
3. F. Scott Fitzgerald
   F. Scott Fitzgerald
   Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost...
   
    & William Shakespeare
   William Shakespeare
   William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
   
    (You Can't Go Home Again)
4. The Mordor
   Mordor
   In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, Mordor or Morhdorh was the dwelling place of Sauron, in the southeast of northwestern Middle-earth to the East of Anduin, the great river. Orodruin, a volcano in Mordor, was the destination of the Fellowship of the Ring in the quest to...
   
    National Anthem (A National Anthem for Rent to Emerging Nations)

Reissue

The album was reissued on the same disc as the first album, The Moth Confesses

The Moth Confesses

The Moth Confesses is the 1969 debut album by The Neon Philharmonic. Described as "A Phonograph Opera," it was inspired, according to the liner notes, by a production of Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra, which Saussy attended after The New York Times claimed that it was a terrible opera, and...

on Brilliant Colors: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings in 2003.

Personnel

• Don Gant
  Don Gant
  Donald W. Gant was an American singer, songwriter and record producer.With Tupper Saussy, in the late 1960s he formed "The Neon Philharmonic." Singing vocals, with Saussy on the keyboards, they recorded five singles and two albums for Warner Bros. Records between 1969 and 1971...
  
   (singer, producer)
• Tupper Saussy
  Tupper Saussy
  Frederick Tupper Saussy III was an American composer, musician, author, and artist. He was born in Statesboro, Georgia; grew up in Tampa, Florida; and graduated from the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee, in 1958. His jazz combo there put out a university-subsidized album, Jazz at...
  
   (conductor, piano, harpsichord, pirate voice, producer)
• Pierre Menard, Lillian, Brenton, George, Dick, Sadao, Harold, Marvin, Gary (Neon's Scrapers [i.e. string section])
• Chuck Watt and Walter (Neon's winds)
• Chip (guitar)
• Putt (electric bass)
• Jim (drums)
• Carole, Winnifred, Ricky, Delores, Hershel, Joe (chorus)

• Baroness d'A (condign patience and effort)
• Ronald Gant (engineer)
• Bob McCluskey (executive producer)
• Ed Thrasher (cover photography and art direction)

Recorded in Acuff-Rose's tiny studio in Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

 on Ampex

Ampex

Ampex is an American electronics company founded in 1944 by Alexander M. Poniatoff. The name AMPEX is an acronym, created by its founder, which stands for Alexander M. Poniatoff Excellence...

by Wesley Rose.