Twice Upon a Rhyme
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Twice Upon a Rhyme is an LP
record by Paul Levinson
with Ed Fox and Peter Rosenthal. It was released in 1972 by HappySad Records
on vinyl.
Twice Upon a Rhyme was recorded on and off from 1969 to 1971. It includes all original material by Paul Levinson writing solo and with collaborating writers. Levinson is the featured artist, with Ed Fox and Peter Rosenthal. (Boris Midney, Don Frankel, Jay Sackett, Mitch Greenberg, Alan Fuhr and Jesse Stiller also performed on the album.) The album was produced by Paul Levinson and Ed Fox. Twice Upon a Rhyme was a small pressing distributed around the country. It received some airplay, but did not break out as a hit and remained in obscurity until thirty years later, when the album began showing up from time to time on cult collectors' lists of 1960s music, with copies appearing on eBay
occasionally, and accumulating fans among Europe
an and American
collectors.
The July 2002 issue of Japan
's Record Collector
magazine featured Twice Upon a Rhyme in its roundup of American 1960s "Psychedelic
Movements". The reviewer, Taro Miyasugi, said, "It's human mystical pop music... wonderful songs."
The album is included in Hans Pokora's book, 4001 Record Collector Dreams, Patrick Lundborg's Acid Archives, and Vernon Joynson's Fuzz Acid and Flowers Revisited.
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
record by Paul Levinson
Paul Levinson
Paul Levinson is an American author and professor of communications and media studies at Fordham University in New York City. Levinson's novels, short fiction, and non-fiction works have been translated into twelve languages....
with Ed Fox and Peter Rosenthal. It was released in 1972 by HappySad Records
HappySad Records
HappySad Records is the name of an independent record label founded in 1971 by Paul Levinson and Ed Fox, taken over by Levinson in 1972.Its major release was rediscovered and described thirty years later, in July 2002, in Japan's Record Collectors Magazine as "human mystical pop music"...
on vinyl.
Twice Upon a Rhyme was recorded on and off from 1969 to 1971. It includes all original material by Paul Levinson writing solo and with collaborating writers. Levinson is the featured artist, with Ed Fox and Peter Rosenthal. (Boris Midney, Don Frankel, Jay Sackett, Mitch Greenberg, Alan Fuhr and Jesse Stiller also performed on the album.) The album was produced by Paul Levinson and Ed Fox. Twice Upon a Rhyme was a small pressing distributed around the country. It received some airplay, but did not break out as a hit and remained in obscurity until thirty years later, when the album began showing up from time to time on cult collectors' lists of 1960s music, with copies appearing on eBay
EBay
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occasionally, and accumulating fans among Europe
Europe
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an and American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
collectors.
The July 2002 issue of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
's Record Collector
Record Collector
Record Collector is the United Kingdom's longest-running monthly music magazine. It distributes both within the UK and worldwide. It started in 1979.-The early years:...
magazine featured Twice Upon a Rhyme in its roundup of American 1960s "Psychedelic
Psychedelic
The term psychedelic is derived from the Greek words ψυχή and δηλοῦν , translating to "soul-manifesting". A psychedelic experience is characterized by the striking perception of aspects of one's mind previously unknown, or by the creative exuberance of the mind liberated from its ostensibly...
Movements". The reviewer, Taro Miyasugi, said, "It's human mystical pop music... wonderful songs."
The album is included in Hans Pokora's book, 4001 Record Collector Dreams, Patrick Lundborg's Acid Archives, and Vernon Joynson's Fuzz Acid and Flowers Revisited.
Track listing
- "Today Is Just Like You" (Levinson)
- "Looking For Sunsets (In The Early Morning)" (Levinson/Fox)
- "Gentle Blue Cherry Bell" (Levinson/Fox)
- "I'm Seeing You In A Different Light" (Levinson/Fox)
- "Learn To Learn" (Levinson/Fox)
- "Looks Like A Night (I Won't Catch Much Sleep In)" (Levinson/Fox)
- "Raincheck" (Levinson/Fox)
- "You Are Everywhere" (Levinson/Kaley)
- "Forever Friday" (Levinson/Fox)
- "The Soft Of Your Eyes" (Levinson)
- "Antique Shop (The Coming Of Winter)" (Levinson/Rosenthal)
- "Not Yet Ready To Say Goodbye" (Levinson/Kaplan)
- "The Lama Will Be Late This Year" (Levinson/Fox)