Comments on: Euphoria “A Gift From Euphoria”

By: Aquarium Drunkard » Drendall, Thrower & Friends :: Papa Never Let Me Sing The Blues

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:41:38 +0000

[...] production sounds top notch – on par with a major label rock group. Those of you who enjoyed Euphoria (the Texas country-rock group), Crazy Horse, and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere era Neil Young will [...]

By: Len Liechti

Len Liechti — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:28:29 +0000

Wow, what an album. Went looking for it on the basis of Brendan’s review and subsequent comments, and wasn’t disappointed. Hard to find, but I scored a pre-owned CD reissue at a very fair price from someone called Weezies in the States (great service, if you find him/her/them on Amazon.com). Turns out it’s a 1996 reissue by my old favourite reissue imprint See For Miles Records of Maidenhead, England, just up the road from me here in Bath! Amazing record, totally whacked-out proto-country rock with crazy psych overtones. Tim’s sleeve note of the time places it somewhere between the Bee Gees (Odessa period) and the 13th Floor Elevators! IMHO, like nothing else ever. Highly recommended, if you can still find a copy. PS: if you like this, you’ll also like the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s “Symphonion Dream” – see my review of same on The Rising Storm.

By: Jason Odd

Jason Odd — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:53:07 +0000

Thanks Tim, no I haven’t gotten around to the revola version, I was hoping to run across your email one day to thank you for those notes, so you thankyou, the See For Miles notes are probably minimal compared to what you have done for Revola, but they were a revelation at the time and accompanied my early journey’s to Euhoria-land.

Thanks also to Brendan for the original post, this group and CD has meant a lot to me, I’ve yet to convert anyone to it’s glory (I don’t count my partner, she has to listen to it anyway..ha) , and enjoy seeing other fans in action.

By: Tim Forster

Tim Forster — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:24:30 +0000

Hi Jason.

I posted on this a couple of years ago.

I have the dubious honour of having written the sleeve notes to both the See For Miles CD and the Rev-Ola reissue. Sounds like you haven’t got the latter. Basically the first were written before I tracked down these two guys, the latter after. I covered the Addie Pray the second time around as well as a lot of other Euphoria related recordings, both 45s and unreleased. I have been working on a compilation for ages but now I have demos of the entire Capitol LP – with many alternative versions – I hope to get the whole thing moving again. Their story is amazing. Please feel free to contact me direct for more. Regards, Tim tim.forster@lineone.net

By: Jason Odd

Jason Odd — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:30:17 +0000

..sweet zombie jesus.. have any of you heard Bill Lincoln’s post Euphoria effort called Addie Pray?

I only just found it on CdBaby, there’s samples.. and it’s described thus:

“William Lincoln did record an album with his wife Lynda and a few friends and called it “Addie Pray.” This is that album. It has never been released until this day.”

Addie Pray
Late for the Dance CD
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/addiepray/from/evor on CDBaby

.. and …

“Smokin’ West Coast Rock / Folk / Country. Follow-up to the Capitol Records album “A Gift From Euphoria” by William D Lincoln and top musicians.”

I have ony heard the short samples.. more straight up glam-swagger country-rock .. same vocal style with more vocal chorus on some parts.. it’s kinda shit-hot!

I am suitably freaked out by the appearance of this, I found the old See For Miles version in a record store the year it came out. It was in the mark-down bin, with the label credits and barcode blacked out with marker pen.
I saw it was originally on Capitol Records, one of the dudes was wearing a cowboy hat.. I bought it then and there, not actually having heard a thing about them prior.

It totally blew my mind, it rotates as my fave record against three others (usually my fave of the four, is the one I’ve listened to most recently).. Black sabbath’s debut LP, The Byrds’ Notorious Byrd Brothers, and the debut LP by the Flying Burrito Brothers.

I still love this record, and recently played it to one of my musical heroes while working a warehouse gig (..oh yeah, luv the music industry) .. it still messes with my mind and takes me to a wonderful place each time I hear it.
Now there’s a lost record by Bill, I have that same uneasy-happy-euphoria as the first and latest time I played the Euphoria CD.

By: Yair

Yair — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:44:58 +0000

Thanks for the post – great album!

By: Peter

Peter — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:51:48 +0000

I held an original Capitol pressing in Vienna, Austria, early this summer. But at 250 euros, I returned the record gently to its bin. A great album whatever the format might be.

By: Tim Forster

Tim Forster — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:03:29 +0000

Ah, yes. Gray is quite right. ‘There is Now’ was by another Euphoria who recorded an LP on the Heritage label. There is a very distant connection between the bands…

By: Gray Newell

Gray Newell — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:08:34 +0000

It seems that “There is Now” credited to Euphoria is available on the ST Etienne compiled collection The Trip. I guess the sleeve notes for that will reveal the origins of that particular recording.

By: Gray Newell

Gray Newell — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:02:18 +0000

“There is Now” may be by A Euphoria, just not by this Euphoria. There were at least 2 other acts that went by this name and probably many more.