Had this album come out in 1969, it would have been in the first real batch of country-rock albums 1968-69, before the genre began to crack through into popular culture in 1970 to make it to the charts (Poco, Matthews Southern Comfort, Linda Ronstadt, Mike Nesmith’s First National Band, Neil Young, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, etc)

After ‘72 the psyche aspect of country-rock all but dissapeared, a few obscure rual rock albums aside. The wonderful solo albums of Chris Darrow are somewhat of a high point of the post ‘72 scene, blending Brit-folk and Americana, country-rock and old timey music in a genre that was becoming more strictly defined and commercially streamlined.

So, as much as I get that it wasn’t the original vision, I’d certainly like to hear Chris’ updated vision on what was essentially a boutique reissue. Had the dice rolled differently perhaps Cur Non may have evolved into the famous Curnon label with digital downloads of their early roster. Maybe in a paralell world Curnon is known worldwide as a classic roots label, while say Rounder Records never came to be as the young hippies who founded the Rounder Collective in a bedroom in 1971 folded shop in less that a year.

Yes, I’d liked to have heard all the mixes on the Maxfield Parrish reissue, as while I totally get the artistic itegrity of wanting the original mix, I also desire to hear what it came out as, mainly because I want to hear a something from it’s enviroment warts and all.

So yes to all mixes I’d say, but that’s me.