ORPHEUS' FOURTH ALBUMNote: One of the founding members of Orpheus has requested that his name be removed from this page. As a courtesy to this individual we have complied with this request, despite the fact that his identity is a matter of public record. This individual has been designated (name deleted).
Furthermore, this individual has asked that any audio clips of performances including his voice or his instrumental work, or of songs that he has written, be removed from this page. We have not, however, removed the clips of the commercially released songs below, because:
our posting of these short clips constitutes "fair use;"
similar clips of these performances are widely available on dozens, if not hundreds of web sites; and
rights to these songs and / or performances reside with Iris Properties, Inc., not with the aforesaid individual, and we have posted
these clips with the permission of the copyright holder.
Title: Orpheus
Label: Bell
Record Number: 6061
Release Date: 1971
Personnel (in alphabetical order): (name deleted), K.P. Burke, Howard Hersh, Stephen Martin,
Bernard Purdie, Elliot Sherman
Producer: Alan Lorber - to read his bio, click
Engineer: Fred Weinberg
Recorded at: A & R Studios, NYC
Available for digital download from eMusic, iTunes, amazon.com, msnMusic, Napster and Rhapsody.
Reissued 2006 by Iris Music Group. Physical CD product available soon.
Click on a song title to hear a sound clip
TRACK LISTING
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Martin
Martin
Martin
Martin
Martin
Martin-(name deleted)
Martin-(name deleted)-Sherman
Martin
Martin
Martin
Martin
Sweet Life
1971
Bosstown Sound - 1968: The Music And The Time - Ace Big Beat No. CDWIK2 167
Click here to read the album notes
Big Green Pearl (reprise) was included in the anthology
Boston Sound 1968 Revisited, Vol. 2 - Iris Music Group IMG-227
Monkey Demon was included in the anthology
Mind Flowers ...and Other Psychedelic Seductions - Iris Music Group IMG-333
COVER VERSIONS (click on the Artist's name to hear a sound clip)
Big Green Pearl:
Steve Kaczorowski - album cut from What Time Are You?; United Artists Records (claimed, but bogus), 1971
I Wanna Be Your Lover:
Orpheus Reborn - cut from Orpheus Reborn (limited distribution demo); Trak12 Records, 2005
Orpheus Reborn - recorded live at Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club, Somerville, MA, 2006
Monkey Demon:
Steve Kaczorowski - album cut from What Time Are You?; United Artists Records (claimed, but bogus), 1971
Steve Kaczorowski was a high school senior from Long Island who issued the album cited himself in an effort to impress his friends. Apparently Big Green Pearl was re-recorded, but Monkey Demon (which he titled Monkey Demond) was an example of "karaoke rock," wherein Kaczorowski simply electronically deleted portions of the original recording from Orpheus 4, replacing Stephen Martin's voice with his own. Kaczorowski also claimed writers and publishers rights. The full story can be found at http://www.lysergia.com/LamaWorkshop/Kacz/lamaKacz.htm.
Orpheus Reborn - cut from Orpheus Reborn (limited distribution demo); Trak12 Records, 2005
Rainbow Peddler:
Steve Drake - album cut from Cold Sweat; Odyssey Records (claimed, but bogus), 1975
Thanks to Patrick the Lama from http://www.lysergia.com for the clips of Big Green Pearl and Rainbow Peddler, above.
All songs © 1971 by Interval Music, Inc. / Iris Properties, Inc.
"Orpheus" is a Registered Trade Mark of the Iris Music Group; Reg. No. 3,466,258.
All rights reserved.
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