LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Randy Rice mixed accoustic singer-songwriter songs with electrifying acid guitar in his marvellous privately pressed double album from 1974.

Offered here in a much needed reissue so you do not have to spend over a grand for an original copy. Housed in it's original minimalist hand made artwork with the little upgrade twist of silk-screen printing.

I was between the ages of 18 and 20 when I wrote the 22 songs found on To Anyone Who Ever Laughed at Someone Else. They express the thoughts and frustrations, hopes and fears of a young man coming of age in a world that was full of upheaval and transformation. I was a product of that period in America we call the sixties—those years between the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963 and the resignation of President Richard Nixon in August 1974. In fact, this record was released that same month Nixon resigned. Over the next five years, I toured the country as an acoustic artist performing at clubs, coffeehouses and colleges. During that time, I watched the idealism and social consciousness of the sixties slowly fade away. In its place emerged a cynicism and materialism that still seems to be with us so many years later. More than anything else, I think To Anyone Who Ever Laughed at Someone Else is a time capsule that speaks to us from a past era. A period when, above all other things, we asked questions. We questioned our country, we questioned our faith, we questioned the very purpose of life itself. I am very excited to bring those questions and these songs to a new generation on a new continent. Special thanks to my friends Jordi Segura of Wah Wah Records who took the initiative to release this 50th Anniversary Re-issue of To Anyone Who Ever Laughed at Someone Else and Michel Veenstra Klinkhamer, who introduced us.

Track Listing:

• A1 David Blue & The American Patrol– You Need A Change 3:48
• A2 David Blue & The American Patrol– 23 Days In September 5:15
• A3 David Blue & The American Patrol– Vaudeville Blues 3:50
• A4 David Blue & The American Patrol– King Of Spain 3:22
• A5 David Blue & The American Patrol– Anna 3:56
• B1 David Blue & The American Patrol– Dr. Smith's Electrical Light Machine 2:37
• B2 David Blue & The American Patrol– Scales For A Window Thief 4:36
• B3 David Blue & The American Patrol– Best Of Your Childlike Smiles 5:05
• B4 David Cohen – I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning 2:20
• B5 David Cohen – It's Alright With Me 1:58
• B6 David Cohen – Don't Get Caught In A Storm