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Cosmic Peekaboo
''Cosmic Peekaboo'' is the eighth album by The Free Design. Released in 2001, it was the sunshine pop Sunshine pop (originally known as soft pop) is a subgenre of pop music that originated in Southern California in the mid-1960s. Rooted in easy listening and advertising jingles, sunshine pop acts combined nostalgic or anxious moods with "an appre ... group's first album after a long hiatus. The album features original members - and siblings - Sandy, Chris and Bruce Dedrick, along with Rebecca Pellett. Track listing # Peekaboo # Younger Son # McCarran Airport # Destiny # Springtime # Listen # The Hook # Music Room # The Only Treasure # Day Breaks # Perfect Love Personnel *Chris Dedrick – vocals, soprano recorder, keyboards, recorder, piano, flugelhorn, percussion, trumpet, Native American drum, rhythm guitar, arranger, producer *Bruce Dedrick – vocals *Sandy Dedrick – vocals *Rebecca Pellett – vocals, keyboards *Tom Szczesniak – piano, bass *Stefan Szczesniak – dr ...
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The Free Design
The Free Design was a Delevan, New York-based vocal group, whose music can be described as sunshine pop and baroque pop. Though they did not achieve much commercial recognition during their main recording career, their work later influenced bands including Stereolab, Cornelius, Pizzicato Five, Beck and The High Llamas. Early life and career The members were all members of the Dedrick family: Chris Dedrick (12 September 1947 – 6 August 2010), sister Sandy and brother Bruce were the original lineup. Chris Dedrick wrote most of the songs. Younger sister Ellen joined the group later, and youngest sister Stefanie (1952–1999) joined near the end of their initial career. Their father, Art, was a trombonist and music arranger. Their uncle Rusty Dedrick was a jazz trumpeter with Claude Thornhill and Red Norvo. They formed the band while living in New York City. Chris has said the group was influenced by vocal groups like The Hi-Los (who performed in Greenwich Village frequent ...
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Sunshine Pop
Sunshine pop (originally known as soft pop) is a subgenre of pop music that originated in Southern California in the mid-1960s. Rooted in easy listening and advertising jingles, sunshine pop acts combined nostalgic or anxious moods with "an appreciation for the beauty of the world". It largely consisted of lesser-known artists who imitated more popular groups such as the Mamas & the Papas and the 5th Dimension. While the Beach Boys are noted as prominent influences, the band's own music was rarely representative of the genre. Sunshine pop enjoyed mainstream success in the latter half of the decade, with many of its top 40 hits peaking in the spring and summer of 1967, especially just before the Summer of Love. Popular acts include the Turtles, and the Association. Other groups, like the Millennium, Sagittarius, and the Yellow Balloon were less successful but gained a cult following years later with albums like '' Begin'' (Millennium, 1968) and ''Present Tense'' (Sagittarius, 1 ...
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Marina Records
Marina Records is a German record label started in 1993 and specialising in indie pop. Acts include Ashby, Pearlfishers, Cowboy Mouth (the Grahame Skinner band, not the better-known American act) and The Bathers. Marina has also released albums by such acts as Paul Quinn & The Independent Group, Shack (the "lost" '' Waterpistol'' album) and Josef K Discography/Catalogue * Gazelle - Better Days 1993 * The Bathers - Lagoon Blues 1993 * Gazelle - Better Days 1994 * Eight Miles High - Triple Pulse 1994 * Gazelle - Time Will Tell 1994 * Gazelle - Everything Inside 1994 * Paul Quinn & The Independent Group - Will I Ever Be Inside Of You? 1994 * Cowboy Mouth - Life As A Dog 1995 * Sugartown - Swimming In The Horsespool 1995 * Cowboy Mouth - My Life As A Dog EP 1995 * Various Artists - From Marina With Love 1995 * The Bathers - Sunpowder 1995 * Marina T-Shirt - Music Is Love T-Shirt 1995 * Malcolm Ross - Low Shot 1995 * Camping - Maritime Strick- ...
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There Is A Song
''There is a Song'' is the seventh album from The Free Design, released in 1972. After feeling that they had reached a dead end with their albums on the Project 3 label, they left to record for a smaller label in upstate New York called Ambrotype. The album also coincided with Chris Dedrick's move from Maryland to Toronto, where he and his sisters, who comprised the rest of the group, were mentored by Canadian musician and philosopher Kenneth G. Mills. Some tracks were recorded in Rochester and some in Toronto. It was the last album the group recorded until Cosmic Peekaboo nearly 30 years later, and was extremely rare until its reissue on CD by Light in the Attic Records Light in the Attic Records is an independent record label that was established in 2002 in Seattle, Washington by Matt Sullivan. The label is known for its roster of reissue projects and for its distribution catalog. Light in the Attic has re-rel .... Track listing # "Canada in Springtime" (Chris Dedrick) # "Kum ...
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Sunshine Pop
Sunshine pop (originally known as soft pop) is a subgenre of pop music that originated in Southern California in the mid-1960s. Rooted in easy listening and advertising jingles, sunshine pop acts combined nostalgic or anxious moods with "an appreciation for the beauty of the world". It largely consisted of lesser-known artists who imitated more popular groups such as the Mamas & the Papas and the 5th Dimension. While the Beach Boys are noted as prominent influences, the band's own music was rarely representative of the genre. Sunshine pop enjoyed mainstream success in the latter half of the decade, with many of its top 40 hits peaking in the spring and summer of 1967, especially just before the Summer of Love. Popular acts include the Turtles, and the Association. Other groups, like the Millennium, Sagittarius, and the Yellow Balloon were less successful but gained a cult following years later with albums like '' Begin'' (Millennium, 1968) and ''Present Tense'' (Sagittarius, 1 ...
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