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''Parallelograms'' is an album by American
psychedelic folk Psychedelic folk (sometimes acid folk or freak folk) is a loosely defined form of psychedelic music, psychedelia that originated in the 1960s. It retains the largely acoustic instrumentation of contemporary folk music, folk, but adds musical el ...
singer
Linda Perhacs Linda Perhacs (born 1943) is an American psychedelic folk singer, who released her first album, ''Parallelograms'', in 1970 to scant notice or sales. The album was rediscovered by record enthusiasts and reissued numerous times beginning in 1998, g ...
. It was produced by
Leonard Rosenman Leonard Rosenman (September 7, 1924 – March 4, 2008) was an American film, television and concert composer with credits in over 130 works, including '' East of Eden'', ''Rebel without a Cause'', '' Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'', ''Beneath the ...
. Her first and only album until the release of ''
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'' in 2014, it was all but completely ignored when originally released on
Kapp Records Kapp Records was an independent record label started in 1954 by David Kapp, brother of Jack Kapp (who set up American Decca Records in 1934). David Kapp founded his own label after stints with Decca and RCA Victor. Kapp licensed its records to L ...
in 1970. Discouraged by the lack of commercial attention and the label's reluctance to promote the album, Perhacs returned to her career as a dental hygienist. In the 30 or so years that followed, the album gradually developed a cult following.


Reissues

Folk label the Wild Places, which first reissued the album from a vinyl source in 1998, spent two years attempting to find Perhacs before contacting her in 2000, leading to a reissue of ''Parallelograms'' on CD and double LP in 2003. The reissue was sourced from tapes in Perhacs' personal collection, vastly improving on the sound quality of the original pressing, and added six bonus tracks of various demos and session outtakes. Sunbeam Records again reissued the album in 2008, adding two bonus tracks, the previously unreleased 1978 song "I Would Rather Love" and an excerpt of a 2005
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interview. ''Parallelograms'' was reissued again on vinyl by both
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and
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in 2010, and by Anthology Recordings in 2014.


In popular culture

The song "Hey, Who Really Cares" was written as the theme song for the short-lived 1970
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'', starring
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, which ran for a half-season. Perhacs co-wrote the song with composer
Oliver Nelson Oliver Edward Nelson (June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. His 1961 Impulse! album ''The Blues and the Abstract Truth'' (1961) is regarded as one of the most signifi ...
, who had been making music for numerous television shows at the time. The song was recorded for the show by the band God's Children, a short-lived collaboration between Ray Jimenez and Willie Garcia, previously both members of
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, and released by
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as a single under the title "Hey, Does Somebody Care." "Hey, Who Really Cares" was covered by R&B group
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on its 1971 debut album, ''The Whispers' Love Story'', and that version was later sampled by US hip hop artist
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in his song "Niggas Bleed", released on his posthumous 1997 album ''
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''. The Perhacs recording was itself sampled by UK hip hop artist
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in his song "Who Really Cares", which appeared on his 2009 compilation album ''Uncensored''. The song "If You Were My Man" was featured in the 2007 film ''
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''. The song "Chimacum Rain" was sampled by
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on the track "Rain Edit (Interlude)" from the 2005 album '' Surrounded by Silence'', and by
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on his song "Rain", released on his 2015 ''
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'' album. A line from the song "Chimacum Rain" was included in the comedy-drama ''
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'' season 5 episode "A Messenger, Nothing More."


Track listing

All tracks composed and written by Linda Perhacs, except where noted. #"Chimacum Rain" – 3:33 #"Paper Mountain Man" – 3:13 #"Dolphin" – 2:56 #"Call of the River" – 3:51 #"Sandy Toes" – 3:00 #"Parallelograms" – 4:36 #"Hey, Who Really Cares?" (Perhacs, Oliver Nelson) – 2:44 #"Moons and Cattails" – 4:09 #"Morning Colors" – 4:48 #"Porcelain Baked Cast Iron Wedding" – 4:01 #"Delicious" – 4:08 Bonus tracks (reissue): #"If You Were My Man" (Demo) – 3:30 #"If You Were My Man" (Studio) – 2:59 #"Hey, Who Really Cares?" (With Intro) – 3:01 #"Chimacum Rain" (Demo) – 3:45 #"Spoken Intro to Leonard Rosenman" – 2:19 #"Chimacum Rain" (Demo With Sounds) – 4:13 2008 Sunbeam Records reissue only: #"BBC Interview" – 5:52 #"I Would Rather Love" – 3:06


Personnel

* Linda Perhacs – vocals, guitar, electronic effects, arranger *
Leonard Rosenman Leonard Rosenman (September 7, 1924 – March 4, 2008) was an American film, television and concert composer with credits in over 130 works, including '' East of Eden'', ''Rebel without a Cause'', '' Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'', ''Beneath the ...
– electronic effects, arranger, producer * Steve Cohn – lead guitar (6-string, 12-string, electric), arranger * John Neufield – flute, saxophone *
Milt Holland Milton Holland (born Milton Olshansky; February 7, 1917 – November 4, 2005) was an American drummer, percussionist, ethnomusicologist, and writer in the Los Angeles music scene. He pioneered the use of African, South American, and Indian percus ...
, Shelley Manne – percussion * Reinie Press – electric bass, Fender guitar * "Tommy" – harmonica * Brian Ingoldsby – amplified shower hose for horn effects (01) * "Fleetfoot" of
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– guitar (19)


Notes


References

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