''These Things Too'' is the third album by American

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group Pearls Before Swine, and their first for Reprise Records. It was released in 1969. By early 1969, the original line-up of Pearls Before Swine - which had only ever performed in the studio, never live - was disintegrating around its leader and mainstay, singer and songwriter

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. Original members Lane Lederer and Roger Crissinger had left, and Rapp had married

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traveller Elisabeth Joosten, whom he had met in New York when recording the album ''

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''.Sleeve notes to Jewels Were The Stars. Original member Wayne Harley remained in the group, but left shortly after ''These Things Too'' was recorded. The group had now left ESP-Disk and joined Reprise, a major label, and Rapp and producer Richard Alderson recruited studio musicians to play on the album. Chief among these was Jim Fairs, formerly of garage band

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, who acted as co-producer and arranger as well as musician. Other musicians included violinist Richard Greene, later of Seatrain, and jazz drummer

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. ''These Things Too'' has been described as Rapp's ''"dreamy"'' album, and it is generally less well regarded by critics than the albums which immediately preceded and followed it, ''Balaklava'' (1968) and ''

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'' (1970). Rapp stated that it was the first Pearls Before Swine album which reflected drug use in the writing of the songs. The album sleeve showed a 15th-century painting of Christ by Giovanni Bellini. The picture was removed from the version of the album issued in Germany because it showed Christ's nipple exposed. The album was reissued on CD in 2003, originally as part of a box set, ''Jewels Were The Stars'', which comprised the group's four completed Reprise albums. It was again reissued, with ''The Use of Ashes'', as a two-on-one CD by Floating World Records in 2011. Record Collector review of ''The Use of Ashes / These Things Too''
Accessed 24 February 2012

Track listing

# "Footnote" – 1:18 (Rapp / Auden) # "Sail Away" – 3:06 (Rapp) # "Look Into Her Eyes" – 4:36 (Rapp) # " I Shall Be Released" – 3:03 ( Dylan) # "Frog In The Window (reprise)" – 2:31 (Rapp) # "I'm Going To City" – 2:30 (Rapp) # "Man In The Tree" – 3:30 (Rapp) # "If You Don't Want To (I Don't Mind)" – 3:14 (Rapp) # "Green And Blue" – 0:21 (Rapp / Elisabeth) # "Mon Amour" – 2:07 (Rapp / Elisabeth) # "Wizard of Is" – 3:35 (Rapp) # "Frog in the Window" – 2:42 (Rapp) # "When I Was a Child" – 4:46 (Rapp) # "These Things Too" – 3:25 (Rapp)

Musicians

Pearls Before Swine

: Vocals, Guitar *Wayne Harley: Banjo, Harmony *Elisabeth: Vocals *Jim Fairs: Guitar, Harmony, Celeste

Other musicians

*Bill Salter: Bass *

: Drums *

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: Electric Violin

Other credits

*Recorded at Impact Sound, New York, by Richard Alderson and Danford Griffiths *Mixed at A&R Recording, New York, by Steve Friedman *Arranged by Bill Eaton, Jim Fairs and the Pearls *''This album is dedicated to Elisabeth''

References

External links

Lyrics to ''These Things Too''
* AMG reviewbr> Official site for Tom Rapp and Pearls Before Swine Fan site on MySpace
{{Authority control Pearls Before Swine (band) albums 1969 albums Reprise Records albums