''Weeds'' was the second

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

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and was released in 1969. The album was recorded at

Golden State Recorders Golden State Recorders was a San Francisco recording studio owned by Leo De Gar Kulka. Some of the albums recorded at the studio were Brewer & Shipley's second album '' Weeds'' in 1969, sessions for The Beau Brummels originally recorded between 196 ...

in San Francisco and produced by

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using the pseudonym "Nicky Gravy". Gravenites assembled a group of highly respected musicians for the album recording sessions, including guitarist

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, bassist

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, pedal steel guitarist

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, violinist

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and keyboardists

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and

Nicky Hopkins Nicholas Christian "Nicky" Hopkins (24 February 1944 – 6 September 1994) was an English pianist and organist. Hopkins performed on many popular and enduring British and American rock music recordings from the 1960s to the 1990s, most notably ...

. The final track, "Witchi-Tai-To," in particular, received a lot of FM radio play, contributing to the album's modest success. The duo gained a devoted underground following as a result of this exposure, which also prepared them for the commercial success of their upcoming album release.Group biography at www.brewerandshipley.com
/ref> ''Weeds'' has been reissued on CD twice, both times coupled with Brewer & Shipley's third album '' Tarkio'', firstly by Collector's Choice records in 2004 and then by Acadia Records in 2008.

Track listing

All tracks by Brewer & Shipley except where noted Side A #"Lady Like You" – 2:12 #"Rise Up (Easy Rider)" – 3:15 #"Boomerang" – 2:18 #"Indian Summer" – 2:59 #"

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" (

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) – 3:18 Side B #"People Love Each Other" – 2:55 #"Pig's Head" – 2:10 #"Oh, Sweet Lady" – 2:00 #"Too Soon Tomorrow" – 2:52 #" Witchi-Tai-To" (

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) – 6:57

Personnel

Mike Brewer Mike Brewer (born 28 August 1964) is an English car trader turned presenter of Driving, motoring television programmes. He currently presents ''Wheeler Dealers'' on the Discovery Channel (UK and Ireland), Discovery Channel with Marc "Elvis" Pri ...

– vocals, guitars, shakers, Vibra-slap * Tom Shipley – vocals, guitars *

– electric guitar *Fred Olson – electric guitar *

– piano, organ *Ira Kamin – piano, organ *

– bass *Robert Huberman – bass *Bob Jones – drums * Orville 'Red' Rhodes – pedal steel guitar *

– fiddle *AppleJack – harmonica *Rienol Andino – congas *

– piano ;Technical *

Leo De Gar Kulka Leo De Gar Kulka (February 17, 1921 – March 17, 1998) was a Czech-born American record producer, recording engineer and educator. Starting in Los Angeles at Autumn Records in the 1960s, he later founded the San Francisco studio Golden State Re ...

- engineer *Vance Frost - assistant engineer, engineer

References

{{Authority control Brewer & Shipley albums 1969 albums Albums produced by Nick Gravenites Kama Sutra Records albums