[Captain Bacardi]

Tim Weisberg -
DREAMSPEAKER
SP-3045

Released 1972

Format: Vinyl/8-Track/CD

Produced by Dick Bogert

Songs:

1. Dreamspeaker (T. Weisberg) - 3:20
2. Do Dah (T. Weisberg/L. Blessing/D. Anderson/A. Johnson) - 3:00
3. Night Watch (T. Weisberg/L. Blessing/D. Anderson/A. Johnson) - 3:23
4. Scrabble X (J. Krueger) - 1:32
5. Scrabble Y (T. Weisberg/L. Blessing) - 4:25
6. Scrabble Z (T. Weisberg/L. Blessing/J. Krueger/D. Anderson/R. Jaeger) - 1:59
7. Killing Me Softly With His Song (Norman Gimbel/Charles Fox) - 3:04
8. Night for Crying (R. Forkner/S. Slocum/K. Delahoyde) - 3:46
9. Six O'Clock in the Morning (J. Gordon) - 3:42
10. Bullfrog (A. Johnson) - 2:32
11. Castile (T. Weisberg/L. Blessing) - 5:00

Arranged by Bob Alcivar

Musicians:
Tim Weisberg - Flute, Alto Flute, Bass Flute, Eb Flute, Piccolo
Lynn Blessing - Organ, Synthesizer, Keyboards
Jim "Bruiser" Krueger - Guitar
Doug "Bugsy" Anderson - Bass, Rhythm Guitar
Rick Jaeger - Drums
Milt Holland - Percussion, Tambourine, Piccolo, Snare Drum
Mike Melvoin - Piano, Electric Piano (7, 9, 10, 11)
John Pisano - Guitar (7)
Larry Knechtel - Bass (7, 8, 9, 11)
Jim Gordon - Percussion, Drums (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
Chuck Rainey - Bass (10)


Enginner: Dick Bogert
Musical Advisor: Lynn Blessing
Art Direction: Roland Young
Design - Photography: Hagiwara/McGowan



Capt. Bacardi
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[Dave]

Funny how this LP was recorded in '72 and sports a cover of "Killing Me Softly", when that song was actually a bigger hit in '73, most notably by Roberta Flack among the countless others...

Perhaps it trades on the first version recorded by Lori Lieberman, whose version of "I Got A Name" predates Jim Croce's version by a year, too (as she had been working with Norman Gimbel & Charlie Fox who produced the album she was recording at the time, featuring their songs that year that this was released)...

As for Weisberg's entry here, it's just another mildly done outing in a nice, but quite wretched and dated, easy listening-jazz fluff...

The "Scrabble X", "...Y", "...Z" songs are neat, but the rest meander and are rendered unfocused while tenuously held together by Tim's flute in some spots... Which then as a whole, only (even with the stalwart band of high-prized session musicians) makes sturdy, but mainly lightweight background music...



Dave