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Live at the Ice House 1978
Modern Folk Quartet
Live at the Ice House 1978
Genres: Folk, Pop, Rock
 
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The Modern Folk Quartet?s very successful albums and concert performances have resulted in a huge following that has lasted over four decades. They recorded commercially minded folk and folk rock with an emphasis on group ...  more »

     
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All Artists: Modern Folk Quartet
Title: Live at the Ice House 1978
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Varese Sarabande
Original Release Date: 1/1/2005
Re-Release Date: 8/16/2005
Genres: Folk, Pop, Rock
Style: Traditional Folk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 030206667127

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The Modern Folk Quartet?s very successful albums and concert performances have resulted in a huge following that has lasted over four decades. They recorded commercially minded folk and folk rock with an emphasis on group harmonies, as well as folk with a blending of 40s jazz, and were considered more hip than many of their contemporaries during the folk boom of the 60s. This release presents for the first time an aural memento of the MFQ's resurgence in the mid-seventies when they found renewed popularity with several successful albums and numerous concert appearances. These never before released performances from 1978 were recorded at the legendary Ice House in Pasadena, California (one of the top folk and comedy clubs in the United States), where more than 75 live albums have been recorded since 1960. Each member of The Modern Folk Quartet has made a significant mark in music or media. Jerry Yester replaced Zal Yanovksy in the The Lovin? Spoonful. Chip Douglas worked with Gene Clark and produced The Turtles and The Monkees. Cyrus Faryar recorded with the likes of Cass Elliot, Fred Neil, Linda Ronstadt. And Henry Diltz became the Matthew Brady of the sixties rock scene with hundreds of rock photographs and album covers to his credit. "This Could The Night" (written by Nilsson and originally produced by Phil Spector) was used as the theme to The Big T.N.T. Show, the legendary concert film from 1966.
 

CD Reviews

The First One Was Better
John Little | Stockton, CA | 07/29/2006
(3 out of 5 stars)

"The same great harmonies, but less of the folk flavor that was their trademark on the first album. If you like thier sound, buy this album; if you like their folk music, don't."
Almost like being there...
John T. Berg | Lynnwood, WA, USA | 10/08/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Some of us were fortunate to visit Pasadena's Ice House a fair amount back in the late '60s and the '70s -- one of my fave memories was seeing the "Rotorooter Good Time Christmas Band" there, leading to my purchase of their LP which frankly was nowhere as good as experiencing them live. But here we have a live Modern Folk Quartet album and this one is very definately a worthy purchase, even if you never saw them at the Ice House or in Japan or anywhere else they very occasionally "come out" for a few precious gigs. The sound here is excellent, the set list draws upon the full range of the band's repertoire including a fond re-take of "This Could Be The Night" (the song Phil Spector produced back in 1965 that could have been a big hit, had it actually been released at the time!),a bit of Hawaiian, some folkrock, some crooner songs and all featuring their great 4 part harmony. The members of the MFQ are all better known via their alternate career paths, e.g. Jerry Yester was a member for a time of the Lovin' Spoonful (and his brother Jim was in the Association), Henry Diltz made his reputation via photography (Doors LP covers, etc.) etc, But rest assured, on music value alone this CD is very much worth your money. One of my good buddies (now a pastor in Seattle) was working food at the Ice House the night this live set was recorded and I bought it for him as a gift, but in the end I had to keep a copy for myself too!"