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Zerfas
"Zerfas"
1973
Label: 700 West
Serial: 730710
Re-issued: 1994
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You Never Win
Song Credits:
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Dave Zerfas
:
Drums,
Percussion,
Background Vocals
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Herman Zerfas
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Keyboards,
Lead Vocal,
Background Vocals
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Mark Tribby
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Bass,
Guitars,
Background Vocals
Comments:
Herman Zerfas -
The solo in the middle of the song
was intended to be done on synthesizer, but we didn't
have any synthesizers at the time so we decided to use
the organ and use Mo's Ring Modulator to obtain the same
effect... I think it worked pretty well.
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The Sweetest Part
Song Credits:
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Dave Zerfas
:
Drums,
Percussion,
Background Vocals
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Herman Zerfas
:
Keyboards,
Background Vocals
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Bo Gooliak
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Bass
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Mark Tribby
:
Guitars,
Lead Vocals,
Background Vocals
Comments:
Herman Zerfas -
Everybody wanted Mark Tribby to
sing the lead vocal at first, but he was hesitant because
he didn't think his voice was good enough for it... so
then I was going to do the part as lead vocalist. Well,
anyway we were sitting around drinking Mo's homemade
wine... Mark decided he wanted to go ahead and do the
lead vocal after all... so that's how it ended with Mark
singing the lead as we wanted all along.
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I Don't Understand
Song Credits:
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Dave Zerfas
:
Drums,
Percussion,
Lead Vocals,
Background Vocals
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Herman Zerfas
:
Keyboards,
Background Vocals
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Bill Rice
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Bass,
Background Vocals
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Mark Tribby
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Guitars
Comments:
Herman Zerfas -
Mo finally finished his homemade
synthesizer so we decided to use it on the intro to this.
David actually put together the 2 parts to it
musically... then we recorded one of Mo's kids being tickled.
Then we dropped it to half speed and added it
to the recording to give the proper giant effect. The
backup vocals were done, to the best of my recollection,
using a paper cone wrapped around the microphone... When
you sang into it, it gave the effect of a megaphone and
those were EQ'd to heighten the effect. We also added
backwards reverb to the beginning of each chorus to
emphasize the change of the musical feel.
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I Need It Higher
Song Credits:
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Dave Zerfas
:
Percussion,
Guitar,
Lead Vocals
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Herman Zerfas
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Keyboards,
Guitar,
Bass,
Lead Vocals
Comments:
Herman Zerfas -
This was the first song that we
recorded in one of our sessions that turned into the
Zerfas Album. This is a song that David wrote back in
1969 which our original first being the Jubal Band
recorded and contests locally in Indianapolis on the air.
It had a faster feel than the version you hear on the
album. I happen to like the album version better. That
was also when the Zerfas Band was just David and
myself.
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Stoney Wellitz
Song Credits:
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Dave Zerfas
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Drums,
Percussion,
Lead Vocals,
Background Vocals
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Herman Zerfas
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Keyboards,
Background Vocals
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Steve Newbold
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Bass,
Guitars,
Background Vocals
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M. J. Whittemore, Jr.
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Elks Horn
Comments:
Herman Zerfas -
Another one where Mo's wine comes
into play... when we were recording background vocals for
this song Mo broke out another bottle of his homemade
wine... we were feeling kinda loose and I think it shows
in the backup vocals... we were having a lot of fun
doing this. One thing led to another... Mo broke out his
Elk's horn and put the final touch on the end of the
song.
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Hope
Song Credits:
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Dave Zerfas
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Drums,
Percussion
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Herman Zerfas
:
Keyboards,
Lead Vocals
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Steve Newbold
:
Bass,
Guitars
Comments:
Herman Zerfas -
The middle section of this song was
all performed on the keyboards by me over dubbing my
parts with each other. We put it in the middle of the
song as an afterthought after completing the other parts
of the song. Also, the recording of the ocean was added
to enhance the mood.
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Fool's Parade
Song Credits:
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Dave Zerfas
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Drums,
Percussion,
Background Vocals
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Herman Zerfas
:
Keyboards,
Lead Vocals,
Background Vocals
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Steve Newbold
:
Bass,
Guitars
Comments:
Herman And David Zerfas -
The backward noises are
vocal... they do say something. It was done during the
time period when the Paul McCartney dead scare was on and
people were trying to find subliminal messages in albums.
We just had fun with it. The next section is called
Mushroom Soup. This was created by taking sound bites
recorded at Mo's studio and taking them to Dungeon Studio
#1 at the farm and sound effects added to them and taken
back to Mo's studio for mixing.
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The Piper
Song Credits:
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Dave Zerfas
:
Drums,
Percussion,
Background Vocals
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Herman Zerfas
:
Keyboards,
Lead Vocals,
Background Vocals
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Steve Newbold
:
Bass,
Guitars,
Background Vocals
Comments:
Herman Zerfas -
The way the song finishes was
completely intentional... it was meant to stop
abruptly... it's not your equipment going bad. Also, in
the introduction, the sound you hear was actually a
pencil being rubbed on a steel drum around and around...
that created a nice swirling effect.
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Author's Note: This album was recorded on full dimensional
purpose, this way. More later ...
Copy sold on eBay for $825.00
- David Whittemore
( Wednesday, 2nd of July, 2003)
Copy sold on eBay for $800.00
- David Whittemore
( Thursday, 7th of July, 2005)
Re-issue copy (#27/500) sold on eBay for $37.00
- David Whittemore
( Monday, 25th of July, 2005)
Copy sold on eBay for $305.00
- David Whittemore
( Sunday, 25th of December, 2005)
Copy sold on eBay for $299.00
- David Whittemore
( Saturday, 21st of April, 2007)
Copy sold on eBay for $394.00
- David Whittemore
( Sunday, 6th of April, 2008)
Copy sold on eBay for $499.00 (This copy was apparently given to Franklin Central High School media center.)
- David Whittemore
( Wednesday, 1st of August, 2012)
Copy sold on eBay for $400.00
- David Whittemore
( Wednesday, 28th of November, 2012)
Re-issue copy (#487/500) sold on eBay for $182.50
- David Whittemore
( Sunday, 3rd of November, 2013)
Copy sold on eBay for $818.00
- David Whittemore
( Friday, 20th of December, 2013)
Re-issue copy (#83/500) sold on eBay for $133.50
- David Whittemore
( Tuesday, 4th of February, 2014)
Re-issue copy (#322/500) sold on eBay for $71.00 (unplayed)
- David Whittemore
( Sunday, 13th of April, 2014)
Copy sold for $516.00
- David Whittemore
( Friday, 12th of February, 2010)
Copy sold for $777.77
- David Whittemore
( Sunday, 13th of November, 2011)
Re-issue copy sold for $76.15
- David Whittemore
( Tuesday, 8th of September, 2009)
Re-issue Copy sold on (#316/500) collectorsfrenzy.com for $122.50
- David Whittemore
( Sunday, 24th of June, 2012)
Re-issue Copy sold on (#141/500) collectorsfrenzy.com for $62.38
- David Whittemore
( Wednesday, 16th of May, 2012)
Copy sold for $948.00
- David Whittemore
( Monday, 3rd of August, 2009)
Re-issue Copy sold on (#141/500) collectorsfrenzy.com for $53.53
- David Whittemore
( Monday, 2nd of April, 2012)
Re-issue TEST PRESSING 04/15 sold for $45.00
- David Whittemore
( Monday, 17th of September, 2012)
Copy sold for $891.59
- David Whittemore
( Saturday, 6th of June, 2015)
Re-issue Copy sold on (#141/500) ebay.com for $172.50
- David Whittemore
( Friday, 15th of April, 2016)
Copy sold for $338.00
- David Whittemore
( Sunday, 20th of November, 2016)
Re-issue Copy sold (#392/500) on ebay.com for $103.50
- David Whittemore
( Friday, 3rd of February, 2017)
Copy sold for $1,913.00
- David Whittemore
( Monday, 6th of March, 2017)
Re-issue Copy sold (#34/500) for $91
- David Whittemore
( Saturday, 9th of September, 2017)
Copy sold for $555.00
- David Whittemore
( Sunday, 8th of July, 2018)
Copy sold for $599.00
- David Whittemore
( Friday, 13th of September, 2019)
<< Auxiliary Materials >>
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"Factual Ramblings of a Man Driven by The Love Of Music"
The closure of this re-issue project comes nearly two years after its
inception. Murphy's Law ran rampart at every turn. I won't bore
you with details but after all is said and done this has
been a......
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Moe's Original Studio Session Notes
(1994 re-issue)
Want some Zerfas trivia? The following dated notes were
taken from the 700 West studio logbook and gig sheets.
The items with bullets are recent reflections, of
possible interest to......
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"A Soul Tormented by Contemporary Music Finds a Humanizing Alchemy"
(1994 re-issue)
Record collecting, in one form or another, has probably
been going on since the first fellow lost sleep over a
missing Edison cylinder in his collection. If you wanted
to trace a......
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An excellent lysergia.com review
ZERFAS: Zerfas (700 West, US 1973)
Rating: 10 out of 10
Sounds best on: A beautiful September day
Info at: liner notes with OOP reissue
Availability: A CD release has been rumored for several years.......
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