TCCDM Pulls One Out..."Synthesis" - Cryan Shames (1968)

"Synthesis" - Cryan Shames (1968)    

"Synthesis" is mostly an entertaining pick-up.  It starts off with a cool garage burner that's a lot of fun.  But it's also the hardest track on here.  Still, there are a few baroque-ish lightly-dusted tracks to be had.  Atmospheric of the good kind.  Unfortunately, Cryan Shames, from Hinsdale, Illinois never completely commit to the tasty mind-play fun.  Mixed throughout this square are original pop AM offerings that are not bad songs at all.  "First Train To California," for example, is a sunshine gem.  But nothing at all like the opening track or the atmospheric mind-trip stuff found on here.  I like both, but I wish the band had just flipped a coin and headed off in one direction. 

The album "Synthesis" can be found for under $10 easily, and is a good pick-up when you do.  Walk away if the price is jacked.  Don't over-expect when you drop the needle and your ears will be more pleased than not.

"Synthesis" - Cryan Shames (back)

Favorites include the opening burner "Greenburg, Glickstein, Charles, David Smith & Jones"
The dreamy and floaty "Baltimore Oriole" and "A Master's Fool."  And the catchy "The Painter Man."  This album was to be Cryan Shames' last.  My copy has the tiniest of a bb hole in the top-left corner.  Killing a bit of time, I Googled the word Synthesis for a "last word" on this album.  A brief definition: "a combination of ideas to form a whole."

(Columbia two-eye label)

Cat #
CS 9719
SIDE A  DEADWAX
0  XSM137868-1B  1  T
SIDE B  DEADWAX
0  XSM137869-1E  1  T

"Greenburg, Glickstein, Charles, David Smith & Jones" - Cryan Shames / "Synthesis" (1968)

TRACKS:
A1  "Greenburg, Glickstein, Charles, David Smith & Jones"
A2  "Baltimore Oriole"
A3  "It's All Right"
A4  "Your Love"
A5  "A Master's Fool"
B1  "First Train To California"
B2  "The Painter"
B3  "Sweet Girl Of Mine"
B4  "20th Song"
B5  "Let's Get Together"
B6  "Symphony Of The Wind"

PERSONNEL:
Tom "Toad" Doody - vocals
Jim "Hookie" Pilster - vocals, percussion
Alan Dawson - vocals, drums 
Dave Carter - vocals, guitar
Isaac Guillory - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
Lenny Kerley - vocals, guitar, bass 

Good stuff.

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