Vince Martin & Fred Neil

Before securely establishing himself mainly because a significant singer/songwriter along with his 1965 solo debut album Bleecker and MacDougal, Fred Neil was quickly within a duo with folk singer Vince Martin. Martin acquired fulfilled Neil around 1960, although both didn’t synergy until 1964. The set recorded one uncommon LP, Rip Down the Wall space, before Neil proceeded to go single. The record is normally far more significant for the efforts of Neil (who composed about 50 % the songs, others getting largely made up of folk criteria) compared to the a lot more ordinary-sounding Martin. Which tiny schizophrenic feel towards the record — coffeehouse-styled folk on the main one hands, and bluesy, even more idiosyncratic stuff on Neil’s music — and Neil’s primary songs could have been a lot more suited to single delivery compared to the duet agreements which produced their method onto the discharge. Still, it’s a nice-enough sounding collectable, and in addition significant for foreshadowing folk-rock in its usage of Felix Pappalardi (afterwards to create Cream) and a pre-Lovin’ Spoonful John Sebastian (harmonica) as program musicians.