Parallelograms Amazing lost psychedelic folk record:

Perfect cup of tea for early Joni fans, quieter Grace Slick, Judy Collins but not all hi-strung, even Melanie, but unlike Melanie actually mellow. Starts off bittersweet butterscotch bohemian folk goddess, then some serious deep psychedelia creeps in . . . this is a real find.

Small pressing when this record pulled a Lazarus a few years back, so costly on Amazon, but can order direct for 12.50 from Linda at her site CD, mp3, flac, wav . . . http://www.lindaperhacs.com/music/

4 minute documentary :

some bio from her site

On the strength of this single album, recorded in 1970, Linda Perhacs remains a towering figure in the world of psychedelia, folk, female singer-songwriters, and acid-visionaries alike. Lauded by artists as diverse as Daft Punk, Devendra Banhart, Animal Collective, and Swedish metal band Opeth, in the 21st century, her album remains a testament to her singularity of vision.

Born Linda Arnold in northern California, Perhacs spent her childhood amid the region’s giant redwoods. By the time she entered college at USC in the late 60s, she was oblivious to Flower Power and instead focused on a degree in dental hygiene. After graduating, Perhacs took up residence in the infamous Laurel Canyon area and began writing the songs that would make up Parallelograms at her kitchen table. Inspired by the wilds of the Pacific Northwest, the dolphins at play in the Sea of Cortez became “Dolphins,” while a storm on the Olympic Peninsula led to “Chimacum Rain.”

It was a dental patient of hers, Academy Awards-winning film composer Leonard Rosenman, who asked to hear her demos and soon landed her a record deal. While driving home late one night, she had a vision of light that became the album’s centerpiece, “Parallelograms.”
Ignored upon its initial release, Parallelograms seemingly sank without a trace, and Perhacs gave up making music for the next forty years. Psych fans the world over unearthed and began to obsess over this album in the meantime: a spine-tingling blend of crystalline vocal melodies from Perhacs, mind-expanding sound effects, and on the title track, one of the finest aural hallucinations ever captured, equal parts “sound sculpture” and “visual music.” Open up Parallelograms and enter Linda Perhacs’ magical world.

tandan would have flipped over this.

[Edited on 6/17/2017 by BrerRabbit]