Free Design, The

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- Bruce Dedrick - vocals (1966-75)
- Chris Dedrick - vocals (1966-75)
- Ellen Dedrick - vocals (1968-75)
- Sandy Dedrick - vocals (1966-75)

 

 

- Enoch Light

 

Rating: *** (3 stars)

Title:  You Could Be Born Again

Company: Project 3

Catalog: PR 5031 SD

Year: 1968

Grade (cover/record): VG+/VG+

Comments: gatefold sleeve

Available: 1

Price: $40.00

 

 Living in New York City, 1966 found siblings Bruce, Chris and Sandy Dedrick holding down day jobs (Chris attending the Manhattan School of Music). Earning pocket change as a folk act, they began performing at various Greenwich Village clubs. Their father Art Dedrick (who had played trombone for Vaughn Monroe), helped the group record a demo which promptly attracted the attention of Enoch Light and his newly established Project 3 label. 

1968's "You Can Be Born Again" found the group expanded to a quartet with the addition of younger sister Ellen. Musically the change did little to tamper with the group's unique sound. Offering up another mix of Chris-penned originals ("You Could Be Born Again" and "A Leaf Has Veins") and popular covers ("California Dreamin'" and The Turtles' "Happy Together"), the package was characterized by their tight knit sibling harmonies (check out their pseudo-accapella cover of The Beatles "Eleanore Rigby"), their distinctive MOR sound and Light's crystal clear production (which made the set a delight to listen to with headphones). Elsewhere, given their MOR orientation, it was interesting to see the group taking a step in the direction of political commentary - check out their cover of Bacharach-David's "The Windows of the World" and the original dirge-tempoed "An Elegy" - baring a dedication to "Dwight Arthur Dedrick killed in Viet Nam January 31, 1968". (The album was originally released with a gatefold sleeve. By the way, Phil Ramone's fawning liner notes were hysterical.)

"You Can Be Born Again" track listing:
1.) You Could Be Born Again (Chris Dedrick) - 2:38
2.) A Leaf Has Veins (Chris Dedrick) - 2:30
3.) California Dreamin' (John Phillips) - 2:25
4.) The Windows of the World (Burt Bacharach - Hal David) - 2:33
5.) Eleanore Rigby (John Lennon - Paul McCartney) - 2:44
6.) Quartet No.6 In D Minor (Chris Dedrick) - 2:40
7.) I Like the Sunrise (Duke Ellington) - 3:37
8.) I Found Love (Chris Dedrick) - 2:42
9.) Daniel Dolphin (Chris Dedrick) - 3:27
10.) Happy Together (G. Bonner - A. Gordon) - 2:54
11.) Ivy On a Windy Day (Chris Dedrick - S. Zynczak) - 2:39
12.) An Elegy (Chris Dedrick) - 3:22

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