Artist:  The Flock

Title:  Dinosaur Swamps

Date:  1970

Label:  Columbia Records   C 30007

Cover Art:  American Museum of Natural History

Photo of the Flock:  Charles B. Slackman

 

 

Track Listing

Side 1

Green Slice
Big Bird
Hornschmeyer's Island
Lighthouse

Side 2

Crabfoot
Mermaid
Uranian Sircus

 

Here's some information provided by Jigmerca:  The original LP appeared as "The Flock:" on Columbia-CS 9911 and hit the Billboard on 9/20/69. The album made it to #48 and only stayed on the Billboard chart for 20 weeks. The songs were: Side A: Introduction(4:50), Clown(7:42), I Am The Tall Tree(5:37), Tired Of Waiting(4:35) - Side B: Store Bought-Store Thought(7:00), Truth(15:25).The members: Jerry Goodman (Violin, vocals), Fred Glickstein (Guitar, lead vocals), Jerry Smith (Bass), Ron Karpman (Drums), Rick Canoff (Tenor Sax), Tom Webb (Tenor Sax), Frank Posa (Trumpet). Dinosaur Swamps is their second LP. I believe the group disbanded after the second LP. Columbia tried (and failed) to do with them what they did with Chicago or Blood, Sweat & Tears: the rock group with horns-style. With one added instrument: the violin. An obscure instrument for a rock band, I might add. Although Jerry Goodman was considered one of the best, if not the best. (Who else played the violin?) If you want to hear samples of a new greatest hits (?) CD that came out by The Flock (with some of these songs and some from this LP) then go to www.cdnow.com and you can check them.

A few more bits of info:
1) An admirer of this group was none other than John Mayall. He actually did the liner notes for the back of the first LP "The Flock". He stated: "The Flock was the best band I'd heard in America."
2) The first LP was produced by John McClure.
3) The group came out of Chicago, just like that other famous group from the same city.
4) The first LP cover was a done in all gray with a picture of the seven members of the group. No scenery whatsoever, just them with a gray background. Very cheap (for Columbia).
5) The back cover had the liner notes by John Mayall, the list of songs along with who did what on each of them and a large picture of a shirtless and jeans Jerry Goodman dancing while playing the violin, his long hair flailing up. This picture appears on the greatest hits CD.