The Serpent Power / Poet Song

The Serpent Power / Tina and David Meltzer

Akarma AK 053/54

Two-on-one CD release of the only Serpent Power LP plus the Vanguard album by key Serpent Power members Tina and David Meltzer.

Tracks

• Don't You Listen To Her (Meltzer)
• Gently, Gently (Meltzer)
• Open House (Meltzer)
• Flying Away (Meltzer)
• Nobody Blues (Meltzer)
• Up And Down (Meltzer)
• Sky Baby (Meltzer)
• Forget (Meltzer)
• Dope Again (Meltzer)
• Endless Tunnel (Meltzer)
• I'm the Early Morning Racer (Poem)
• I'll Forget You
• The Bath (Poem)
• I'm a Lover
• Ravel Blues
• The Blackest Rose (Poem)
• It is for You
• Lullaby
• I'm So Willing
• Lamentation for Hank Williams (Poem)
• Hymn to Love
• Confessin' (Poem)
• Pure White Place
• Poem for My Wife (Poem)
• For Tina

Musicians on tracks from The Serpent Power;

• David Meltzer - guitar, harmonica, vocals
• Tina Meltzer - vocals
• Denny Ellis - rhythm guitar
• David Stenson - bass
• John Payne - organ
• Clark Coolidge - drums
• J.P. Pickens - electrified 5-string banjo (on Endless Tunnel)

• David Meltzer - guitar, mandolin, vocals
• Tina Meltzer - vocals
• Ed Bogas - violin, viola, guitar, bass
• Ivan Cunningham - flute
• Tom Heimberg - viola
• Don Irving - guitar
• Sally Kell - cello
• Jim Meyers - snare drm
• Don O'Brien - clarinet, saxophone
• Krehe Ritter - french horns
• Nathan Rubin - violin
• Earl Saxaton - french horns

• Producer - Samuel Charters

The tracks on this two-on-one release were originally released on;;

• The Serpent Power, The Serpent Power, 1967 (tracks 1 to 10)
• Poet Song, Tina and David Meltzer, 1969 (tracks 11 to 25)