Soul Session:
A Peek into the Drug Abuse Preventive Center
Original release: Gospel Jewel Records 1003, 1972?
No producer credited
Introduction by Michael Gordon
Spoken testimonies by James Thurber, Tom Lewis, Neal Rance and Leslie Morse
Music performed by Susan Thurber (piano), Gene Dawson (organ), Lynn
Alexander (drums), Ted Taylor (bass), Michael Gordon (guitar), DAPC
residents (vocals)
Comments: Obscure
Santa Cruz, CA area spoken
word/gospel album from drug treatment center. Music
is incompetent whitebread Jesus hymns recorded live via an overloaded PA
system that even hardened church-going folks will have a difficult time
sitting through. Inbetween the songs are 4 ex-junkie testimonies and as
usual with these LPs the stories told are pretty amazing. Two guys deliver
typical needle-freak to salvation retrospectives while another guy is
remarkable simply on grounds of the chaotic, scatterbrained nature of his
testimony. Methedrine seems to be the drug of choice in the area, though
there are also several refernces to LSD and STP. The highpoint of the LP is
delivered by the sole female speaker who'd certainly burned her candle in
both ends. Apart from the
junkie lament she testifies of her "intense desire to kill people"
and a fear that Jesus may not be willing to help her on grounds of her being
Jewish. The center is still operational for those interested.
©
LamaSivartDoz 2002