The Parable of Arable Land
Recorded April 1 – May 11, 1967
Released June 1967
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Free Form Freak-Out" | 1:30 |
| 2. | "Hurricane Fighter Plane" (When the Ride Is Over You Can Go to Sleep) | 3:33 |
| 3. | "Free Form Freak-Out" | 2:24 |
| 4. | "Transparent Radiation" (Red Signs Out-Side, Which I Contain) | 2:32 |
| 5. | "Free Form Freak-Out" | 4:21 |
| 6. | "War Sucks" (You Remember What Happened to Hansel and Gretel) | 3:38 |
| 7. | "Free Form Freak-Out" | 3:09 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Free Form Freak-Out" | 1:52 |
| 2. | "Pink Stainless Tail" (Seven Guest Are Quite Now, And Now Not Half So Much) | 3:16 |
| 3. | "Free Form Freak-Out" | 3:05 |
| 4. | "Parable of Arable Land" (And the End Shall Be Signaled By the Breaking of a Twig) | 3:06 |
| 5. | "Free Form Freak-Out" | 4:09 |
| 6. | "Former Reflections Enduring Doubt" (I Pass in a Rain That Is Always Too Soon) | 4:57 |
| Total length: | 41:32 | |
Background
Personnel
The Red Crayola
Mayo Thompson (guitar, vocals), Steve Cunningham (bass), Frederick Barthelme (drums)
Additional musicians
The Familiar Ugly (free form freak-out), Roky Erickson (harmonica, organ)
Technical
Lelan Rogers (producer), Walt Andrus (engineer)
Cover art
Cover design by Flash Graphics (George Banks).
Reviews
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1967-07-21 | The Berkeley Barb: Vol. 5, Iss. 3 | Ed Denson | JSTOR |
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1968-07-01 | The Chicago Seed: Vol. 2, Iss. 11 | JSTOR | |
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1979-05 | Slash | Z | Archive.org |
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1988 | Howl: No.1, pg. 40 | ||
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1992-11 | Stereo Review | Steve Simels | |
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2004-02-09 | Pitchfork | Alex Linhardt | Link |