{"product_id":"robert-lester-folsom-ode-to-a-rainy-day-archives-1972-75-lp","title":"Robert Lester Folsom - Ode To A Rainy Day: Archives 1972-75 LP","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Rock and pop music are, by all accounts, as unfair as life itself. Imagine spending the prime years of one's life, slowly honing one's skills as a guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and fledgling producer\/engineer, only to have the developed fruits of your labor passed over by industry, radio, even those who you may have connected with earlier. Such was the fate of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMusic And Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, a wonderful, privately-issued album released by Robert Lester Folsom in 1976 that's very special to us here at Anthology Recordings, and an all-new collection of his home recordings, entitled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOde To A Rainy Day: Archives 1972-1975\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. Robert Lester Folsom's story isn't all that uncommon in the parlance of his era. Too young to be drafted, he spent the '60s growing up in Adel, Georgia, a small town nearer to Valdosta and Florida's northern border than anything resembling rock \u0026amp; roll, obsessing over his guitar as his craft and skills grew. Convincing a friend to go in on a Sears reel-to-reel tape recorder, which he'd eventually buy out, Folsom caught the recording bug, traveling all around the area with his mobile unit, capturing sound to tapes for hire, and mastering the art of multitracking, which would become essential to his own material. With a number of friends home from college here and there, Folsom would write and record a wealth of material, eventually self-releasing an 8-track tape of his strongest selections, which makes up the backbone of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOde To A Rainy Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e -- the first time these songs have been heard in decades. The polish you'll find on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMusic And Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is missing from the tracks on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, and if that's how you need to swing, so be it. Ostensibly more homemade, if not entirely 'outsider' -- a tag usually reserved for musicians that exhibit some manner of concern to the outside world rather than their lack of suitability for the music industry, neither of which fits Folsom's character or material -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e showcases both impeccable songwriting across light folk, downer pop, front porch rock and woodshed country tropes, combined with ingenious arrangements and technical skills across primitive recording equipment.\"\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Forced Exposure","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40072891269328,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/4201\/4416\/products\/folsom.jpg?v=1629394756","url":"https:\/\/www.grapefruitrecordclub.com\/products\/robert-lester-folsom-ode-to-a-rainy-day-archives-1972-75-lp","provider":"Grapefruit Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}