Pearls Before Swine - The Use of Ashes [FULL ALBUM]

[@СергейКузнецов-п4г]

Эту группу я услышал в 1969 году и слушаю по сей день. Мне 72 года. Приятно удивлен,что у группы столько почитателей. Присоединяюсь к теплым словам всех любителей этой прекрасной музыки. 👍❤️

[@bunnybgood411]

I bought this album when it came out.I was 15. My mother had died of leukemia three years before at the age of 42. The music on this album helped me grieve her death.

[@fconzo2470]

Tom died in Feb 2018-May he rest in peace-I booked him at Kent State Creative Arts Festival in the early 70s with his band at the time. They sang a few new songs at the time. Real gems to treasure. Saw him a few times at The Smiling Dog Saloon in Cleveland too back in the day-a mystical experience!

[@rogerferns9760]

This Mortal Coil do a spectral version of The Use of Ashes, making it extra melancholy, but I think I prefer the original now.

[@Gammadian]

They also do great covers of Tim Buckley. Song of the Siren is beautiful.

[@Gammadian]

This was the first album I heard by PBS. It touched me deeply and I became an instant fan and collected all his albums. Mysterious near medieval with its instrument choices. Wise and beautiful timeless songs.

[@bengychannel7055]

Очень красивая музыка. Слушаю с удовольствием.

[@Violetcas97]

Rapp's voice is gorgeous, and I find his slight lisp actually adds to it. It's sincere and gentle, and doesn't try to hide itself behind forced pronounciation. He sings as he speaks, and it's beautiful.

[@littlebritain64]

Always thought exactly the same. To me his voice adds beauty to beauty.

[@stephendonne737]

One of the first albums l bought at 19. Still listen to it and derive meaning from it and learning the use of ashes

[@saucerfull1]

Sadovaya Golova...I heard it first 1971 when I was 9 years of age and I was very impressed!

[@dogus.utoopia]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@lenoskes749]

Song for song one of the best two or three pop albums ever.

[@49eguana]

don't really feel it a "pop" album, Tom's music has been classified as psychedelic folk

[@neilyoungism]

Tom's singing is so awesome....but the different instruments blow his songs away....saw him live and met him in a small group of 15 people and never forgot the sounds and vocals.....mind blowing....when I praised him for his work. he was shy,and smiled

[@fredgrandeford7216]

Rest in peace Tom. Thank you for the wonderful music. It was good to listen to then.....and now so many years later.

[@gijsph7595]

Thank you Tom for your songs.

[@keithnewby2968]

Amazing lovely music. A great favourite of mine.thank you

[@joepublicus8992]

Joyous to listen, magical mystifying mesmerizing.

[@deljust987]

One of my all time favourite albums

[@keithnewby2968]

Sheer brilliance. don't know how man times I have listened to this album,but it is still wonderful. RIP ,Tom

[@stephendonne737]

He died? I forget that people grow old and journey back home. Damn. 😢

[@TrollHartPiano]

I have listened to this masterpiece countless times, and its beauty never decreases. What wonderful music.

[@kevinpeters3440]

One of my fav groups ,some of the most incredible music of this era.

[@waynecary2168]

strange how after 45 years this classic album suddenly appears in my mind.......

[@lozzabool]

Wayne Cary yes me also. One of these few moments in time you remember vividly, pure joy at being young and free.

[@cucu4170]

the they albums are all very good , this is one the best ,an folk and psychedelic acoustic interesting work

[@alphacentauri1441]

An absolute masterpiece! I wonder why Tom Rapp/Pearls before swine didnt't get famous?! All their albums are outstanding!

[@49eguana]

they did get famous amongst a small circle of friends (yes that is a phil ochs reference) but their music was never mainstream

[@WocklessGamingforAnimeMoms]

Too slow paced and floaty for mainstream audiences maybe. Very introspective,not very sexual,kinda Mideval inspired.

[@meghancraddock4983]

It’s all in the name, Pearls before Swine!

[@alphacentauri1441]

@@49eguana Aha! I was wondering too why Phil Ochs never get more attention. Dylan, Dylan and one more time Dylan, but no Ochs. Don't get me wrong, I like Dylan but for me Ochs belongs in the "same category". Maybe you have just to be at the right time at the right place?! You know, I' m Swiss so it could be that I don't have the knowledge that americans have.

[@MerryMermaid4Otis]

I have this album, it was like Excalibur to my heart.

[@VictorianRecords]

Great album. Got this in the bargain bin at Radio Shack in cassette form. Later to the CD. Way under appreciated songwriter.

[@neilyoungism]

listen close to the words of Margery......so true back then and now even more

[@feldpost58]

Still have the original vinyl album, this is my favourite track!

[@stephendonne737]

Same. 47 or so years later.

[@robertommundsen9155]

song about a rose and riegel are my favourites

[@sse_weston4138]

Although not exactly correct in the number of lives aboard, MS Rigel was a horrendous maritime disaster and it's nice to see a song sung for those lost souls. I quite like too how they ask if anyone was listening, reminds me of how so overshadowed the disaster was

[@Kingmick58]

Top music. Been many moons since i heard this mate. 70's. Still stuck there which is goodskie. Thanks. From the old Aussie.

[@johnhess54321]

чудесная группа !!!!! находка для меня, Спаибо !!!!!! сделали мой вечер !!!!

[@neilyoungism]

such a great lp to sing by and relax to

[@will2741]

Their best imo. They are all good but this is just wall to wall sadbangers

[@bunnybgood411]

"Of lonely caravans Whispering to God To chain the world in prose." Song About A Rose.

[@thisbandreallystix]

I've only listened to the first four songs so far, but clearly "God Save The Child" is the best of the lot...thus far. (Not that my saying that is meant to diminish the worth of the other songs, just that that one is my favorite so far; all of them are good, though. Quite good.)

[@guyhamilton660]

RIP Tom Rapp. He knew the use of ashes.

[@LeeSinoff1]

Tom Rapp -- Rock's most underrated poet !

[@suphiresa]

one of my favorite band. Thank you for upload, my vinyl was broken.

[@johnsyrmis2183]

what an incredible amazing and beautiful album

[@neilyoungism]

been listening to them over 40 yrs and got to meet them....great people....Rocket man is so awesome.....

[@renebieber1702]

bought it in viènna in 1973, still going strong

[@rebarguymurphy3560]

thanks for sharing. i almost remember every lyric of every song. this album was definitely one of my top five favorites back in the day

[@loussen222]

great

[@brubeck1]

its alright people sayin its mellow its gonna be mellow it was created in the Netherlands

[@bunnybgood411]

Tom Rapp's "Rocket Man" was the first song of the name, inspired by the Ray Bradbury short story. I wonder if the song was influenced by Rapp's father's alcoholism.

[@charmicarmicat2981]

Peter Paul and Mary meets King Crimson. I love it.

[@kevinpeters3440]

Great analogy,I to fell in love with the band.thank you Tom.im Shure he's writing great stuff in heaven.

[@neilyoungism]

there is a blackness on the land ...nobody is well.......everybody is so far away from where they out to be......Margery.....(its so funny how we can relate to this even more nowadays)

[@babyfactory587]

the song about the rocketman dad. very cool

[@MrShepardDog]

Based on the great story by Ray Bradbury. In his great collection of short stories, "The Illustrated Man".

[@MrAurelius77]

Tom Rapp with members of Area Code 615. Great Album.

[@littlebritain64]

Is that true Elton John dedicated his Rocket Man to Tom Rapp? I have read it somewhere on a music magazine.

[@elwoodpdowd-bp3mt]

Bernie Taupin, Elton's lyricist, said that David Bowie's Rocket Man was NOT the inspiration for Elton's "Rocket Man" but the inspiration was the song by Tom Rapp/Pearls Before Swine.

[@MrCrispian]

amazing band.....also listen to bright pheobus......english folk rock duo lal and mike waterson

[@alancsalt]

Had the vinyl in '71, bought as many of their/his albums as I could, but that name was never going to appeal to the "swine" (consumers?), so Thos Rapp pretty well barred himself from commercial success....

[@Djinnjaha]

That was ever so much commercial's loss... and they've never really recovered since.

[@hifrommike2120]

A key artifact in documenting the failure of 60s youth idealism. "He worships God with ashes."

[@jon6346]

Really? I see it as a Holocaust reference.

[@stephendonne737]

Hey man, we tried our best with what we had and what we knew at the time. Many breakthroughs due to LSD in science and consciousness. It's up to the next generations to build on the inroads we made. Many died. Many were lost along the way. Be grateful for what u have now.

[@musicisbrilliant]

Okay, so heres the story... I LOVE Pearls before swines "One nation underground" entire album. So deeply. But I wasnt liking a single song on this album, until "Margery" and "The old man." THAT feels just like the old Pearls before swine Ive long loved. THAT has that same old magic. I dont know what it is but Im glad they captured it on a couple of these songs, makes it all ell worth it! Thanks again!! Ya gotta dig for those gems you love!

[@GiorniVenibato]

This mortal coil brought me here

[@musicisbrilliant]

Margery 17:30 is the only one I like so far. I LOVE LOVE LOVE "one nation underground." The whole album. Margery is a winner though. Thank you for uploading. :) (Okay, the one just after it is GOLD too!! "The old man" is wonderful.)

[@tomstribula2404]

Tom....

[@officialtomrapptribute7889]

Watch the Official Tom Rapp Tribute - kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4qwiZikht5kp80

[@robertommundsen9155]

also have the vinyl,a bit scratched

[@namaste91]

maybe you should use some ashes to polish it,you know...

[@klaus-peterhauer9258]

yes, yes, yes ...oh ...oh ...oh he washes gold with ashes ... !

[@jennycooper5364]

this is weak compared to the first 3 albums they went to mellow as its moments but a bit twee

[@jonassteele]

please don't polish your coin collection