''The Holy Modal Rounders 2'' is the second studio album by the
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the Holy Modal Rounders
The Holy Modal Rounders was an American folk music group, originally the duo of Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber, who formed in 1963 on the Lower East Side of New York City. Although they achieved only limited commercial and critical success in ...
, released in 1965 through
Prestige Records
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.
For the 1965 release the duo's original track sequencing was changed much to their disapproval. All traditional folk songs were on one side and their experimental ones on the other. The tracks would be returned to their proper sequencing along with two bonus tracks on the 1999 CD re-release.
Track listing
Personnel
;The Holy Modal Rounders
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Peter Stampfel
Peter Stampfel (born October 29, 1938, in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin) is an American Violin, fiddle player, old-time musician, and singer-songwriter.
History
Stampfel is best known as a member of the The Holy Modal Rounders, Holy Modal Rounders, a ...
–
fiddle
A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...
,
banjo
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, vocals
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Steve Weber
Steven P. Weber (June 22, 1943 – February 7, 2020) was an American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Weber is best known as member of the The Holy Modal Rounders, Holy Modal Rounders, a psychedelic folk band that he founded with Pete ...
– guitar, vocals
;Additional musicians and production
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Don Schlitten
Don Schlitten (born March 4, 1932) is an American jazz record producer.
Signal Records was founded in 1955 by Jules Colomby (assisted by Schlitten) with Harold Goldberg. His credits for Signal included work with Duke Jordan, Gigi Gryce, and Red ...
– photography,
illustration
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*Larry Schreiber – production
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Samuel Charters
Samuel Barclay Charters IV (August 1, 1929 – March 18, 2015) was an American music historian, writer, record producer, musician, and poet. He was a widely published author on the subjects of blues and jazz. He also wrote fiction.
Early life a ...
– production supervision
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References
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1965 albums
Prestige Records albums
The Holy Modal Rounders albums