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"Pride" (US Folk-Rock 1970)

This could be described as a Spanish-guitar-like folk rock record. It was produced by David Axelrod, with lyrics written by his son, Michael Axelrod. The off-kilter singing is by Noony Ricketts from the group Love. The super-tight playing was from a group of studio musicians that included Don Randi

Reviewed by Motown67:
I first heard about the Pride LP on the Vinyl Vulture site. From what I could find Pride wasn’t really a band. They were just a studio project produced by David Axelrod. He along with an M. Axelrod, who I hear was his son Michael, wrote all the songs. Love singer Noony Ricketts (of Love) did the vocals, while the musicians were the usual set of L.A. studio players. I hear Carol Kaye’s bass playing, and Don Randi supposedly also appeared. All the songs feature a Spanish guitar in the lead. The music has that Axelrod air about them with a dark moodiness just hovering in the background, but the singing and the mellow folksy-Psyche sound don’t really catch my fancy. There’s only one part that stands out and that’s in the middle of A Hope, where there’s a classic Axelrod bass and drum breakdown.

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