Moondog 2 is the sixth album by American composer Moondog AKA Louis Thomas Hardin.
This album was the followup to the 1969 album Moondog. Produced with James William Guercio, it featured Moondog's daughter June Hardin as a vocalist.
Unlike his previous instrumental album, which was largely performed by an orchestra, Moondog 2 contains vocal compositions in canons, rounds, and madrigals, and harked back to the home-recorded feel of his earliest records. In the liner notes to the album, Hardin states he first began writing rounds in the late winter or early spring of 1951 but soon moved on to instrumental music. But after he'd heard in 1968 that Big Brother and the Holding Company had recorded "All Is Loneliness" he took to writing them again.Sleevenotes for Moondog album, 2001 Beat Goes On reissue
The album has been re-released twice as a 2-for-1 CD combining Moondog and Moondog 2: once by CBS in 1989, and once by Beat Goes On Records in 2001.
Reception Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin covered the song "All Is Loneliness" on their 1967 self-titled album. The song was also covered by Antony and the Johnsons during their 2005 tour. New York band The Insect Trust play a cover of Moondog's song "Be a Hobo" on their album Hoboken Saturday Night.
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians Louis Hardin, June Hardin – vocals, percussion James William Guercio – percussion Kay Jafee – virginal, recorder, piano, harpsichord, organ Michael Jafee – recorder, guitar Steven Silverstein – schom Judith Davidoff – viola de gamba Gillian Stevens – troubadour harp June Hardin, Mary Hardin, Specs Powell – percussion
Technical personnel
James William Guercio – producer Alfred V. Brown – associate producer Don Puluse – recording engineer Moondog – musical direction, liner notes Gillian Stephens – transcription Ron Coro, Teresa Alfieri – album design Beverly Scott – handwriting Columbia Records Photo Studio – photography
Notes
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