Biography
Gentle Soul (sometimes The Gentle Soul) was an American folk band formed in 1966 by singer-songwriters Pamela Polland and Rick Stanley.
The band's eponymous 1968 album (featuring Ry Cooder, Van Dyke Parks, and Larry Knechtel, amongst others) appeared on Epic Records, together with a number of non-LP singles. Columbia Records released one record by the band, produced by Terry Melcher. By this time, the group comprised Pamela Polland, Rick Stanley, Riley Wildflower, and Sandy Konikoff. For a short time, the group included Jackson Browne.
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The band split later in 1968.
The band's recordings have become coveted classics regarded as some of the most perfectly realized gems from the groundbreaking Los Angeles folk-rock scene that also embraced the Byrds, Tim Buckley and Buffalo Springfield, with the original vinyl album now a pricey collector’s item.
In 2002, Sundazed Records re-mastered and released the entire Gentle Soul collection (the album, the singles and some previously-unreleased demos).
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