> From: Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com>
> Other than that, there's only three studio albums from the '60s, as well as
> a 1975 reunion record called CHANGE (with Richard Thompson guesting!) that
> I've never heard.  All should be readily available on vinyl.

Hi Stewart,

Don't forget the "Live" album, which sounds as if it was 
recorded before the first studio album, and which shows
them more as a jug band. 

The "Change" album has mostly
mid-70's LA-style steel guitar instrumentation. (A noted
exception is "San Diego Serenade", which sounds more like 
the Saturday Night Live band of that era.) Alas, "Change"
has none of the Spanky and Our Gang vibe: mostly songs
of regret, with no compensating humor. (Especially
frustrating because Elaine is in such good voice!)

I've been listening to a tape of these two albums
driving back from work on Fridays, lately. Hoping to
make a definitive CDR of S&OG (despite the dread
Mercury vinyl.)

Cheers,
Kevin