Harvey Mandel — Shangrenade (1973)

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Harvey Mandel ≡ Shangrenade
Born: March 11, 1945, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Origin: Morton Grove, Illinois, United States
Notable instruments: Gibson Les Paul
Album release: 1973
Record Label: Janus, JLS-3037/ 1972, Repertoire 1973
Duration:     31:00
Tracklist:
01. What The Funk (Victor Conte)     3:04
02. Fish Walk (Victor Conte)    4:44
03. Sugarloaf (Harvey Mandel)    4:13
04. Midnight Sun (Version 2) (Harvey Mandel)    3:39
05. Million Dollar Feeling (Coleman Head)    3:29
06. Green Apple Quickstep (Harvey Mandel)    3:07
07. Frenzy (Harvey Mandel/Coleman Head/Victor Conte/Paul Lagos)    4:29
08. Shangrenade (Harvey Mandel)    4:15
Personnel:
• Harvey Mandel — lead guitar
• Coleman Head — rhythm guitar
• Victor Conte — bass
• Paul Lagos — drums
• Bobby Lyle — clavinet (01,06), piano (03)
• Bobby Notkoff — strings (02,04,08)
• Freddie Roulette — steel guitar (03)
• Don "Sugarcane" Harris — electric violin (04)
Credits:
• Baker Bigsby Engineer, Mixing
• Victor Conte Bass, Composer, Electric Upright Bass, Guitar
• EROC Remastering
• Don "Sugarcane" Harris Violin, Violin (Electric)
• Coleman Head Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
• Danny Keller Drums
• Paul Lagos Composer, Drums
• Ray Lester Bass
• Bobby Lyle Clavinet, Piano
• Harvey Mandel Composer, Guitar, Producer
• Richard Martin Vocals
• Cliff McReynolds Cover Art
• Bobby Notkoff Strings
• Freddie Roulette Guitar (Steel)
• Norman Seeff Design, Photography
• Mark Skyer Guitar, Vocals
• John Stronach Mixing
• Jim Taylor Assistant Producer, Title
• Skip Taylor Producer
• John Tobler Liner Notes
• Chris Welch Liner Notes

¶ The was Harvey's third solo album made in the early 70's, not long after his stints with Canned Heat and John Mayall's band. If you want to hear one of America's most underrated yet innovative Blues rock guitarist, then this classic 1973 vintage album is a must. It contains some of the first recorded examples of the 'two handed tapping' technique.
¶ Employing a distinctive two-handed finger-tapping method that many guitarists including Eddie Van Halen later mimicked, Shangrenade implements this on over 85% of the album. Teaming up once again with Don “Sugarcane” Harris of Don & Dewey fame, Mandel put out a record that was years before it’s time in the realm of psychedelic guitar. Incorporating sustain effects to replace strumming, he overdubs himself several times intertwining snake-like guitar licks and interjecting whammy-bar whines. Recommended to every aspiring axeman.
Website: http://www.harveymandel.com/
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/harveymandel#!
¶ Harvey Mandel has been recording actively in the music industry beginning in 1966. ¶ His innovations in the field of electric and later psychedelic guitar pioneered undiscovered barriers of amplification, tone, technique, and effects. Even when you thought “The Snake” was gone, he was preparing another project. From Harvey’s work in Blues, Rock & Roll, Psychedelia and Hip-Hop, We have split the sections into solo work, full-time work with other groups, and various collaborations. If you know of a record that we have missed, please send an e-mail to the webmaster.
¶ His first record was the album Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's Southside Band in 1966 with Charlie Musselwhite.
¶ Legendary guitar virtuoso Harvey Mandel, aka "The Snake," truly one of the most distinctive and innovative musicians, continues to perform throughout the world, captivating audiences with his inventive style of electric guitar playing.
¶     A pioneer of modern electric blues from Chicago, Harvey Mandel developed and mastered sustained and controlled feedback, displaying both extroversion and musical virtuosity. He has performed with many blues legends including Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, Albert King, and Buddy Guy.
¶     Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1945 and raised in Chicago, Harvey had a brief stint playing bongos before switching to guitar. He used little Fender amps at first, using different tricks, and eventually used an all-tube, low quality Bogan PA amplifier. It had the greatest natural sustain, according to Mandel. Mandel became the original guitarist with Charlie Musselwhite, releasing the debut album Stand Back! in 1966. ¶ Effortless sustain, multi–string bends, a slightly distorted tone always bordering on feedback and herky-jerky stuttering phrases balanced with long, melodic line—radical ideas the blues world had never seen tied into such a neat, well-executed package. And what made Harvey's unique vision all the more remarkable was that he not only progressed at a faster rate than his peers but accelerated past the guitar technology available at the time. "I never tried to copy," Harvey explains. "I learned from the blues players I was jamming with, as far as the technique and the notes, but I always had my own sound in my head. I mean, I heard the guitar the way you hear it today, and even the sound when Hendrix first came out, long before I could ever even dream of playing that stuff. I knew where guitar was going 20 years before it got there. I knew that eventually guitar technique would equal horn players and keyboard players: it was just a matter of training." As a result of heavy airplay in San Francisco, they were invited to play the Fillmore by the late great Bill Graham.
¶ Harvey Mandel relocated to the Bay Area, performing often at a club called The Matrix, where local favorites like Jerry Garcia and Elvin Bishop would sit in and jam. ¶ He then met up with renowned producer Abe 'Voco' Kesh, releasing his first solo album for Phillips/Mercury Records titled, Cristo Redentor in 1968, which included his extra-terrestrial version of "Wade in the Water," still a classic to this day. Then the news arrived that Harvey Mandel had replaced Henry Vestine as lead guitarist of the legendary Californian R & B band Canned Heat, and it was clear that his talents had been noticed by more than just a few musicians. Harvey was in their dressing room at the Fillmore on the night that Henry Vestine quit the band. They asked guitarist Mike Bloomfield to join them for the first set, and Harvey to join them for the second set. ¶ Harvey's third gig with the band was the Woodstock Festival in 1969! Harvey remained with Canned Heat for over a year in their heyday with slide guitarist/vocalist Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, and singer Bob "The Bear" Hite. Harvey's nickname, "The Snake," given to him years before by keyboardist Barry Goldberg in Chicago (attributed to his cracked leather jacket and snake-like guitar licks), fit perfectly in the Canned Heat line-up. After several tours and 3 albums, including Future Blues, he was recruited by British blues man John Mayall to be a member of the Bluesbreakers, recording the adventurous album, titled USA Union. The band featured Mandel with Canned Heat bass player Larry "The Mole" Taylor, and legendary violinist Don "Sugarcane" Harris. Mandel also appeared on another significant Mayall album, Back To The Roots, on which Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor also guested. He left thereafter in 1972 and teamed up with Sugarcane Harris, forming the band Pure Food and Drug Act. Other PFDA members included Randy Resnick on guitar, Victor Conte on bass, and Paul Lagos on drums. They released 1 album on Epic Records titled, Choice Cuts. He resumed his solo career, releasing several more albums for Janus Records in the 1970's including the classics, Baby Batter, The Snake, and Shangrenade, the ground-breaking record where Harvey employed 2-handed fretboard tapping. Mandel was one of the first rock guitarists to utilize this technique, years before Eddie Van Halen and Stanley Jordan came along.
¶     One of Mandel's most significant session credits was his participation on Black and Blue, the 1976 LP from The Rolling Stones. His unique style is evident on the song "Hot Stuff." When Mick Taylor left the Stones at the end of 1974, Jagger & Co. auditioned for a replacement by cutting tracks with various guitarists, among them Mandel and the man who eventually got the job, Ronnie Wood. Harvey Mandel became an immortal legend because of his role as a "heavy friend" in rock's stratosphere!
¶     Following his success with the Stones, he became a busy session player, with groups such as Love and The Ventures, and opened for Jeff Beck on his Canadian tour as a power trio with Jimmy Haslip, bassist for the Yellowjackets. He relocated to Chicago in the late 70's and continued to tour extensively as well as supporting groups such as Roxy Music. In 1980, Harvey Mandel relocated to Florida as a member of the house band at Ron Wood's Miami night club, "Woody's," with Rolling Stones saxman Bobby Keys.
¶ Excerpt (more on his web: http://www.harveymandel.com/biography.html)
Solo discography:
• 1968 Cristo Redentor, (Philips Records PHS 600-281) LP
• 1969 Righteous (Philips PHS 600-306) LP
• 1970 Games Guitars Play (Philips PHS 600-325) LP
• 1971 Baby Batter (Janus Records JLS-3017) LP — also released as Electronic Progress on Bellaphon Records, Germany
• 1972 Get Off in Chicago (Ovation Records) LP
• 1972 The Snake (Janus JLS-3037) LP — with Don Sugarcane" Harris
• 1973 Shangrenade, (Janus JLS-3047) LP — with Don Sugarcane" Harris
• 1974 Feel the Sound of Harvey Mandel (Janus, JLS-3067) LP
• 1975 The Best of Harvey Mandel (Janus, 7014) LP
• 1994 Twist City (Western Front WFE 10022)
• 1995 Snakes & Stripes (Clarity Recordings CCD-1013) CD
• 1995 Harvey Mandel: The Mercury Years (PolyGram, 314 528 275-2) 2 CD anthology
• 1997 Planetary Warrior (ESP/Lightyear/WEA, 54215-2) CD
• 2000 Emerald Triangle (Electric Snake Productions, Inc., ESP-9701) CD
• 2000 Lick This (Electric Snake)
• 2003 West Coast Killaz (Electric Snake)
• 2003 NightFire featuring Harvey Mandel/Freddie Roulette (Electric Snake)
• 2006 Harvey Mandel and the Snake Crew (Electric Snake)
• 2009 Harvey Mandel and the Snake Crew (LIVE) (Electric Snake)

his best album

© Harvey Mandel "Stand Back" here he comes again / Photo by Arlic Dromgoole
In this photo: Terry Haggerty, Canned Heat, Harvey The Snake Mandel © Live in Ulm

© Bethel Woods 15th August — CM Photos 2009

© Harvey Mandel performing hammer ons and pull offs at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach CA, August 8, 1977 / Author: Vance Salisbury, Bo Salisbury