Smithfield Freeman ‎– Sick-E (1979, LP, Usa)

Tracklist:

A1. Suite Madness (3:02)

A2. See Yourself (2:00)

A3. You've Seen Him (3:21)

A4. Bar Whores (4:22)

A5. Sick-E (10:07)

B1. "Dance and Dream", Said the Demon (3:20)

B2. For You From Me (1:51)

B3. Survival Clause (1:39)

B4. Only the Mad (4:43)

B5. Old Friends: An Ode to the Absolute Miss S (7:19)

Musicians:

Backing Vocals – Barbara Riehl, Smithfield Freeman

Cello – Paula Virizley

Clarinet, Saxophone – Jack Wolfe

Double Bass – Anonymous Bow

Drums – Steve Rosenheim

Electric Bass – John Lodsin

Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Kent Ashcroft

Flute – Jack Wolfe (3), Steve Rosenheim (tracks: B5)

Keyboards – Smithfield Freeman

Lead Vocals – Barbara Riehl, Bunky

Percussion – Keith Laurent, Steve Rosenheim

Trombone – Griz Gifford, Rob Bruch

Trumpet – Doug Bull, Paul Crider

Violin – George Orner, Joseph Bykov, William Martin

Orchestrated By – Keith Laurent

Other – Ann Stitz, Annette Komenda, Betsy Armetta, Christine Oberg, Cindy Ziemski, Debbie Roberts, Denele Chism, Fran Butcher, George Orner, Gordon Miller Music, Greg Butcher, Joy McSorley, Kerry Weiss (Butler), Mike Young, Mitch Foote, Paige Magruder, Pat Myers, Paul Stitz, R. P. Music Enterprises, Smithfield Freeman, Sue Washburn

Note:

Private pressing. Recorded, Mixed and Mastered At: Sheffield Recordings Ltd., Phoenix, Md.

Rare Baltimore, MD based private press obscurity and oddity with its art rock and avant-garde progressive pretensions. Smithfield Freeman played a large role in the production, arrangement, writing and performing of the music. He enlisted a large entourage of about 16 musicians to assist in the album. Operatic at times, jazz and horn flourishes at other times, progressive treatments and then just rock oriented tangents. It seems to be a concept album of sorts, dealing with a man’s descent into a dark place mentally. It’s all mixed into this potpourri/Pandora’s box of an album.