Brown, Bob
The Wall I Built Myself
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

Sealed 1970 Psych-Folk Original With DJ Promo Sticker On Back Cover. His Rare Debut Album. “Brown’s Debut, The Wall I Built For Myself, Offers Poetic Yet Straightforward Ruminations On Living And Loving, Spoken In The Voice Of A Sensitive Soul. The Lyrics Are Categorically Of Their Time. The Album’s Opener, “It Takes A World To Make A Feather Fall”, Offers A Definitive Enviro-Spiritualism, While Brown Helpfully Notes That The Subject Of “Selena” Was “Born A Cancer”. Brown’s Voice In Many Of The Songs Comes Across Like A Considerate Lover, Careful To Share The Spiritual Vibes Of Experience Without Becoming Overburdened By Possessiveness. “Girl I Don’t Wish To Mold You / I Just Want To Hold You”, He Sings In “Quiet Waterfall” Before The Plea Of The Chorus: “Won’t You Open Your Mind / ‘Cause I’ve Got The Time / And I’ve Got The Will / If You Love Me Still”. Even Telling Of A Failed Love Affair, As In “Winds Of Change”, The Good-Natured ,Vibe Dominates As Brown Sings, “Now That You’re Leaving, Still I Wish That I / Could Once Have Been The Way You Wanted Me To Be / Your Man”. Later, In “Selena”, He Calls Out “Lady Find Me, Oh Please Kindly, Never Bind Our Way” Then, In “Icarus”, He Warns, “I Could Never Stay / I Would Just Run Away” In A Line Evocative Of Tim Buckley, Whose Goodbye & Hello Era Of Jazz-Inflected Chamber Folk Heavily Influences Brown’s Sound. Album Closers “Seek The Sun” And “Icarus” Especially Evoke Buckley’s Late 60s Sound.” Popmatters.