1971 - Past the 20th Century
Jerry Solomon– Past The 20th Century
Label:
Fountain Records – F 101
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Mono
Country:
US
Released:
1971
Genre:
Rock, Pop
Style:
Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Avantgarde, Novelty
Tracklist
A1 I Just Don't Fit This Modern Age 3:03
A2 Chivalry Of Early 50's 3:51
A3 You Work Every Day 4:38
A4 Come With Me My Angel (On Our Little Rainbow) 3:07
B1 Denied (Of All Human Life) 5:05
B2 Good Old Fashioned Date 2:27
B3 They Came From Everywhere 4:25
B4 Past The 20th Century 3:33
Credits
Songwriter – J. Solomon
Notes
Released in plain white cover. Some copies had handmade covers, with some photos (or copies of photos) pasted on the front and/or photos or writing on the back (see cover photo)
1973 - Through The Woods
Jerry Solomon – Through The Woods
Label:
Fountain Records – F 102
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Mono, red vinyl
Country:
US
Released:
1973
Genre:
Rock, Pop
Style:
Psychedelic Rock, Avantgarde, Novelty
Tracklist
A1 Creation I
A2 There Is A Light Just Over The Hilltop
A3 Through The Woods
A4 Teen Love
A5 Creation II
B1 Creation III
B2 Mi A Elttil Yob
B3 Lady
B4 Are You A Mirage
B5 Oh
B6 Once Upon A Time
Credits
Songwriter – J . Solomon
Notes
Released in plain white cover.
When the artist was found in the late 2000's, paste-on front and back covers were made for the copies he had for sale.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Before last week I had never heard of Jerry Solomon. Now he’s becoming something of an obsession. According to his own short autobiography, Jerry was ‘born in San Diego, California and lived in Boyle Heights from age 1-4. Later we moved to West L.A. where I went to grade school and attended Hamilton High. After high school I had a job delivering fur coats. Then I got into show business, singing, dancing, and doing comedy routines.
‘In my 30's I was maliciously given a dangerous drug as a "joke" and suffered brain and heart dysfunction. Over a ten-year recovery period, in the last few years, I've regained to some extent, my former function and am writing a book about my experience.’ That book – A Drug Free Life and a Glass of PCP – is available now.
Jerry somehow managed to record several albums, including Past the 20th Century (Fountain, 1971), Live at the Show Biz (Fountain), and Through the Woods (1973, label unknown) (UPDATE: according to record collector and private press archivist Mike Ascherman, Jerry's recorded output consists of 3 LPs and 13 45s and EPs). They are all completely insane; Jerry rambles, croons, hoots and shrieks through his material like a crazed psychotic. It’s no surprise that Andy Kaufman was reputedly a fan. Very few copies of these albums exist: so sought after are they that when they do come up for sale it’s usually for stupid money. Most come without sleeves: when they do have covers they are usually handcrafted by Jerry himself and often have photocopied inserts or doctored photos taped to them.
Outsider music which defines the genre, according to Swanfungus.com (where the image, above, comes from) Jerry is a ‘real person extraordinaire…with his highly chromatic melodies and overdubbed harmonies, Jerry sounds like a late ’50s vocals group from the Twilight Zone. His self-accompaniment consists of a repetitive one-chord (maybe two) guitar strum that predates Jandek and a toy piano that is ‘strummed’ and sounds like a lysergic zither from the Third Man soundtrack. The songs range from nostalgia for the earlier years of his life to total despair.’ (UPDATE: this quote, from Mike Ascherman, originally appeared in the book Acid Archives)
What’s really frightening about these records is that they were recorded BEFORE Jerry’s mind wet AWOL: he states (in his short story Living in an Altered State) that his overdose happened in 1977. Hell, if he was recording this kind of acid casualty stuff before he fried his synapses what on earth would have been the results of a recording session during his lost decade?
Now aged 70, pretty much fully recovered from his journey into the unknown and calling himself a ‘performance artist’, Jerry is still desperately trying to carve a showbiz career for himself. He recently auditioned (unsuccessfully), for America’s Got Talent, singing a self-composed song about Viagra to the tune of O Sole Mio. In the past he had his own cable show – a couple of uncomfortable-to-watch clips are on YouTube.Thank ! Info Blog http://worldsworstrecords.blogspot.com/
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