JEFF ST. JOHN'S COPPERWINE, - Joint Effort LP prog Barely alive

Barely alive

recorded in October 1968 at Columbia Studios in Los Angeles

This album is absolutely mandatory for all fans of Tillett and The Beasts of Bourbon

this is Nightfell at its most spitefully deliberate

then he’s circled back to his first: the Go-Betweens’ 1978 “Lee Remick”/“Karen” single

JEFF ST. JOHN'S COPPERWINE, - Joint Effort LP prog Barely alive"Jeff St John, stalwart of the Australian '70s psych scene, lent his name to two previous bands (Jeff St John and Id and Jeff St John and Yama) before releasing Joint Effort as Jeff St John and Copperwine. Joint Effort, originally released on the Australian Spin label (SEL 933742), and probably the pinnacle of St John's recording career, is very much a psych prog crossover album, although some soul influences do crop up, particularly on the surging