A Genuine Rosmini

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A Genuine Rosmini is the second album by American folk guitarist Dick Rosmini, released in 1969. It is out of print and extremely rare to find in circulation as a second-hand LP.

Rosmini is best known for his role in the American "folk revival" of the 1960s as a session player and accompanist. A Genuine Rosmini was Rosmini's second and last solo album. He recorded only four albums under his own name, two of them instructional albums.

A Genuine Rosmini consists mostly of solos with backing for 6- and 12-string solo guitar, electric guitar. Rosmini sings on "Let's Go Get Stoned". The album exhibits the contemporary shift away from 'pure' early 60s folk to a hybrid style incorporating electric instruments and well-known popular songs.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Paradise Thursday" (Dick Rosmini)
2. "The Fool on the Hill" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
3. "Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind" (John B. Sebastian)
4. "Licks for Sale" (Rosmini)
5. "Trains and Boats and Planes" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
6. "El Funko" (Rosmini)

Side two

1. "Let's Go Get Stoned" (Nicolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Joey Armstead)
2. "The Duchess" (Rosmini)
3. "People Got to Be Free" (Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati)
4. "With a Little Help from My Friends" (Lennon, McCartney)
5. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong)
6. "Wichita Lineman" (Jimmy Webb)

Personnel

• Dick Rosmini – 6 and 12-string guitar, electric guitar, singer (Let's Go Get Stoned)
• James B. Gordon – drums
• Michael Botts – drums
• Jerry Scheff – bass
• Van Dyke Parks – piano & harpsichord
• Larry Knechtel – piano & organ
• Paul Lewinson – piano & organ
• Gary Coleman – percussion
• John Audino, Donald Menza, Plas Johnson, Gene Cipriano, James Horn, Jay Migliori, Anthony Terran – horns
• Anne Goodman, Douglas L. Davis, Leonard Malarksy, Harry Bluestone, Bonnie Douglas, Erno Neufeld, Robert Berens – strings

External links

• Illustrated Dick Rosmini discography