Thirty Days Out were formed New York in 1971 by John Micaleff (pronouced
"McCullough"), a folksinger from Michigan and Jack Malken, who had
previously been with The Outcasts. After teaming up with Melnick and
Lowe, they found a place to practice but had to relocate in Greenfield,
Massachussets when their neigbours complained! They soon managed to get a
recording contract with Reprise and their first album was released in
the summer of '71.
Produced by Larry Marks (previously in charge of Lee Michaels and Phil
Ochs) their debut was recorded in New York and L.A. On offer are eight
tracks penned by Micaleff and Malken, which mix competent guitars with
early seventies style vocals. Influenced by Free on some tracks (Doing
The Best That I Can and Survival, a rip-off of Clover's Shotgun). The
most interesting element is probably the keyboard parts played by two
ace sessionmen, Larry Knechtel and Jim Dickinson. The lyrics have often a
Christian content and the overall result is rather undistinguished. In
fact the album is maybe mainly notable for a weird packaging idea, as it
came wrapped in a poster of a steamliner. Once the shrink was opened,
the hidden black and white sleeve with pictures of the group would
appear.
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