P.F. SLOAN - Here's Where I Belong: The Best Of The Dunhill Years 1965-1967

Friday, June 27, 2008 at 05:54PM
soundscapes in Folk/Singer-songwriter, Reissue

The fame of those few tunes he wrote that broke through ("Eve Of Destruction", "Secret Agent Man") may still precede him, but the mystery that has surrounded P.F. Sloan ever since Jimmy Webb penned a song (concerning the price paid for the act of creative, soul-wringing songwriting) in his honour (and Eugene Landy temporarily lay claim to his identity!) unclouds itself that much more with the release of this Big Beat anthology, collecting Sloan's first two records for Dunhill, Songs Of Our Times and Twelve More Times. Slighted, sneering folkie-done-wrong self-righteousness rarely sounded so tuneful.

Article originally appeared on Soundscapes - 572 College Street Toronto (http://www.soundscapesmusic.com/).