{"id":26281,"date":"2025-01-26T00:26:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T00:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=26281"},"modified":"2025-10-23T05:18:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T04:18:28","slug":"music-silver-apples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=26281","title":{"rendered":"MUSiC: Silver Apples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Silver Apples\u2019 self-titled debut, on a silver foil cover!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a good informative piece on this odd duo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looks like it was either a gatefold record, or had a leaflet; the galleries above and below, are from those inner sleeve \u2018pages\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There was quite a lot of hype around the group, esp\u2019 in the hip experimental NY scene. They did quite a lot of gigs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just five months after their debut came out, they released the follow up, Contact<\/em>. Rather tragically, the cover art work would prove to be their undoing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was this image, above, that was their undoing. It seems rather odd, in retrospect. It doesn\u2019t look that much like anything specific. At least to my eyes. Apparently it\u2019s the wreckage of a plane crash. And that freaked out Pan Am, who went to war with the group and their label, Kapp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If I\u2019m honest, I find a lot of Silver Apples\u2019 music very borderline, between fascinating and grating. It\u2019s certainly not easy listening! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I also find them captivatingly interesting. A duo of just drums and synths!? Way back in \u201868!? Nothing if not ahead of their time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Silver Apples\u2019 self-titled debut, on a silver foil cover! This is a good informative piece on this odd duo. Looks like it was either a gatefold record, or had a leaflet; the galleries above and below, are from those inner sleeve \u2018pages\u2019. There was quite a lot of hype around the group, esp\u2019 in the … <\/p>\n

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