Episode - 7 - Are You Ready for the Mountains? Introducing Tumbleweed Records

Tumbleweed was founded by Bill Symczyk and Larry Ray, which at that time worked for ABC-Dunhill but because of fears for a major earthquake in LA in the early 70s they decided to move to Denver, Colorado where the new label had its office. All of the recordings however were still done in studios in LA with seasoned studio pros backing the label artists. The whole project was paid for by Gulf+Western, which kept the party going for 2 years until the money ran out and the label folded in 1973. At that time Tumbleweed Records had released 9 albums and recorded many more, which until this day remains unreleased. The story of Tumbleweed Records is both unusual and entertaining and it seemed to have been a great time for everyone involved where not only the recordings but also the extensive partying was sponsored by Gulf+Western. Apart from that the label also succeeded in releasing some great music and in this episode we will play six of the most interesting albums released (the seventh and last artist was not on Tumbleweed but has a distant connection to it, as you will hear in the episode).

 Danny Holien-s/t (1972)

-Colorado Arthur Gee-s/t (1971) -Dawn of Time Robb Kunkel-Abyss (1973) -You Were the Morning Dewey Terry-Chief (1972) -Sweet As Spring Rudy Romero-To the World (1973) -Simple Things Pete McCabe-The Man Who Ate the Plant (1973) -Magic Box* Ruthie Allen-Colorado Folk vol II (1974) -Bow and Arrow

*In my excitement during the show I (Martin) mix up the song title Magic Box with Music Box, which is another song on the album but it's not the song we play. The actual titel of the song in the show is Magic Box and nothing else.