***December 2009: All 13 tracks of Twice Upon a Rhyme now available on iTunes and Amazon and eMusic ...
***August 2010: Contract signed with Whiplash/Salvation Records for vinyl re-pressing of Twice Upon a Rhyme to be sold in record stores in New York City, Los Angeles, London, Manchester (UK), and Tokyo ...
"human mystical pop music... wonderful songs"
- Taro Miyasugi, Record Collectors' Magazine (July 2002)
"the album has gone from an unknown collectors' gem to a much more widely known (and acclaimed) folk-rock recording."
- Evan LeVine, WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Dec 05, 2009)
complete lyrics to Twice Upon a Rhyme songs
scanned copy of a letter I wrote in September 1972 to a disk jockey in Syracuse, New York, about Twice Upon a Rhyme
more details about my music, with 4 complete songs...
***November 2008: Delighted to have signed a contract last week with Big Pink in Korea, for its reissue there of Twice Upon a Rhyme! Watch here for further details.
***December 2008: New Korean CD Reissue of my 1972 Twice Upon a Rhyme Now Available, with Three Bonus Tracks
Reviews of Twice Upon a Rhyme on Rate My Music
***March 2009: review of Twice Upon a Rhyme in The Strange Experience of Music - in French! ... (Can't read French? Here's the English translation.)
***April 2009: Twice Upon a Rhyme reissued in Japan by Vivid Records on April 21!
***May 2009: from review of Twice Upon a Rhyme, in Fuzz, Acid and Flowers: A Comprehensive Guide To American Garage, Psychedelic and Hippie-Rock (1964-1975) by Vernon Joynson
A local New York private pressing recorded between July 1969 and October 1971. At their best, Levinson and his crew produce dark, druggy pop music remindful of neighbors The Patron Saints or bayou obscuros Feather Da Gamba. Forever Friday, Looking For Sunsets and You Are Everywhere fit this profile. The Lama Will Be Late This Year is probably the most intriguing cut on the album, having as it does an oddly Syd Barrett-like delivery of the lyrics and some pretty unorthodox music with fuzz guitar leads.
***September 2009: Grand Panda in France loves "Today Is Just Like You" (from Twice Upon a Rhyme)
***October 2009: Evan LeVine (Swan Fungus blog) interviews me about Twice Upon a Rhyme and more about the City Diner in New York City ... this is a short note about the interview
***November 2009: Rockit Scientist Records on St. Marks Place, New York City, stocks several copies of original 1972 vinyl Twice Upon a Rhyme
***November 2009: Jack Hobbes interviews me about my music for 40-minute podcast Out of the Bubbling Dusk
***December 2009: Pretty much the complete, frank interview that Evan LeVine conducted with me about my music, science fiction, life, much more in October 2009 ... this is the transcript, published on the WFMU blog
60 minutes on WZBC Radio about Paul Levinson's music, with 14 complete songs
Spun Dreams - studio and home demos - most from the 1960s, right before Twice Upon a Rhyme - released January 2011 - details ...
Disoography
The New Outlook
1968
1. May My Heart Be Cast Into Stone (Randell-Linzer) Other Voices, Atlantic Records, Stu lead
2. No Olympian Height (Brute Force) Other Voices, Atlantic Records, Stu lead
3. Hung Up On Love (Levinson- Mikie Harris) Other Voices, Alantic Records, Rashkow lead
4. Evening's Evergreen Morning (Levinson-Nitekman) New Outlook, unreleased master, Stu lead
1967
5. If Leaves Fall Tomorrow (Levinson-Nitekman) New Outlook, studio demo, Stu lead
6. Just That Kind (Levinson-Nitekman) New Outlook, studio demo, Stu lead
7. Yesterday's Rain (Levinson-Nitekman) New Outlook, studio demo, Stu lead
8. Sunny Side of the Street (classic: Fields & McHugh) New Outlook, studio demo, Stu lead
9. The Winds of Change (Levinson-J.Krondes) Good News, Murbo Records, L. Carabalo lead
1966
10. Once Upon a Summer (Levinson-Nitekman) New Outlook, studio demo, Stu lead
11. Please Don't Cry Little Dove (Levinson-Nitekman) New Outlook, studio demo, Stu lead
12. Sunshine's Mine (Levinson-Nitekman) New Outlook, studio demo, Paul lead
13. Precious (and Golden) (Levinson-Nitekman) New Outlook, home demo, Stu lead
14. The Flavor of Spring (Levinson) New Outlook, home demo, Stu lead
15. Water Proof (Levinson) New Outlook, home demo, Paul lead
16. Two Minus One (Levinson-Nitekman) New Outlook, home demo, Stu lead
17. Time On My Hands (Nitekman) New Outlook, home demo, Stu lead
18. Late Afternoon (Levinson-Nitekman) New Outlook, home demo, Stu lead
19. Keep Off the Grass (Levinson-Nitekman) New Outlook, home demo, Stu lead
18. Happy Goodbye Baby (Levinson-Nitekman) New Outlook, home demo, Stu lead
19. Don't Blame It On Love (Levinson-Nitekman) New Outlook, home demo, Stu lead
20. The Outcast (Mark Goodman) New Outlook, studio demo, Stu lead
21. Down by the Magical Sea (Mark Goodman) New Outlook, studio demo, Stu lead
Notes:
The Other Voices produced by Ellie Greenwich & Mike Rashkow
The Other Voices = The New Outlook
all The New Outlook produced by Paul & Stu
The New Outlook sang harmony on "The Winds of Change"
The New Outlook = Paul Levinson, Stu Nitekman, Ira Margolis
Twice Upon A Rhyme
Paul Levinson
with Ed Fox and Peter Rosenthal
1. Today Is Just Like You
(P. Levinson)
2. Looking for Sunsets (in the Early Morning) (P. Levinson & E. Fox)
3. Gentle Blue Cherry Bell (P. Levinson & E. Fox)
4. I'm Seeing You in a Different Light
(P. Levinson & E. Fox)
5. Learn to Learn (P. Levinson & E. Fox)
6. Looks Like a Night (I Won't Catch Much Sleep In) (P. Levinson & E. Fox)
7. Raincheck (P. Levinson & E. Fox)
8. You Are Everywhere (P. Levinson & D. Kaley)
9. Forever Friday (P. Levinson & E. Fox)
10. The Soft of Your Eyes (P. Levinson)
11. Antique Shop (The Coming of Winter)
(P. Levinson & P. Rosenthal)
12. Not Yet Ready to Say Goodbye
(P. Levinson & L. Kaplan)
13. The Lama Will Be Late This Year
(P. Levinson & E. Fox)
Originally released in 1972 by Happysad Records
PAUL LEVINSON: vocals, keyboard, percussion
ED FOX: vocals, keyboard
PETER ROSENTHAL: guitars
Jay Sackett: bass; Cyril Penn: recorders; Mitch Greenberg, Jesse Stiller: drums;
Donny Frankel: organ; Joe Szalacsi: trumpet; Israel Esquenazi, Sasha Humek: violins;
Boris Midney: saxophone, drums
Produced & Arranged by
Paul Levinson & Ed Fox
Paul Levinson - other than Twice Upon a Rhyme and The New Outlook
2006
Lime Streets (Levinson) Paul Levinson, recorded live at WZBC Radio (2006)
2000
I Knew You By Heart (Levinson - Rosenthal) Peter Rosenthal, studio demo
Alpha Centauri (Levinson - Rosenthal) Peter Rosenthal, home demo
1972
Murray the K's Back in Town (Levinson) Paul Levinson, studio demo
1971
Merri-Goes-Round (Levinson - Ed Fox) Trousers, Paul harmony, Wizdom Records
Ring Around My Rosie (David Fox) Protozoa, Paul harmony, Buddah Records
1969
Sunshine Mind (Levinson) Donna Marie, Columbia Records
Teacups and Tapestry (Levinson - Boris Midney) studio demo
Snow Flurries (Levinson - Jimmy Krondes) Good News, Paul harmony, Murbo Records
Sunday Princess (Levinson - Ed Fox) Joey Ward & Paul Levinson, studio demo
Unbelievable (Inconceivable You) (Levinson) The Vogues, Reprise Records (unreleased)
1968
Picture Postcard World (Levinson) Definitive Rock Chorale, Philips Records
Lemons and Limes (Levinson) Fuzzy Bunnies, Decca Records
Love Colored Glasses (Levinson - Harris) Mikie Harris, studio demo
Mr. Kringle (Levinson - Harris) studio demo
Teardrops Make No Sound (Levinson - Jimmy Krondes) studio demo
Waking Up to Love (Levinson) studio demo
Skyscraper (Levinson - Kaplan) Linda Kaplan, studio demo
Cloudy Sunday (Levinson - Peter Rosenthal) Linda Kaplan, studio demo
A Piece of the Rainbow (Levinson - Kaplan) Linda Kaplan, studio demo
1963
The Park at Night (Levinson - Gorman) Paul Levinson (lead) & Paul Gorman, studio demo
Alphabet Baby (Gorman) Paul Levinson (lead) & Paul Gorman, studio demo
Notes:
1. "Merri-Goes-Round" produced by Paul Levinson and Ed Fox
2. "Ring Around My Rosie" produced by Paul Levinson, Ed Fox, & Herb Abramson
3. "Sunshine Mind" produced by Jimmy "Wiz" Wisner
4. "Unbelievable" produced by Dick Glasser
5. "Picture Postcard World" and "Lemons and Limes" produced by Ellie Greenwich & Mike Rashkow
