gentle soul

The Gentle Soul—with their beguiling blend of sunshine pop and folk-psych, spotlighting the ethereal harmonies of Pamela Polland and Rick Stanley—recorded just one album and a handful of singles, now highly sought-after and regarded as some of the most perfectly realized gems from the groundbreaking Los Angeles folk-rock scene that also embraced the Byrds, Tim Buckley and Buffalo Springfield. The Gentle Soul's Terry Melcher-produced debut—with a band including Ry Cooder, Van Dyke Parks, Larry Knechtel, and Mike Deasy—remains a rare treasure from California's golden age of mind expansion. Reissued with the full participation of Pamela Polland and Rick Stanley, The Gentle Soul features their exceedingly scarce original 1968 Epic Records album, plus nine bonus tracks—including all non-LP single sides and four previously unissued tracks—and unpublished photos from the group's archives