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Barnstorm : Barnstorm




WELL,
THERE'S A CHANGE IN THE WIND
YOU KNOW THE SIGNS 
DON'T LIE
SUCH A STRANGE FEELIN'
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY

 Barnstorm

 is the debut 

studio album

 by the American 

Rock band

 Barnstorm 

which was formed by

 guitarist

 Joe Walsh 

after he left

 the James Gang.

 The album 

was released

 in October 1972 

on the labels ABC 

and Dunhill.

 It was the first album

 to be recorded at 

Caribou Ranch 

in Colorado

HISTORY

With this album, 

Walsh moved away

 from the

 Hard rock sound 

of the James Gang, 

with Barnstorm 

exploring a more

 folk-based, 

acoustic sound,

 influenced by

 such artists as 

James Taylor 

and 

Crosby, Stills, and Nash

Taking a cue from

 The Who's

 guitarist

 Pete Townshend

Walsh utilized the

 ARP Odyssey

 synthesizer

 on such songs as 

"Mother Says"

 and

 "Here We Go."

 Walsh also

 experimented 

with

 acoustic guitar,

 slide guitarfuzzboxes

 and keyboards

 as well as running

 his guitar straight

 into a 

Leslie 122 speaker

 to get swirly, 

organ-like guitar tones. 

The lone hard rock track

 on 

Barnstorm

"Turn To Stone", 

has become the

 best known song 

from the album, 

since Walsh

 later re-recorded

 it for his

 solo album

 So What.

At the time of its release, 

Barnstorm

 was only moderately successful. 

For many years, 

the only CD version

 available 

was an

 expensive

Japanese import. 

Nonetheless, 

the album became a 

cult classic

 among Walsh fans.

 It was later reissued

 in the U.S. 

on CD by 

Hip-O Select/Geffen Records

 in January 2006.

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