Erik Lindgren专辑介绍：by Richie UnterbergerLong before making his mark on the independent music scene as a member of Birdsongs of the Mesozoic and involvement with numerous other indie-avant-rock projects and labels, Erik Lindgren was writing and recording his own music as a teenage one-man band of sorts. Sound on Sound rescues 22 songs in 79 minutes-worth of material he recorded in 1973 and 1974, at the ages of 18 and 19, playing almost all of the instruments (though five of the tracks include help from friends on lead guitar and clarinet). From a purely technical standpoint, that's a remarkable achievement, especially considering that Lindgren played all of the keyboards, guitars, bass, percussion, and a bit more, also singing and composing everything (though a couple numbers were written with Eric Van). Judged purely as music, it's less impressive, though its shortcomings are understandable given the performer's youth. He was obviously h...