Glass Prism has been played on NTS shows including Gilded Sound Reflection, with Here You Are first played on 23 August 2014.

American psychelic rock band that existed briefly in the very end of the 60's, they released two albums.

In 1969. It was "Poe Through the Glass Prism", having all song lyrics adapted from poems by Edgar Allan Poe, played in a very psychedelic, organ-driven style, with touchs of jazz. This sole record the band penned has become a minor underground classic for fans of the 60's psychedelia. Their best-known song, first track in the album and the one represented in the cover art was about (and titled as) Poe's most famous poem, The Raven.

1970 brought us "On Joy And Sorrow" A dark and heavy vibe, really great guitar work sometimes with fuzzy sounds, more on the sorrow side of life then on the joy side. " Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. " They were from Pennsylvania, on the else dark sleeve they have nice colorful suites.

Their first album is an attempt to set poems by Edgar Allan Poe to a rock format. Although they don't really pull it off the music isn't bad on cuts like The Raven. Much more relevant is the second album, which features some great guitar work, especially on Extention 68. Both albums are available quite cheaply. The band were mostly Italian Americans who came from the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area of Pennsylvania. They were previously known as El Caminos and also made recordings under that name. Tom and Rick later formed a power trio called Shenandoah with bassist Lou Cossa. Later still Cossa and Carl Siracuse joined 'one-hit' wonder band The Buoys, the nucleus of which then became Dakota. (Vernon Joynson / Tom Truszkowski / Chris Kraynak)

Personnel: AUGGIE CHRISTIANO bs A RICK RICHARDS drms A CARL SIRACUSE keyb'ds A TOM VERANO gtr A

ALBUMS: 1(A) POE THROUGH THE GLASS PRISM (RCA LSP 4201) 1969 2(A) ON JOY AND SORROW (RCA LSP 4270) 1970

45: 1 The Raven/El Dorado (RCA Victor 74-0205) 1969