Quatrain - Quatrain (Reissue) (1969/2008)

Los Angeles group Quatrain issued an obscure album in 1969 mixing period Southern Californian folk-rock, psychedelic, and hard rock influences, produced and engineered by David Briggs (most famed for his work as producer with Neil Young). Quatrain grew out of the group the Human Jungle, who issued a couple obscure singles while signed to the Double Shot label, though they usually went under the name the Berries. Briggs found the band while they were doing a residency at the Topanga Corral not far north of L.A., and got them a deal with Tetragrammaton Records, where he was a staff producer. In part because Tetragrammaton itself was having problems, Quatrain's self-titled album attracted little notice upon its release in 1969, the band breaking up by the end of the year. Lead guitarist Don Senneville went on to play on two early-'70s albums by Simon Stokes.