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The
Ophelias
Leslie Medford & The Ophelias
One of the San Francisco Bay
Area's top talents in the late 1980's and early 1990's,
multi-instrumentalist, singer / songwriter Leslie Medford is
best known as the leader of The
Ophelias. Ranked as one of the best local groups in their day, they eventually
signed with major English independent Rough Trade Records, where they landed 4
straight top 10 National College Radio album releases, with much critical
and international acclaim.
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All photos by Reed Ingersoll
or Susan Whitaker. |
Heavily featured on all of
the Ophelias' back catalog material are guitarists David Immergluck (currently
playing in The
Counting Crows) and New Zealand's Keith Dion (Producer, band
leader for Noel Redding from The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1997-99 and
Producer for Arthur Lee and Love's latest release "Electrically Speaking"
amongst other ventures).
Never before released on CD,
nor available in any format in The UK and Europe, all of the Ophelias
back catalog is now available for re-release, and also features the studio
engineering skills of
Counting Crows' songwriter and rhythm guitarist David Bryson.
English influenced
Psychedelic Folk Rock at it's finest - all with a Shakespearean twist.
Some
Reviews.......
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"A Perfect 10 !"
San Francisco Music
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"The Ophelias Are
So Good, That Someday They Will Be The Inspiration For
Other Bands".
The Daily Californian
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"The Best New San Franciscan
Album in Years"
Beef - Music and Art
Magazine
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"Daring Arrangements,
Dazzling Creativity"
The Gavin Report
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"A Mesh of the Ephemeral and
a Confident Modernism Make The Ophelias a
Leading Contender"
CMJ Music Report.
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"Their Sweeping
Debut Album Will Be Planted Firmly In The Minds of
Alternative Radio Programmers, as The Ophelias Carve A
Spectacular Niche in the Underground Community"
The Hard Report
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"A Critic's Dream ! Pregnant
With Mystery, Inviting Interpretation and Involvement. The
Ophelias Have Taken A Gothic Step In The World Of Albumdom."
Throb Music Journal
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