Heart's Desire (1990)

About this title: A recording of Kaiser's working California band of the late '80s and early '90s, Heart's Desire splits its time about evenly between originals and the cover versions that made much of the group's reputation. Part of the pleasure derived from his covers was not just the expertise and giddy joy with which they were usually delivered, but simply the inspired choices Kaiser would make. It's not your everyday album that has the theme from The Andy Griffith Show ("The Fishin' Hole") followed by a Burt Bacharach number, a Stockhausen piano piece, and Hendrix' "Are You Experienced?"! Unfortunately, ... read more

Tracks:

1. Dark Star [Garcia/Hart/Hunter/]
2. River's Edge [Anderson]
3. The Fishin' Hole [Hagen/Sloane/Spence]
4. Anyone Who Had a Heart [Bacharach/David]
5. Losing Hand [Calhoun]
6. Nr. 2 Klavierstuck III [Stockhausen]
7. Are You Experienced? [Hendrix]
8. The Loner [Young]
9. Flavor Bud Living [VanVliet]
10. The Ballad of Shane Muscatel [Constanten]
11. King Harvest (Has Surely Come) [Robertson]
12. Buried Treasure [Hanes]
13. Never Again [Anderson]
14. The San Andreas Stomp [Constanten]
15. Ode to Billy Joe [Gentry]
16. Designer Chaos [Anderson/Constanten]
17. Don't Let a Thief Steal into You Heart [Thompson]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.