History:

Steve Elliot is a folk musician from New York City. Ellliot began playing folk music in the early 1960's as a teenager. He performed in the city with his friend Jeff Breeh who was a bass player. Elliot began getting into psychedelic music in the mid 1960’s. Elliot was first signed to a contract by The Richmond Organization as a singer-songwriter.

The talent organization arranged a short recording contract with Warner Bros. Records. There, he recorded two singles in 1966. The first was a promo single for radio stations titled “I Wonder”. Elliot wrote the flip side titled “The Way I Feel Today”. The second single was a cover of “Who Will Buy?” from the Oliver production with an Elliot composition, “Rosalee”, on the flip. 

The recordings did not hit the charts and by 1969 Elliot was supposedly busking in the city. He eventually compiled some of his original material and went to Sound 7 to record a demo. 

The demo featured seven cuts. Elliot played various acoustic guitars on the session. His friend Jeff Breeh played both upright bass and bass guitar. Session musicians David Horowitz and Richard Grandon also contributed. Horowitz played piano on half the demo and played organ on "Magic". Grado played sax on "Climax" and flute on "Magic". It was recorded in one long session on September 20th, 1969. 

Elliot's raw and harsh vocals along with his poetic lyrics created a very unique sound. The demo seems to be drug inspired lyrically, so calling it "acid folk" is truly appropriate. There are folk rock and proto-progressive elements as well. Each sleeve’s artwork was customized by Elliot himself.

The demo is pretty scarce. I believe it was limited to a couple hundred copies. Elliot continued performing his music across the United States, promoting the album and his songs along the way. Elliot eventually released an EP as a Christmas gift for his friends. Titled "X-Mas 72'", this EP is even rarer than his demo album. The EP features three folk tunes with Elliot on vocals and guitar and a country rock number with a full band. Just like his demo, the cover art was customized by Elliot. 

Elliot still performs music to this day. His songs can be listened to on his SoundCloud. He put up some singles back in 2019.