The Devil's Anvil

The Devil's Anvil is one of those groups that could only have been signed to a label like Columbia Records in the late 1960s. At that point, the record company was desperately trying to make up for the ground and market share that it had lost during the years 1964-1966, when -- with a few notable exceptions -- it had avoided rock & roll. Enter folkie-turned-rock musician/producer Felix Pappalardi, who brought the Devil's Anvil to Columbia and got them a contract to record one album. Pappalardi was born in the Bronx in 1939, the son of a doctor. He studied classical music and...