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Osibisa - Superfly T.N.T - 1973 US OST

March 20, 2014, 9:21 am
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Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from the 1973 Ron O'Neal-Movie, recorded at CBS Studios, London, April 1973.
Some nice heavy Afro-funk grooves, courtesy of Osibisa, for this follow-up score to the original "Super Fly". The sound of the music is quite different than Curtis Mayfield's famous soundtrack and there's lots of heavy bass and percussion, plus some additional arrangements by Michael Gibbs.
Tracks include "La Ila I La La", "T.N.T", "Superfly Man", "Oye Mama" and "The Vicarage".
This is the US release of the Soundtrack  by Buddah Records (BDS 5136-ST) also  from 1973. (by request)

Members:

Jean Mandengue-Bass, Percussion, Vocals
Kofi Ayivor-Congas, Drums [African], Percussion, Vocals
Sol Amarfio-Drums
Gordon Hunte-Guitar, Vocals
Robert Bailey-Organ, Piano, Timbales
Teddy Osei-Saxophone [Tenor], Flute, Drums [African], Vocals
Mac Tontoh-Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Percussion [Kabasa]

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Herbie Mann-Latin Mann -Afro To Bossa To Blues-1965 US

March 20, 2014, 10:17 am
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Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003) , better known as Herbie Mann, was a American jazz flutist and important early practitioner of world music.
This is an excellent album of Latin material from Herbie Mann and proof that he's equally great in just about any setting.
This rare album from 1965 in Columbia Records (CS 9188), it's easily one of his greatest of the 60s, thanks to some really smoking arrangements from Oliver Nelson, plus an all-star cast of players that includes Carmell Jones, Dave Pike, Jimmy Heath, Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Willie Bobo, Charlie Palmieri, and a young Chick Corea on piano.
Tracks are short, tight, and very rhythmic grooving in a snapping approach to Latin that's filled with plenty of soul, but which also features plenty of jazzy touches as well.

Members:

Herbie Mann-Flute
Bobby Rodriguez, Earl May-Bass
Danny Bank-Bass Clarinet
Bruno Carr-Drums
Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Carlos Diaz, José Mangual, Rafael De Vila, Raymond Sardinis, Tommy Lopez, Willie Bobo, Willie Rodriguez-Percussion
Charlie Palmieri, Chick Corea-Piano
Jimmy Heath-Tenor Saxophone
Jack Hitchcock, Mark Weinstein-Trombone
Quentin Jackson, Tony Studd-Trombone [Bass]
Carmell Jones, Ernie Royal, Jerry Kail, Joe Newman-Trumpet
Dave Pike-Vibraphone

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Eumir Deodato- First Cuckoo-US-Brazil

March 21, 2014, 9:53 am
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Eumir Deodato de Almeida, was born 21 June 1943 in Rio de Janeiro and by 1967 he moved to the USA.
Musician,composer, record producer and arranger, primarily based in the jazz realm but who historically has been known for eclectic melding of big band and combo jazz with varied elements of rock/pop, R&B/funk, Brazilian/Latin, and symphonic or orchestral music.
Deodato working with artists such as Astrud Gilberto, Wes Montgomery, Aretha Franklin, Bette Midler, Frank Sinatra, Earth, Wind & Fire, Stanley Turrentine and Antonio Carlos Jobim, among others.
His successes as an original artist (keyboards) occurred mainly in the 1970s.
"First Cuckoo" recorded at House Of Music (W. Orange, New Jersey) and released by MCA Records (MCA-491) in 1975, featuring John Tropea on guitar doing a take of Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog" and Duke Ellington's "Caravan".
This is the UK release of the album by MCA Records (MCF-2728) also from 1975.

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Iron Butterfly With Pinera & Rhino- Metamorphosis- 1970 US

March 24, 2014, 10:17 am
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"Metamorphosis" is the fourth studio album by Iron Butterfly, released in 1970 by ATCO Records (SD 33-339).
The album was recorded as a trio, Erik Brann, who left because of band disputes, was replaced by four session guitarists. Two of them, Mike Pinera and Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt (called El Rhino on the sleeve), would become members of Iron Butterfly shortly after the album's release.
Officially, the album is credited not to Iron Butterfly, but to "Iron Butterfly With Pinera & Rhino", in reference to the two aforementioned guitarists.
The album spawned the single "Easy Rider (Let the Wind Pay the Way)," which reached number 66 on the Billboard chart,  making it the band's biggest hit aside from "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".
The album is noted for having one of the earliest uses of the Talk box on a rock album.
This is a German reissue of "Metamorphosis" by Atlantic Records (ATL 50 004) from late 80's to early 90's.

Members:

Doug Ingle-Organ, Lead Vocals
Mike Pinera-Guitar, Lead Vocals
El Rhino-Guitar
Lee Dorman-Bass
Ron Bushy-Drums

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The Orient Express - Orient Express-1969 US

March 25, 2014, 7:18 am
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Originally from Europe this band moved to the States. Guy Duris was actually born on the Left Bank in Paris and later met Golesorkhi, who had been decorated by the Shah of Iran for his drumming and was interested in applying Eastern rhythms to Western music, in Iran. They met Bruno Giet, a Belgian pilot and guitarist, in Paris while travelling around Europe.
Soon the three members headed for America and settled in New York's East Village initially but ended up in California where their album was recorded. It's powerful Eastern-influenced psychedelia similar to Kaleidoscope.
Particularly fine examples of their marriage of Eastern and Western music are "Train To Bombay", "A Little Star" and "For A Moment". They did not release any singles on Mainstream.
This is the Unofficial Release of the album on Mainstream Records (S-6117).

Members:

Guy Duris- Electric Oud,Electric Sitar,Vocals
Bruno Giet- Electric Guitar,Vocals
Farshid Golesorkhi- Electric Melodica,Dumbek,Tympani,Vocals

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Graham Bond - Holy Magick-1970 UK

March 26, 2014, 7:36 am
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Graham John Clifton Bond (28 October 1937 – 8 May 1974) was an English musician, considered a founding father of the English rhythm and blues boom of the 1960s with the Graham Bond Organization.
After the break-up of the Organization, Bond continued to exhibit mental disorders, with manic episodes and periods of intense depression, exacerbated by heavy drug use.
 Moving to America, he recorded two albums and performed session work for Harvey Mandel and Dr. John among others, but he returned to England in 1969. He then formed Graham Bond Initiation with his new wife Diane Stewart, who shared his interest in magick, and in 1970  release the album "Holy Magick".
Graham Bond was getting more into "magick" in his private life at the beginning of the 1970s, and those interests are heavily reflected in "Holy Magick". That's particularly true of the side-long medley that occupies the first half of the LP, with its attempts to musically re-create rituals.
The music is blues-jazz-soul-rock, featuring Bond's distinctive organ, female soul backup vocals, and John Gross' tenor sax.

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Graham Bond With Magick -We Put Our Magick On You-1971 UK

March 26, 2014, 7:56 am
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In 1971 Graham Bond released the second Magick album which was intended to be the second part of his Magick trilogy. The theme behind this album was Eastern mysticism, in particular the Hindu and Aquarian philosophy. The lineup for this album had changed, but the sound was an extension of the debut only with different themes and more of a blues direction.
"We Put Our Magick On You" was released on Vertigo but did not sell well so Bond postponed the third part of the trilogy and took a break from the music business. Unfortunately, he died a tragic death in 1974, and the trilogy was never completed.
This is the UK Reissue of the album by BGO Records (BGOLP73) from 1989.

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Underground Sunshine - Let There Be Light -1969 US

March 27, 2014, 7:25 am
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Underground Sunshine was an American psychedelic rock band from Montello, Wisconsin. The group scored a hit single in 1969 with their cover of The Beatles'"Birthday", which hit #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The group subsequently appeared on American Bandstand and released a full-length album, "Let There Be Light" in 1969 on Intrepid Records (IT- 74003).  Their sole  album hit #161 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, but their second single, "Don't Shut Me Out" (written by David Gates, later of Bread), just missed the charts.
In 1970, they released two singles, neither charted and the group broke up soon after.
The  album also contain covers of  Creedence Clearwater Revival, Spencer Davis Group and Beatles. (by request)

Members:

Chris Connors - vocals, guitar
Jane Little - keyboards,vocals
Berty Kohl - bass,vocals
Frank Kohl - drums,vocals

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Triste Janero - Meet Triste Janero -1969 US

March 27, 2014, 9:32 am
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Triste Janero's sole album is pleasant if blandly effervescent soft pop/rock with a Brazilian bent, also filtering in strong rays of easy listening pop and light jazz. Sergio Mendes is an unavoidable point of comparison, though Triste Janero were perhaps less slick and more youthful, putting a number of contemporary pop/rock numbers ("Walk on By,""Get Together," the Lovin' Spoonful's "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice") to the fluffy bossa nova-fied beat, changing Nilsson's "Without Her" to "Without Him" to fit the vocals of lead singer Barbara Baines.
Material of more authentic bossa nova origins crops up in the rendition of "How Insensitive/Somba de Orphia," and the group proves itself capable of writing in the style on the single "Rene De Marie," a hit in Triste Janero's native Dallas.
The most impressive  track on the record is the eight-minute instrumental "T.J. Blues," which is a pretty hot little boppin' organ jazz number.

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Liz Damon's Orient Express -1970 US

March 28, 2014, 7:38 am
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Liz Damon's Orient Express was a 1970s band from Hawaii, featuring lead singer Liz Damon, two female backup singers and a rotating backup band. The name apparently derived from the original backup band being entirely Asian.
Their only song to make the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 was "1900 Yesterday", which made it to #33 on the U.S. and #16 on the Canadian charts in early 1971. Most impressively, it peaked at #4 on Billboard's Easy Listening survey.
Liz Damon's Orient Express first album released in 1970 by White Whale Records (MS 5003) and is a masterpiece of Sunshine Pop, features not only their U.S. smash hit "1900 Yesterday" but also a cracking Soft Pop rendition of  "Bring Me Sunshine," the song which Eric & Ernie closed many show in the '70s, plus some Beatles covers like "Something" and "Let It Be".

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Mint Tattoo-1969 US

March 28, 2014, 7:54 am
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The Mint Tattoo was born as an offshoot of the legendary 60's proto punk acid band Blue Cheer.
Bruce Stevens and Ralph (Burns) Kellogg had played together in Blue Cheer on band's self titled album in 1969, but after that one album, Stevens left the band to pursue other interests. Kellogg stayed on with Blue Cheer until the demise of the band in 1971, but during his tenure with Blue Cheer he reunited with Stevens along with drummer Gregg Thomas to form the band Mint Tattoo.
The Mint Tattoo sole album released in 1969 by Dot Records (DLP 25918), it's a blues - influenced offering with occasionally good guitar work. The album was produced by James William Guercio and recorded at A&R Studios, New York. The two 45 cuts are taken from the album.

Members:

Bruce Stevens- lead and rhythm guitar, lead vocals, kazoo
Ralph (Burns) Kellogg- bass, keyboards
Gregg Thomas- drums

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Mother Earth - Make A Joyful Noise-1969 US

March 28, 2014, 8:56 am
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Mother Earth was an eclectic American blues rock band formed in 1967 in California, fronted by Tracy Nelson. Nelson, who hailed from Madison, Wisconsin, began her career as a solo artist, but formed the Mother Earth ensemble after moving to San Francisco.
The group performed at the Fillmore West in the late 1960s alongside Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Burdon, and was included on the soundtrack to the 1968 film "Revolution".The group signed to Mercury Records, recording four albums.
Mike Bloomfield played guitar on their 1968 release "Living with the Animals" and Boz Scaggs was a member of the group on their 1969 release "Make A Joyful Noise".
On "Make A Joyful Noise" Mother Earth neatly divided their joint appreciations for rural and urban American music, the "City Side " and  the "Country Side ."
The City Side (1-5) is an R&B workout, powered by a robust horn section and the vocals of Rev. Ron Stallings on burning soul cuts such as "Stop That Train," Tracy Nelson's killer performance on Naomi Neville's cooker "What Are You Trying to Do," and sultry read of Little Willie John's babymaker "Need Your Love So Bad".
The Country Side (6-11) adorned by steel guitars and Powell St. John's quavering vocals on "I'll Be Moving On" and the strange "I,The Fly." Nelson's version of Doug Sahm's "I Wanna Be Your Mama Again" is her blues-country gospel version of Hank Williams' honky tonk nugget "You Win Again" (with a fine fiddle solo by Johnny Gimble).
Some of the guest stars on this set include Boz Scaggs, Hargus Robins, Ben Keith, D.J. Fontana, and Pete Drake. "Make A Joyful Noise" released in 1969 by Mercury Records (SR -61226) and  remains an overlooked classic from the Mercury catalog.

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Rhinoceros - Satin Chickens -1969 US

March 28, 2014, 9:33 am
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Rhinoceros was the brainchild of producer Paul Rothchild (Doors, Love), who wanted to put together a supergroup of top LA musicians. Pieced together after a marathon series of jams at the producer's house in the spring of 1968, Rhinoceros were intended to be the heaviest band of the time.
With former members of Iron Butterfly (Danny Weis, guitar), the Daily Flash, and Buffalo Springfield (Doug Hastings, guitar), as well as some highly respected studio aces such as Billy Mundi on drums, they formed a very good band indeed, but not really a group.
"Satin Chickens", was Rhinoceros' 1969 second album for Elektra Records (EKS- 74056). The group begins to morph from hard rockers to a white soul/funk outfit,  especially on the emotional ballad "Find My Hand", the sensually slow rocking "It's The Same Thing" and the soul /funky "Monkee Man" and  "Funk Butt".  After their third album "Better Times Are Coming" the band split in 1970.

Members:

John Finley - vocals
Alan Gerber - vocals, piano
Doug Hastings - guitar
Danny Weis - guitar, piano
Michael Fonfara - organ, piano
Peter Hodgson - bass
Billy Mundi - drums

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Ruby Jones- 1971 US

March 28, 2014, 10:10 am
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Ruby Starr, born Constance Henrietta Mierzwiak in Toledo, Ohio (November 30, 1949 - January 14, 1995), was a rock singer and recording artist who attained national prominence in the 1970s and 1980s.
Known as "Connie" to her family, Starr began performing at the age of nine, singing country music under the stage name Connie Little. Her early bands included Connie and the Blu-Beats, The Downtowners and the Blue Grange Ramblers.
She joined the band Ruby Jones in 1969. In 1971 they were signed to Curtom Records and recorded their first album. Shortly after that album's release, Black Oak Arkansas lead vocalist Jim "Dandy" Mangrumwas playing at the Davenport, Iowa fairgrounds and saw Starr singing in a Bettendorf, Iowa, club and convinced her to join his band. At this point she assumed the stage name of Ruby Starr.
This is the debut album for female fronted rock outfit Ruby Jones, originally released in 1971 on Curtis Mayfield's Curtom Records (CRS- 8011). The album sounds like Janis Joplin crossed with Blood Sweat and Tears, fusing soul, funk and rock to great effect.  Tracks "Looking Out At Tomorrow" and "Tight Rope" are worth the price for fans of early soul based rock and Ruby Starr deserved more fame than she got before passing away in the mid 90s from cancer.

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George Benson- It's Uptown with the George Benson Quartet-1966 US

March 31, 2014, 6:21 am
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George Benson was born and raised in the Hill District in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At the age of 7, Benson first played the ukulele in a corner drug store for which he was paid a few dollars, at the age of 8, he was playing guitar in an unlicensed nightclub on Friday and Saturday nights which was soon closed down by the police. At the age of 10, George recorded his first single record with RCA-Victor in New York, called "She Makes Me Mad".
Benson attended the Connelly High School although he left before graduation. As a youth, instead, he learned how to play straight-ahead instrumental jazz during a relationship performing for several years with organist Jack McDuff.
At the age of 21, George Benson recorded his first album as leader, "The New Boss Guitar" in 1964, featuring McDuff.
Benson's next recording was "It's Uptown with the George Benson Quartet" including Lonnie Smith on organ, Jimmy Lovelace and Ray Lucas on drums and Ronnie Cuber on baritone saxophone. The album released in 1966 by Columbia Records (CS-9325) and produced by John Hammond.

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Dr.Z - Three Parts To My Soul -1971 UK

March 31, 2014, 7:00 am
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"Dr. Z" is an obscure early 70's English trio whose LP version of their only album now fetches in the 3-digit price range (only 80 copies were sold at the time). The dominant mood of the album is set by a percussive harpsichord that is alternately majestic and militaristic.
This was a band fronted by a University of North Wales professor named Keith Keyes, who handles vocals and keyboards (harpsichord, piano, organ). Backing him up in this band were Bob Watkins on drums and Rob Watson on bass.
"Dr. Z" was discovered by Nirvana UK frontman Patrick Campbell Lyons, who is also credited as executive producer on the album.
"Three Parts To My Soul" is a fine example of early 70's prog at its darkest. It has simple rhythms and the music is peculiarly obsessive, with very long piano/organ solos and baroque melodies.
Original released in 1971 on Vertico Records (6360 048), this is the Reissue of the album by Events Music Productions (RPR- 19113) from 1995.

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The Ill Wind - Flashes- 1968 US

March 31, 2014, 7:40 am
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Originally known as The Prophets, with a singer called Judy Bradbury, this band were originally from Wellsley, Massachusettes but based themselves in Boston.
Clearly, a hippie band, their only album is a fine one, with their sound moulded by Connie Devanney's crystal clear vocals. On tracks like "In My Dark World", her voice is beautiful, while on others, notably the widely recorded "High Flying Bird",  "Hung Up Chick" and "Walkin' And Singin'", it blends in beautifully with that of her male counterpart, Richard Griggs.
Also of note is the unusual "People Of The Night" and the sleepy "Full Cycle". The band split up in December 1968 and Carey Mann went on to play with Dirty John's Hot Dog Stand.
Original released in 1968 by ABC Records(ABCS-641), this is the German Unofficial Release of the album by Flash Records (ABCS-641-A) from 1987.

Members:

Connie Devanney- vocals
Ken Frankel- lead guitar,banjo
Richard Griggs- guitar, vocals
Carey Mann- bass, vocals
David Kinsman- drums

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Blue Cheer - Outsideinside- 1968 US

March 31, 2014, 9:35 am
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Blue Cheer was an American rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009. Based in San Francisco, Blue Cheer came together in 1967. The formation of the band was organised by Dickie Peterson. Dickie Peterson lived in San Francisco where the sixties music scene was starting to hit the high note.
The original Blue Cheer personnel were singer/bassist Dickie Peterson, guitarist Leigh Stephens and Eric Albronda as drummer.
According to Tim Hills in his book, "The Many Lives of the Crystal Ballroom", Blue Cheer was the epitome of San Francisco psychedelia.
Jim Morrison of  The Doors called the group "The single most powerful band I've ever seen."
"Outsideinside" is Blue Cheer's second LP, released by Philips Records (PHS 600-278) in August 1968. Its tracks were recorded both outdoors and indoors - hence the title of the album. The record's tracks feature contributions from all members, along with two covers: "Satisfaction" by The Rolling Stones and "The Hunter" by Booker  T. Jones.  "Outsideinside" was produced by Abe "Voco" Kesh and engineered by Eddie Kramer, who had worked with The Jimi Hendrix Experience and The Rolling Stones.
This was the last record to feature the original Blue Cheer line-up, as Leigh Stephens left the band after the album was released.
This is the 1984 Reissue of the album from Sweden by Garageland Records (BF -603).

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Twentieth Century Zoo-Thunder On A Clear Day-1968 US

April 1, 2014, 6:20 am
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This is band's sole release stands as one of our favorite slices of '60s psychedelia. A late-sixties psychedelic group, Twentieth Century Zoo were the first such band from Phoenix to get an album released and nationally distributed, even if that LP was on a small L.A. label, and not many people would hear it.
The band evolved from The Bitter Sweets, which had a couple of local singles in 1966 and 1967.
In 1967 and 1968, Twentieth Century Zoo had a couple of singles on the small Caz label, the first of these, "You Don't Remember, " being respectable psych-punk in the mold of the Music Machine.
In late 1968, the group recorded their sole album in Los Angeles for Vault Records (SLP-122), "Thunder On A Clear Day", featuring elongated fuzz-sustain riffs and heavy organ. At times there was also a hard blues-rock feel, which could break into tedium on longer tracks, such as a ten-minute cover of Little Walter's "Blues With a Feeling."
Twentieth Century Zoo got to open for several bigger bands, such as Iron Butterfly and Blue Cheer, and did one more single for Vault before breaking up in 1970.
This is the 1983 German Reissue of the album by Line/Outline Records (OLLP-5320).

Members:

Bob Sutko- vocals, harmonica
Skip Ladd- lead guitar
Allan Chitwood- bass
Greg Farley- guitar
Randy Wells- drums

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The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Vol.3 - A Child's Guide To Good And Evil -1968 US

April 1, 2014, 6:59 am
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The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band was an American psychedelic rock band of the late 1960s, based in Los Angeles, California. The band was a bizarre combination of three well-heeled teenagers (brothers Dan and Shaun Harris and their school mate Michael Lloyd), and an even wealthier, thirty-something attorney called Bob Markley. Markley secured the group a recording deal with Reprise Records, where they made a series of strange records.
"Vol.3 - A Child's Guide To Good And Evil", the group's third album released in 1968 on Reprice Records (RS 6298), and it is widely regarded as their best. In 2005, Mojo Magazine voted it 31 in its list of the 40 Greatest Psychedelic Albums Of All Time.
With their soaring psychedelia, achingly pure folk-rock and Zappa/Beefheart strangeness, these underground gem from the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band can be seen as encyclopedic primer of the late-'60s Los Angeles musical experience.
On several cuts, the band shows a mastery of jazzy and funky elements not heard before on their previous rock/folk-rock albums.
In many ways Vol. 3 stands as their most extraordinary achievement: a bizarre fusion of innocence and malice perfectly encapsulated by both its title and John Van Hamersveld's striking cover art. (The closing track, "Anniversary Of World War III," is two minutes of total silence).

Members:

Bob Markley- vocals
Shaun Harris- vocals, bass
Ron Morgan- guitar
Jim Gordon- drums

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