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"Our second album is darker, heavier, knottier, yet more fragile and vulnerable. It has taken five years, countless studio hours, but zero compromises. Hours of music have been distilled to 45 intense minutes, each one of which a deliberate and necessary part, and not a calorie was spent catering to anyone's preferences but our own. Some might call it a change of direction, but then Shamblemaths never had a direction to begin with. The album is like a picture with many shades, but all from a common, dark...
Beautiful, replica edition, all the way down to the foil cover, of this incredible, crazy, futuristic psych album from 1968. A personal favorite and highly recommended.
For my money, there are three *great* US, avant-garde psych bands of the late 60's (not great psych bands, of which there are many, but great avant-garde psych): The United States of America, Fifty Foot Hose, and Silver Apples.
Silver Apples were an amazingly forward looking band, where one guy played drums (in a 1968...
Richard Sinclair / vocals, bass, guitar
Kit Watkins / MiniMoog, String synth & piano (2,7,10)
Didier Malherbe / sopranino sax (1), alto clarinet (5), bamboo flute (9)
Tony Coe / alto clarinet (3,4)
Jimmy Hastings / flute (3), tenor sax (6)
Alan Clarke / harmonica (3)
Tony Rico / didgeridoo (5)
Hugh Hopper / bass (4)
Dave Cohen / drums (1,6)
Andy Ward / drums (2,5,10)
Pip Pyle / drums (3,4,7,8)
25th anniversary vinyl issue; never before on vinyl! ..