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:: Album :: BROWN ACID: The First Trip ::
:: Year :: 2015 ::
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:: . Genre :: Rock Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: RidingEasy Records R.date :: 06.07.2017 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: EZRDR-049 Size :: 67,4 MB __::_
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. Quality :: 44.1kHz/Joint-Stereo .
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Website :: http://www.ridingeasyrecs.com/
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:: 01. Zekes - Box (1970) 02:28 ::
:: 02. Snow - Sunflower (1969) 03:59 ::
:: 03. Tour - One of the Bad Guys (1979) 03:18 ::
:: 04. Zebra - Wasted (1971) 03:55 ::
:: 05. Bob Goodsite - Faze 1 (1972) 02:14 ::
:: 06. Raw Meat - Stand-by Girl (1969) 03:10 ::
:: 07. Punch - Deathhead (1970) 04:56 ::
:: 08. Bacchus - Carry my Load (1969) 03:28 ::
:: 09. Lenny Drake - Love Eyes 02:53 ::
:: (Cast your Spell on me) (1970) ::
:: 10. The Todd - Mystifying me (1974) 02:51 ::
:: 11. Josefus - Hard Luck (1979) 03:46 ::
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:: "Brown Acid: The First Trip ::
:: ::
:: Some of the best thrills of the Internet music revolution ::
:: is the ability to find extremely rare music with great ::
:: ease. But even with such vast archives to draw from, quite ::
:: a lot of great songs have gone undiscovered for nearly half ::
:: a decade, particularly in genres that lacked hifalutin arty ::
:: pretense. Previously, only the most extremely dedicated and ::
:: passionate record collectors had the stamina and prowess to ::
:: hunt down long forgotten wonders in dusty record bins - ::
:: often hoarding them in private collections, or selling at ::
:: ridiculous collector's prices. Legendary compilations like ::
:: Nuggets, Pebbles, ad nauseum, have exhausted the mines of ::
:: early garage rock and proto-punk, keeping alive a large ::
:: cross-section of underground ephemera. However, few have ::
:: delved into and expertly archived the wealth of proto- ::
:: metal, pre-stoner rock tracks of Brown Acid: The First ::
:: Trip. ::
:: ::
:: Lance Barresi, co-owner of L.A.-cum-Chicago shop Permanent ::
:: Records has shown incredible persistence in tracking down a ::
:: stellar collection of rare singles from the 60s and 70s for ::
:: the 11-track compilation. Partnered with Daniel Hall of ::
:: RidingEasy Records, the two have assembled a selection of ::
:: songs that's hard to believe have remained unheard for so ::
:: long. ::
:: ::
:: "I essentially go through Hell and high water just to find ::
:: these records," Barresi says. "Once I find a record worthy ::
:: of tracking, I begin the (sometimes) extremely arduous ::
:: process of contacting the band members and encouraging them ::
:: to take part. Daniel and I agree that licensing all the ::
:: tracks we're using for Brown Acid is best for everyone ::
:: involved." Rather than simply bootlegging the tracks, when ::
:: all of the bands and labels haven't existed for 30-40 years ::
:: or more, tracking down the creators gives all of these ::
:: tunes a real second chance at success. ::
:: ::
:: "All of (these songs) could've been huge given the right ::
:: circumstances," says Barresi. "But for one reason or ::
:: another most of these songs fell flat and were forgotten. ::
:: However, time has been kind in my opinion and I think these ::
:: songs are as good now or better than they ever were." ::
:: ::
:: Raw Meat, for example, one of the stomping standouts from ::
:: the compilation, is a band about which precious little is ::
:: known even by the owner of the label and producer of the ::
:: band's original 1969 single, Richard Paul Thomas - two of ::
:: its tracks reissued as a 7" teaser single for the ::
:: compilation on July 14th, 2015 via RidingEasy Records. The ::
:: trio was from north of Milwaukee, WI, but not much more ::
:: information remains available. "They were one of the ::
:: tightest trios around at the time and had a fairly large ::
:: repertoire of their own material," the label owner says. ::
:: "The only thing that sticks in my mind was the band's ::
:: bumper sticker "Raw Meat Is Good For You". Our offices were ::
:: on Lincoln Avenue just next door to the Federal Meat ::
:: inspectors offices." ::
:: ::
:: Brown Acid: The First Trip opens with the slithering ::
:: buzzsaw guitars and hard-rock howl of Zeke's "Box", a ::
:: monster that gives Blue Cheer a run for their leaden blues. ::
:: Snow sways into "Sunflower" with a touch of Steppenwolf's ::
:: swagger and wind-in-their-hair wildness. Elsewhere, Zebra ::
:: proves they were "Wasted" with a soul-inflected groove, ::
:: while Bob Goodsite leans in on his wah-wah and phaser ::
:: pedals, determined to out-Hendrix Jimi himself on "Faze 1" ::
:: Raw Meat's "Stand By Girl" serves up a fierce, stomping ::
:: riff intercut with Iron Butterfly style operatics. Bacchus ::
:: kicks out a hostile sounding boogie, demanding to "Carry My ::
:: Load". Josefus caps it all off nicely with a hooky power- ::
:: pop meets Bob Seger System meets Lollipop Shoppe anthem ::
:: with the undeniably catchy chorus, "hard luck keep ::
:: truckin!" ::
:: ::
:: It's a solid set of unknown hits you can't believe failed ::
:: to connect back in their heyday due to various unfortunate ::
:: circumstances. But now in 2015, Brown Acid: The First Trip ::
:: gives these long-lost gems their well deserved moment to ::
:: shine." ::
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