American Blues LP KARMA 1001 American Blues Is Here 1968 Psych Rock Pre ZZ Top
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American Blues LP KARMA 1001 "American Blues Is Here" 1968 Psych Rock Pre ZZ Top
Cover is VG+ (above average) with light even cover wear. No seam splits. No creased corners or stickers. No writing
Record is VG (average) on one side with slight very light wear. The other side is VG- (below average) with light scattered wear. Excellent gloss and shine.
A1 If I Were A Carpenter A2 All I Saw Was You A3 She'll Be Mine A4 Fugue For Lady Cheriff B1 It's Gone B2 Keep My Heart In A Rage B3 Mercury Blues B4 Melted Like Snow B5 Mellow
Original release.
Jacket is "direct to board printed". Jacket interior is white.
"REPRO Album Covers" in the top right corner of the jacket rear is a logo of Reproduction Printing Dallas.
This band is 2/3 of ZZ top. No Billy Gibbons.
"If I Were a Carpenter" starts out relatively sane but by the middle it's gone batshit.
"Mercury Blues" sounds like something right out of Safe As Milk and elsewhere the duality of hard and soft recalls little-known 70s UK rockers Elias Hulk. A diverse but consistently rewarding album... indeed most of the best psych albums are the unknown ones!
This first album by American Blues is a pretty strong mix of psychedelic rock and blues rock. Some of these songs are really good like for example "If I Were a Carpenter", "All I Saw Was You" and "Fugue for Lady Cheriff". The A-side is the stronger side here but the B-side includes nice material as well. The album closer "Mellow" is easily the weakest moment here but fortunately the rest of the songs are entertaining. I'd say that in my opinion this is a very balanced and enjoyable record apart from the weak closing track.
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