Arizona Garage / Folk / Rock / Psych / Acid HAMANA LP

$

400

From the world's number source of rare and unusual Arizona records and recently found in the back of the Ben Dover, Inc. swag trunk, in a brown laundry bag used occasionally by Dave "The Cosmic Water Buffalo" Oxman  comes this very nice Garage/Folk/Rock/Psych/Acid album by Bruce Hamana from 1974 0n Canyon Records #7111 Stereo.  Condition: vinyl VG++ with some light scuffs.  Plays just great as it was pressed by Sidney J. Wakefield on quality vinyl.   Some light surface noise audible on several of the bands between the tracks  Some spindle marks on the label.  Cover has some real moisture problems, with cardboard warps front and back.  No tears, splits, cuts, holes however.  Light wear on front and back. Back slick has pulled away from the cardboard in one area on back.  Reasonable reserve.  Here is what Acid Archives says about the music:

BRUCE HAMANA (AZ)

"Hamana" 1974 (Canyon c-7111)  [inner sleeve]  [3]

One of the more celebrated private LPs not yet (Spring 2004) reissued, it's easy to see the debut "Hamana"'s appeal but it also has a few problems. A couple of weak Nashville-style country numbers drag the middle third of the album down, and there's a few weaker moments on side 2 as well. Apart from these it is a very appealing and atmospheric rural rock/westcoast excursion, the usual Neil Young, CSNY and even Eagles influences on clear display. The band is good with an organic garage edge here and there, and Bruce Hamana adds a DIY feel when his soulful vocals fall out of synch with the backing; possibly the tunes were all written on acoustic guitar and the studio arrangements were done rather fast. The overall acoustic/electric mix is very tasty a la Relatively Clean Rivers, the songwriting is strong and full of hooks, and there's some snakey SF guitar excursions although it is essentially a song-oriented album. Too bad the playtime is pretty short, else this could have been transformed into a killer simply by removing two of the weaker tracks. In any event it is worth hearing for pretty much anyone into local early 70s melodic rock sounds. [PL]
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Flowing westcoast folkrock sound by a Hopi Indian, Bruce Hamana, who later became chief of his tribe. The Canyon LP is especially good with a garagy atmosphere. [RM]
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No album gets the feel of drunken reservation life down quite like this one. A few pure country songs are duds, but the rest of the album is good folk/rural/roots rock with hard-living, heartfelt vocals from Hamana. The rhythm section is a bit sloppy (and the bass is mixed too loud), which is either distracting or charming, depending on your point of view. The lyrics, which aim to proselytize, are a little awkward and obvious in some places, but since it’s authentic (the album was originally intended to be sold on reservations), it’s forgivable. Interestingly, he blames his “maker” for his personality faults. The first two songs are the strongest ones. Still no reissue. A much later (and much less enjoyable) second album by Hamana goes further in the country direction, almost to the point of parody. [AM]

See scan.  This is a 33 1/3 rpm 12" record.

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