CORPORATION Get On Our Swing 1967 fuzz psych LP SEALED

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WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS…

The Corporation "GET ON OUR SWING"

Original 1967 LP on the Age of Aquarius label, STEREO K-4150

Cover:  SEALED

Vinyl:  SEALED

Despite the name, they ain’t corporate rock.  Far from it, unless you consider fuzzed-out, coke-fueled teen garage punk from the bowels of Milwaukee to be the stuff of Coors Lite tours and Walmart sponsorships.  What a great world it would be if that were true, but it ain’t.  To be honest, I’ve never been sure why the Corporation’s big-label THIRD album (on Capitol) gets all the buzz – it’s pretty ponderous heavy sludge rock on Side 1, backed by an interminable cover of John Coltrane’s “India” on Side 2 that sounds more like early Can than free jazz, for better or worse.  I think it’s highly overrated…that is, until I offer my copy for sale, then it becomes a work of genius.  But deep down in my garage punk heart, it’s THIS album that’s the Corporation’s finest hour, 1967’s Get On Our Swing, released on the tiny little Age of Aquarius label without even so much as a single marketing tie-in with a beer label (and that’s odd, coming from Milwaukee). 

First of all, it’s got a MUCH better cover, the kind of drippy oozy psychedelic artwork that should’ve found its way to an Avalon Ballroom poster or something.  Secondly, it’s full of blistering, raw, lo-fi garage punkers and NO Coltrane covers, layered with ripping fuzz guitars and plenty of groovy omnipresent Manzarek organ.  Songs like “You Make Me Feel Good” have more in common with the Music Machine and the Seeds, or local bands like the MC5 and the Amboy Dukes, than the sludgy death rock sounds of their much-revered 1969 album.  And garage punk fans take note - there’s more fuzz on here than a high school cheerleaders’ locker room.  Not only does “Yes I Know” get a drenching of good old-fashioned fuzz guitar, but about half way through, something that sounds like a processed, distorted saxophone comes in, adding even more buzz to the fuzz.  Because you can never have enough fuzz.

Then there’s the title track – the song that gets closest to the trippy West Coast psych vibe of their organ-loving cousins the Doors – they even throw in a very Jim Morrison-esque Indian war chant break, ‘cuz, y’know, Jim fancied himself an Indian and stuff.  Here the Corporation bathe the entire song in a layer of liquidy wah wah that never once lets up, then they throw in so much quivery organ that “Get On Our Swing” seems to shimmer and pulsate with every note, like that psychedelic phoenix on the album sleeve.  Mix “Not to Touch the Earth” with “Indian Reservation,” add in a pinch of Electric Ladyland, and this, my friends,  is what you get when the blender stops running.  And did I mention that the Corporation’s drummer is on it throughout the album – adding in some complex fills and backbeats like some Great Lake version of Bill Bruford.  And that’s true of all these guys – they may sound like a garage band, but they can play with the best of ‘em.  In fact, the only drawback to Get On Our Swing is its running time – 7 songs, total time:  21 minutes 42 seconds.  Hmmm, maybe Walmart is involved in this after all.

Still, Get On Our Swing rips through those 21-odd minutes like a fuzz-soaked feral beast, and for that, you gotta admire its efficiency.  And when you think their ponderous Coltrane cover on Album #3 lasted nearly as long as this entire album, I’m all for downsizing.  Fast and feral.  It’s what made Milwaukee famous.

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