HUMAN INSTINCT Burning Up Years LP/1969 New Zealand/Psych/Hard Rock/Jesse Harper

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HUMAN INSTINCT 'Burning Up Years' LP (UK, Sunbeam, Catalogue #SBRLP5081) Brand new/unplayed copy of superior Sunbeam label LP edition of rare and always in-demand 1969 album by what is regarded to be New Zealand's most famous psychedelic/hard rock band of the late '60s/early '70s era. Gatefold cover and high-quality 180-gram vinyl pressing.

(NOTE: LIMITED VINYL EDITION!)

'Having spent 18 months playing the British circuit alongside The Jeff Beck Group, The Moody Blues, The Nice and many others, the original Human Instinct folded in the spring of 1968. Undeterred, leader Maurice Greer returned to New Zealand and recruited guitar legend Billy Te Kahika to form a new, harder-hitting version of the band. Afther honing their incendiary act in the country's leading clubs, they recorded this blistering, bluesy set in late 1969. Presented here complete with rare photographs and detailed notes from Greer himself in a  double-sided insert, it's truly essential for fans of hard psychedelic rock.'

'In 1968 they returned to New Zealand where they recorded five excellent and very rare albums of guitar-based hard-rock. Back home they underwent various line-up changes. Most significantly, at Maurice Greer's brother Frank's suggestion (he was the band's manager) Billy Te Kahika was recruited to the line-up on guitar. His searing guitar work gave them a new dimension and, by late 1969, they had secured a residency at Auckland's Bo Peep Club.

Their first New Zealand based album Burning Up Years included four compositions by the now legendary guitarist/songwriter Jesse Harper: Blues News, Fall Down, I Think I'll Go Back Home and Ashes And Matches, which owe much to blues/R'n'B roots. There's an unusual cover of Ray Davies' You Really Got Me, with Greer singing in between the bars. Greer's own composition Maiden Voyage blends various tempo changes with choppy guitar and Hendrix-style guitar histrionics. The closing title cut is lengthy, haunting in places but with lots of frenetic guitar work towards the end.

Stoned Guitar is a definite progression on their earlier effort. The title cut, a band instrumental composition, commences with a screeching and stunning sound effects opening. What follows is very Hendrixy instrumentation. The opening cut Black Sally is a guitar driven Dennis Wilson composition. There are two Jesse Harper compositions, Jug-A-Jug Song and Midnight Sun, with lots more guitar-driven instrumentation. There's an acoustic cover of John Kongo's Tomorrow and the album concludes with the 10-minute long rendition of Rory Gallaghers' Railway And Gun, recorded live at the Bo Peep Club.

Their Pins In It album is dominated by a number of catchy guitar-driven songs like Rainbow World, Stand Up, Duchess Of Montrose, Hazy Days and The Washing Song, whilst The Nile Song is a cover of '69 era Pink Floyd.' - Vernon Joynson/Dreams, Fantasies And Nightmares

- Sunbeam Records reissues an album from classic New Zealand hard rock/psych act Human Instinct, originally released in 1969.
- Includes detailed notes by leader Maurice Greer and a double-sided insert containing liner notes.
- Pressed on 180 gram vinyl.
- Features legendary guitarist Billy TK.
- "One of New Zealand's most popular hard rock/psychedelic bands of the late 1960s and early '70s." --All Music Guide

High-quality 180-gram vinyl pressing.

Tracks on this LP are as follows:

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