Highway LP MN private folk psych GREAT CONDITION
$
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This auction is for an incredibly rare Original 1975 copy of the LP from the band HIGHWAY from Minnesota.The jacket is in great condition wih the exception being the upper right corner looks like it was slightly bent. The vinyl is in great condition, it must have only been played a few times it had some dust on it when i bought it but I have cleaned it since and it sounds great. It is on orange labels. Here's what acid archives has to say:One of the better finds of the 1990s to my ears, guitar-driven rural rock/west coast trio similar to the harder sides of Homer or the melodic sides of Morly Grey. Opens with two killer tracks and a good 2/3 of the LP is excellent, some instrumental passages veer too much towards jazzrock for me though. The LP was recorded in Iowa and remained unknown among psych fans until the 1990s.
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Unusual power trio album that's one of the best of its kind. It's hard but not heavy; there's not a single distorted guitar to be heard. What you get instead are intricate, complex riffs and hooks a-plenty in which speed and agility take precedence over pure noise. The drums and bass compensate by being loud and frantic. At times it appears that they're overreaching their grasp, but the feeling of them teetering over the edge of a cliff is actually kind of exhilarating. The two instrumentals are especially hot. The production, on the other hand, is thin and trebly. It's arguable that a more professional job could have given them a richer and less chaotic sound, but it's equally likely that the individual performances would have had less impact. As it is, the rumbling drums on "Just To Be With You," for example, sound something like a landslide. That's mostly a good thing. As usual with this kind of band, lyrics are not their strong point, but the vocals are quite agreeable, not macho or obnoxious at all. It simply appears that these guys were doing their own thing without caring whether they fit into any genre or if they appealed to the kids. Great album. The folks who reissued the album pressed more LPs than covers, so occasionally it turns up in a plain white cover or with just a non-pasted-on front cover
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