JAKE HOLMES ABOVE GROUND SOUND ORIG '67 TOWER RECORDS FOLK/PSYCH LP LED ZEPPELIN
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JAKE HOLMES~ABOVE GROUND SOUND~ORIG '67 TOWER RECORDS FOLK/PSYCH LP~LED ZEPPELIN
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ANOTHER LP FROM THE AMAZING COLLECTION OF 10,000+ LPs THAT WE ARE OVERJOYED TO HAVE PURCHASED!
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE ALBUMS IN THIS COLLECTION HAD BEEN HORDED OVER A PERIOD OF 30 YEARS STARTING IN THE MID-1980s AND CONTINUING UP THROUGH 2014!
TO SAY THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER WAS OBSESSED WITH COLLECTING WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
Jake Holmes ?? The Above Ground Sound Of Jake Holmes
Tower ?? T 5079
EXTREMELY RARE LP FROM THE MAN WHO WROTE "DAZED AND CONFUSED", LED ZEPPELIN'S SIGNATURE TRACK FROM THEIR DEBUT LP!!
COVER IS OPEN BUT STILL IN ITS SHRINKWRAP!
THERE IS A SMALL DRILL-HOLE IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER.
VINYL IS NEAR MINT!!
MONO PRESSING!!
Jake Holmes' first album will always be primarily known for the inclusion of the original version of "Dazed and Confused," the same song that, with substantial alteration to its arrangement, would become one of Led Zeppelin's major showpieces. Holmes' original is quite different and worthy in its own right: a stark, spooky folk-rock track with stinging reverbed lead guitar, Holmes' own pained vocals, and furiously strummed rhythm guitar that winds itself into an anguished climax. Unfortunately, it's by far the best song on the LP, though the tense rapid rhythm guitar and disembodied acid folk mood (by a drumless lead guitar/rhythm guitar/bass trio) are constant throughout the disc. Ted Irwin's spiky, jazz acid folk lead guitar lines are like a garage-ish version of those by frequent Tim Buckley accompanist Lee Underwood. Holmes' thin voice was recorded in a way that makes it sound curiously muffled and disembodied, which both adds to the weirdness of the weirder parts and detracts from the record's overall power. His songwriting, too, is erratic, sometimes reaching a reasonably effective level of haunting loneliness, at others descending into bathos (particularly on the closer, "Signs of Age").
Tracklist
Lonely 2:33
Did You Know 2:48
She Belongs To Me 2:10
Too Long 2:42
Genuine Imitation Life 3:55
Dazed And Confused 3:46
Penny's 2:34
Hard To Keep My Mind On You 1:58
Wish I Was Anywhere Else 2:45
Signs Of Age 4:00
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