JOSEFUS dead man '69 RAW HARD PSYCH ROCK MONSTER RIPPING FUZZ JAMS HEAVY PROG LP
£
17
$
23
£ 17
Sold For
Jun 15, 2014
Sold Date
Jun 5, 2014
Start Date
1
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Netherlands
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Description
LONG GONE and now hard to find repressing (TEX 1001) of a great, legendary, heavy-weight FUZZ~PSYCH~HARDROCK MONSTER Lp recorded in 1969 as JOSEFUS and their lethal DEAD MAN album ...(first pressings sell easily for up to $1000 and over...). The "DEAD MAN" Lp by Josefus remains one of the most sought hard garage fuzz jammers of the sixties...
Record and cover are in EX+ condition.
Having played together in the Houston, Texas-based United Gas, in the wake of the band's collapse, singer Pete Bailey and guitarist Dave Mitchell decided to continue their musical collaboration. Adding drummer Doug Tull and bassist Ray Turner the the line up, the band initially attracted the attention of producer Jim Musil. Musil trucked the band to Arizona where he financed a series of demos under the name Come. Unable to interest a major label in the results (Frank Zappa's Straight label was reportedly briefly interested), the tapes were shelved; the band returning to Houston.
As Josefus, the quartet began playing Houston's local club scene. Unable to attract the attention of a label, the decided to record and release an album on their own Hookah label (the label symbol was a Turkish water pipe). Reportedly recorded in a single eight hour period, with a second day to mix, 1970's self-produced "Dead Man" proved surprisingly accomplished. With the exception of a manic cover of The Stones "Gimmie Shelter", the collection featured all original, group-penned material. Propelled by Bailey's outrageous manic vocals and Mitchell's raw fuzzed-up guitar, the set found the quartet blasting their way through a mix of bluesy ("I Need a Woman") and hard rock ("Crazy Man"). Highlights included their wild cover of The Stones' "Gimmie Shelter" and the 17 minute psychedelic meltdown title track ("Dead Man"). Pete Bailey's high tortured vocals owed much to the Robert Plant school, and the songs are built around crunching riffs. Highlights include the forever greatness of "CRAZY MAN" "Proposition" "Situation" ...though, the album on the whole has no weak tracks and is considered a monster of the genre ...as a result it is widely sought after by collectors...
Tracklisting:
- Crazy Man - I Need A Woman
- Gimme Shelter
- Country Boy
- Proposition
- Situation
- Dead Man
NOTE! Postage indicated in the auction is not the actual postage as ebay doesn't allow a higher postage then 7 GBP in this category. Postage for this item is 8 GBP to most countries within Europe and 16 GBP for the rest of the world. This is up to 2kg, so you can add up to 6 more LP's for the same postage. Postage for 7 LP´s is the same as for 1 LP, so buy more to save on postage!
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POSTAGE COSTS FOR THE BUYER:
Postage for 1 LP is the same as for 7 LP's (<2kg), so please order more LP's to save on shipping!
1-7 LP's by priority mail:
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