LEIGH STEPHENS- RED WEATHER RARE '69 HARD HEAVY ACID PSYCH W.L. PROMO BLUE CHEER
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LEIGH STEPHENS- RED WEATHER
USA Philips PHS-600-294
Very RARE as a pre-release WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL from 1969!
Cover is VG+. WHITE LABEL PROMO disc is a beautiful M-!
----> vastly underated 1969 FIRST PRESSING of a great psych album and getting extemely hard to find... especially as an advanced release preview copy from 1969
After leaving Blue Cheer in 1969 immediately made his solo debut tited "Red Weather" Guitarist Leigh Stephens, whose pulverizing roar was an essential element of the band’s original sound had saved up some killer tracks for this album. In contrast to his former band’s stripped-down metallic blast, Stephens spread his musical wings to explore new musical territory. Although Stephens’ trademark guitar sound is still prominent, it’s featured in a more eclectic context that encompasses elements of avant-psychedelia and electric blues. Red Weather was the first solo project from the lead guitarist of Blue Cheer (1st Album.) Originally released on the Phillips/Mercury label in 1969, the album immediately became a favorite on the underground music scene and established Stevens as a solo act. Recorded in the UK with sessions musicians Red Weather is very much in step with some of the final work Stephens did with Blue Cheer, heavy, but without the fuzz and distortion they were known for, instead it’s more pensive and at times even psychedelically pastoral. This isn’t to say this set does not rock, oh brother does it ever, but it’s a very eccentric production. Stephens’ vocals throughout the record are largely buried beneath the music, obscuring lyrical meaning, but giving a greater somewhat hazy feeling to the overall sound. It’s that sound, layers of guitars, heavy drums, strong bass, crisp piano, that keeps drawing the listener back to this record again and again. Even though there aren’t any “feedback” breaks on here, the moments in between verses on tracks like “Another Dose of Life,” “Joannie Mann,” “Red Weather,” “I Grow Higher,” or the instrumental “Drifting” just sound like ripe for adventurous music collectors with a well structured psychedelic sound like Quicksilver Messenger Service of '68. Recorded in England at the Trident Studios with the help of Nicky Hopkins on keyboards, drummer Mick Waller from the Jeff Beck Group, and Kevin Westlake from Blossom Toes, the album was hailed as a masterpiece by many rock fans.
CONDITION: COVER: EX(in the shrink) VINYL: VG++/EX
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