MINT SHRINK HUNGER STRICTLY FROM '69 HARD PSYCH DOORS AIRPLANE UK PSYCHO

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              DYNAMIC 1969 HARD PSYCH  LEGENDS!

                      Strictly From...          

                       HUNGER!

                       UK - PSYCHO RECORDS - 14

final collection copy

Only time this title was released in England was but for this limited edition from 34 years back, now quite hard to find and sound for sound, the next best thing to the, what is it, $1500. valued first press? Anyway, it's a beauty, dramatic full sound on display:

STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY CELLOPHANE (for USA import market purposes, as Lp's in England are not manufactured with cellophane)

Very hard to find U.K. collectible ... the incredible West Coast heavy psych-rock album HUNGER! was originally released in 1969 on the local West Coast "Public Records" label ... the first pressing is one of the most sought after psych artifacts, selling for somewhere in the $1500 range although it keeps going up, not down. The reason being is the album is a thoroughly entertaining full tilt thriller with wall-to-wall infectious (to the max) self penned gems...

Hunger! was originally from Portland, OR, but moved to Los Angeles in the late '60s and began to attract some attention by being an opening act for such top bands as The Doors and The Strawberry Alarm Clock. In 1968 the band released its only album, "Strictly From Hunger!", which became top sought by psychedelic collectors and established the band firmly in the California psychedelic hard rock scene. The album that was originally released for the Public label in 1969, was the second incarnation of the same album that originally featured the guitar work of Ed King, who would later play with the Strawberry Alarm Clock and Lynyard Skynyrd. The material on the album was heavy psychedelic rock, with influences from the Doors and Jefferson Airplane. While the music of Hunger contained a more ominous overtone than most psychedelic music of the era, it did reflect a particular period in the history of the L.A. music scene and contained some strong songwriting.

The group featured long organ driven instrumental breaks with piercing guitar & weaving organ lines between some strong songwriting in a majority of their songs. Songs like "Workshop," which delves into your thought processes and dreams, which are very introspective and thought provoking, and great musically. "She Let Him Continue" is a psych-rock gem from the vaults. With all of the sound effects (which were fairly new at the time) and the strong vocal inflections from the pipes of Bill Daffern (drums), the song still sounds as hauntingly fresh today as the day it was laid down in the studio. Mike Parkinson normally handled all the vocals. John Morton (lead guitar), Steve Hansen (rhythm guitar), Tom Tanory (bass) were the core of the group that supported the great songwriting and vocals. "Portland" has a stunning instrumental passage.The potential for moving more into fusion was evident in their music right from the start. You can hear elements of just about every genre (jazz, blues, pop, rhythm & blues all mixed in the hard-psych whirl), although you must listen very carefully to hear it all. Every song serves as an excellent example of the cross pollination of genres. They were so much more than the psych-rock band which makes "Strictly From Hunger" generally perceived as one of the best US psych LPs ever released!

Someone really "dropped the ball" on this group - they should have been major stars....

CONDITION: The cover: the fragile UK cover is ALL clean, MINT  in factory cellophane ...having absolutely no problems to be concerned with ... no bends, no writing and no split seams ... 34 years of age and a completely long long gone pressing...

The vinyl: all shiny over both sides, MINT and plays really nice ... clean UK "Psycho" labels too... 

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record