MONSTER RARITY Whalefeathers-Blue Horizon UK 2431-009 BLUES/Psych MINTY M-
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Jun 17, 2014 Sold Date
Jun 10, 2014 Start Date
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 UP FOR AUCTION IS: Artist:  Whalefeathers- self titled album on Blue Horizon UK issue  2431-009. Lp is in M-, Cover in NM

Title: Whalefeathers
Year: 1970
Format: LP
Label: Blue Horizon

It has taken me quite a few spins to really absorb this Ohio band’s sophomore and final release. Like with the Black Cat Bones lp, continuous, strong bluesy overtones tend to drain me, my mind wandering off more so than with something hard or progressive to keep me riveted and rockin’ the place.

I blame it on the unhurried methodical pace that envelopes three out of five blues-predisposed melodies, and as a result of that pace many of those pieces or ‘bassy plod over a slow emotional solo’ seem derivative of the last blue-based project I’ve heard. Either that or the blues influence they are playing with isn’t bursting with originality.

Apparently the quintet’s 1970 debut, Declare, is heavier rock and less blues with both having wisps of psych meandering through them, but until I track it down all we have to go on is the self-titled lp.

Mingling both musical worlds is the lp’s opener, a cover of Cream’s “World Of Pain” with a beefier, elongated start, keyboard-laden mid-section and a short drum solo thrown in for good measure. This is just in time for the other cover tune on the original album, a more feverish version of “I Don’t Need No Doctor” by Ray Charles, which had already been reworked by Chocolate Watch Band and would be later by New Riders of the Purple Sage, Humble Pie and a slew of other bands.

Fact of the matter is the few songs on this lp that are actually Whalefeathers’s own material sound like they could be refurbished tracks with longer instrumental nooks and additional ditties inserted here and there, especially the organ-ingrained “It’s a Hard Road (Back Home)” with its polite gospel-esque melody and chorus.

From there the more soft-spoken “Bastich”, this time I believe a cover song by the oddball band Saint Steven (see June 29, 2010 post), condones a ballad-like vocal approach that comes off rather one-dimensional and blah, then suddenly lights the way for more heartfelt sentiment as soon as the band finds the ignition switch.

“Oh, Pretty Woman” is perhaps the liveliest and shortest track of the bunch with a clandestinely combative rhythm and some dominant soloing, meanwhile a somewhat spacey/psyche organ intro leisurely welcomes the more progressive “Shadows” to the family where keyboards and solos spin an imaginative web within each other.

The bluesy aspect remains present, just not overwhelming me to sleep. As for the clean, unobscured vocals, only at the start of “Bastich” did I feel they failed to nail the sound, otherwise they merge with the music quite snugly. (blackcatbone RYM)

Track Listing

  1. World Of Pain
  2. I Don’t Need No Doctor
  3. It’s A Hard Road (Back Home)
  4. Bastich
  5. Pretty Woman
  6. Shadows
 
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