RARE Sought LP HACKAMORE BRICK = ONE KISS LEADS TO ANOTHER

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One Kiss Leads To Another 

Hackamore Brick     

USA - (PINK) - KAMA SUTRA - KSBS - 2025

Radio Station COPY!     RARE...in demand .... ORIGINAL 1970 first printing on the PINK Kama Sutra label ...

includes the original printed Kama Sutra inner sleeve

Hackamore Brick's One Kiss Leads to Another defines the term Cult Classic and is championed by everybody from Ugly Things rave-up mag to the mighty WFMU crew What makes a record a true cult classic? Released to a modicum of critical acclaim but zero commercial success. Artists behind the release have to disappear immediately into obscurity. And over the course of decades, a dedicated core of record collectors, critics and true believers must spread the word about the album in question. Well, by those standards, New York band Hackamore Brick's 1970 LP One Kiss Leads to Another is the cult classic to end all cult classics (the only recent contenders might be Rodriguez's albums Cold Fact and Coming from Reality).??Brooklyn-born were one of the great "should have beens" in 1970s rock 'n' roll, the foursome's decade-opening album One Kiss Leads To Another earning the Brick cult band status, the vinyl LP becoming a high-priced collectors' item that only grew in status as the years passed. The band's curious mix of minimalist pop-rock songcraft and overt Velvet Underground influences – the band members were reportedly all Velvet Underground fan club members. These guys had a great style and were pioneers of the power-pop sounds - doing it before other bands (Big Star, etc.) ?Comprised of singer/keyboardist Chick Newman, guitarist/singer Tommy Moonlight, bassist Bob Roman, and drummer Robbie Biegel, Hackamore Brick was the proverbial mystery band. Although One Kiss Leads To Another generally earned the band critical kudos, not much else seems to have been written about Hackamore Brick in the music press. When they disbanded a little more than a year after their debut album's release, the band disappeared into the rock 'n' roll memory hole along with fellow obscurities Blue Ash, awaiting re-discovery at a later date. The band's story isn't really remarkable by rock 'n' roll standards. Newman and Moonlight formed the core of the band, with Biegel and Roman coming on board later. ??After gigging around the NYC area for the better part of a year, opening for front level bands, and then playing solo shows at such dubious locales as the city's Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital, the band came to the attention of Kama Sutra Records. The label was attempting to branch out beyond its pop music roots, signing rockers such as the "Flamin' Groovies" and "Dust", so Hackamore Brick fit right into the label's plans. One Kiss Leads To Another was recorded in just one week with former rock critic Richard Robinson producing, the album subsequently released into the world with little or nothing in the way of promotion…not unlike those great early '70s 'Flamin' Groovies' and 'Dust' records, when you think about it. ??The album kicks off with Chick Newman's laid-back ballad "Reachin'," the song's mellow vocals and elegant arrangement sounding like an outtake from Lou Reed's self-titled 1972 solo debut, and belying a similar dark lyrical hue resting uneasily beneath the surface. The song's introspective vibe and minimalist instrumentation echoes that which would come later from other cult bands 10 to 15 years later.??Moonlight's "Oh! Those Sweet Bananas" may sport an oddball title and slightly-skewed lyrics but the song furthers the band's Velvet Underground connection with Newman's flat, Lou Reedish vocal intonation, an infectious melody, and Moonlight's raw, undisciplined, and minimal fretwork. By contrast, the guitarist's "Radio," which was released as the album's single, is an early 1960s-styled gentle rocker with a great chorus and a melodic hook, but a definite mid-1970s vibe with awkward lyrics and Moonlight's breathless vocals. ??"I Watched You Rhumba" is similar in style to "Radio," albeit more upbeat and mixing a pop-rock rhythm with energetic keyboard play and spry guitar licks driving the fast-paced vocals. Newman's mid-tempo "I Won't Be Around" is an interesting construct, the arrangement driven by the singer's vocals and top-of-the-mix piano with an underlying keyboard riff and a few crashing cymbals and cascading drumbeats. "And I Wonder" is even more pastoral, the vocals literally hidden beneath the lush instrumentation and calliope keyboard washes with work at a counterpoint with each other. One keyboard track sounds like Ray Manzarek of the Doors, mysterious and atmospheric, while the other evokes the psych-pop of bands like the "Millennium." The song builds to an interesting instrumental crescendo with a definite Middle Eastern vibe that simply sings "psychedelic." ??The Newman/Moonlight composition "Zip Gun Woman" is an up-tempo rocker that could have provided an interesting musical direction for the band had it forged a second album. Riding a strident keyboard riff that flowers into a proggish jam, Moonlight's rapidfire vocals dance effortlessly along the edge with dangerous appeal.

Reachin’ ?Oh! Those Sweet Bananas ?I Watched You Rhumba ?Radio ?Peace Has Come ?Got A Gal Named Wilma ?I Won’t Be Around ?And I Wonder ?Someone You Know ?Zip Gun Woman

CONDITION: The vinyl: all clean and clear - a TOP M- over both sides, with NO distracting surface problems ... both PINK Kama Sutra labels are clean. The cover: The seams are not in very good shape, split on top and also starting on bottom and side. WNCE radio promo across the bottom and masking tape label as shown. Original inner sleeve in good shape.

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