THE HEAD SHOP legendary psychedelic EPIC LP (ORIGINAL)
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THE HEAD SHOP
1969 psychedelic rarity!
Along with many other one-off major label psych albums such as Gandalf (Capitol Records) and Savage Resurrection (Mercury Records), the sole album by the Head Shop has become a major collector’s item in recent years. As with Gandalf and Savage Resurrection, the attention given to the Head Shop’s album is fully justified by the excellent psychedelic rock music contained therein.
The album’s opening cut, "Head Shop", begins with heavily distorted guitar and an insane scream. This is an appropriate introduction to a heavy, heady barrage of psychedelia. The group’s style is heavy rock, but it is driven by mind-melting fuzztone guitar rather than the more smoothly distorted guitar sound generally featured in heavy rock of the era (see Blue Cheer and Frijid Pink).
Thus, the Head Shop have created a demented fusion of ’69 era heavy psych and ’66 era garage punk. This makes for some very interesting original songs and cover tunes. The group’s version of "Sunny" is, appropriately enough, totally dark and creepy, driven by funeral-style organ work. Likewise, if you thought the Beatles original version of "Revolution" was heavy, wait till you hear the over-the-top fuzztone version by the Head Shop. The originals are perhaps even more interesting, including the aforementioned "Head Shop", "Heaven Here We Come", and the killer "Infinity". Another of their songs, "Opera in the Year 4000" is a bizarre medley of an uncharacteristically "straight" original tune "Where Have All the People Gone" melded with another Beatles song, "Yesterday." All in all, this is a most excellent and unusual album of heavy psychedelic rock. [Fufkin.com]
LISTEN TO PART OF THIS RECORD HERE!
This is THE ORIGINAL 1969 EPIC RELEASE of this psychedelic rarity. Not a bootleg, not a reissue. No doubt about it!
TRACK LISTING:
- Heaven Here We Come
- Sunny
- Listen With A Third Ear
- Opera In The Year 4000
- Revolution
- I Feel Love Comin’ On
- Prophecy
- Infinity
CONDITION: VG++ a very nice original with only minor signs of prior use. NO SPLIT SEAMS on jacket. Actual postage on this item is 5.00 PRIORITY (1 lb. 6 oz) within the US. A media mail rate of 2.50 is also available if you want. No handling charges ever!
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