WIZARD The Original Wizard - Orig Private US LP Promo Psych Hard Rock Acid Fuzz

	£		173
	$		229

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WIZARD

The Original Wizard

Original Private US LP released on Peon Records in 1971. 'D.J. SAMPLE' is stamped on rear of cover.

Musically, The Original Wizard is hard-driving, power-trio rock informed by bits of both the blues and psychedelia. By the early '70s, that field had morphed into harder rock. On their only album, Wizard could not escape those stylistic tendencies entirely because they had been informed by them, but their sound was considerably more imaginative and interesting than much hard rock from the period, including many of the similar bands who earned far more commercial popularity than they did.

Their music is loud, aggressive, and marinated in the sort of ominous, mystical chord changes that make it seem "important," even when a composition is not so. Although nearly every song contains a slight blemish of the grandiose, the bits of inspiration and moments of sonic excitement that pop up outnumber the missteps.

The songwriting is uneven, but when Wizard is on -- variously recalling the Doors, Steppenwolf, Jimi Hendrix, and fellow acid-rock obscurities Stack, in a positive sense -- they're much more imaginative than most of their peers. The highlights are certainly present. Wizard's single, "Got Love," had a joyous, almost country-gospel sensibility along the lines of Delaney & Bonnie, and there are even more country inflections on "Ride" and the understated boogie "Goin' Away." "Come and See the Bride" opens with a fabulous organ-dirge-to-pop-song explosion, while "Séance" is legitimately mystical.

When the guitar playing is reigned in -- as it is on the mumbling wah-wah of "Got to See My Way" and in the echoing lines on "Evergreen" -- it is phenomenal.

Tracks Are :-

Side One

 Freedom
Come And See The Bride
What Do You Know About Mary
Opus Ate
Goin' Away

Side Two

Killing Time
Got To See My Way
Ride
Seance
Talkin' To God
Evergreen

Released on 'Peon Records' in 1971

Catalogue No. P-1069ST

Disc is in EX condition (some light surface marks)

Sleeve is in VG+ condition (light wear)

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