DARIUS Darius LP BREEDER RECORDS 1969 EU unofficial 005-C2-565 RARE PSYCHEDELIC
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DARIUS
A mysterious figure of the late '60s who put out an interesting eponymous album on the names-can-be-deceptive Chartmaker label. With his funky, keyboard-based rock and full, soulful vocals, Darius sounded like a more eccentric and far moodier, doomier counterpart to Lee Michaels. The record was imaginatively arranged and produced, with flourishes of flamenco guitar, odd echo-tinkles, and some dynamic organ and bass hooks adding to its overall air of idiosyncrasy. It's little known, even among psychedelic collectors, and worthy of exhumation.
"DARIUS"
<reissue, originally published in 1969>
LP BREEDER RECORDS 005-C2-565
MADE IN EUROPE LATE-80s UNOFFICIAL REPRESSING
SINGLE COVER
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LABEL: BREEDER - ORANGE LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: 005-C2-565
Catalog on labels: RPR 005-2C-565
Matrix / Runout (Side A): 5 2C 565 A 1 S 1
Matrix / Runout (Side B): 5 2C 565 B 1 S 1
On labels: Rare Psychedelic Records
Stereo
On back cover: Produced by Pat Glasser and Butch Parker
Recorded at Harmony Studios
tracklisting
Side A: SHADES OF BLUE - DAWN - MIST VELLED GARDEN
I'M THE MAN - I FEEL THE NEED TO CARRY ON
Side B: DIRTY, FUNKY SITUATION - BLOW MY MIND
SWEET MAMA - ANCIENT PATHS - HEAR WHAT I SAY
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RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)
"I feel so bad," sings Darius with an air of resigned desperation near the end of the opening cut, "Shades of Blue," before closing the song with a truly memorable larynx-shredding scream. That sets the tone for this weird little mini-gem, a kind of downbeat psychedelic anomaly that nevertheless boasts some nifty melodic hooks and tight, exuberant playing. Darius delivers his trippy but anxious tunes with a powerful, fetching grit, bolstered by pungent organ and piano arrangements. There's a curious air of mystical disorientation on this obscurity, which deserves a wider hearing...(AllMusic)
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