FATHER YOD & The Spirit Of 76 Kohoutek original press

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You are bidding on a copy of an album by Father Yod, Ya Ho Wa 13, doing their album in tribute to the Kohoutek comet's visit in 1976.  The paper inner sleeve has a circle with 73 inside of it.  The dead wax on the a-side has 18574(1) and the b-side has 18571-X(1) scratched into it.  Original press not the reissue.  500 copies reported of this record were pressed and it was sold at Father Yod's health food store.  Sky Saxon doesn't appear on this album sadly.

Info on Father Yod:

Notes on Father Yod, Ya Ho Wa 13, and Higher Key Records:

Founded in 1969 in the Los Angeles area, Ya Ho Wa 13, otherwise known Yahowha 13.

Fronted by Father Yod, spiritual leader of the religious cult/commune, The Source Family, the band recorded 9 LPs and demonstrated their extreme psychedelic sound with tribal drums and distorted guitars, all completely unrehearsed and unedited.

Members of The Source Family, a communal religious group living in the Hollywood Hills in the early 1970s, decided to fuse their musical talents and spirituality by forming an improvisational, psychedelic music group. They began to make LPs in 1973, all of which were recorded after hours of meditation at 3-6 AM in a soundproofed garage that served as the musicians’ studio in the family's communal residence. All of the records with Father Yod’s participation were completely improvised, with no rehearsals or overdubs.

Most of the albums were small-press runs, with only 500 to 1000 copies made under the Higher Key Records imprint. They were sold to the general public in Father Yod’s wildly popular vegetarian Source Restaurant....Though only 9 LPs were produced and released, it is rumored that more than 65 albums were recorded by the group and have since been destroyed.

The band changed members occasionally, morphing into various incarnations from Father Yod & The Spirit of ’76 to YaHoWa 13 to The Savage Sons of YaHoWa, Yodship, and Fire Water Air, but the key players were always the same (Djin Aquarian on guitar, Octavious Aquarian on drums, and Sunflower Aquarian on bass). Sky Saxon of The Seeds occasionally appears with the band.

Vinyl Color: black

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