HAMPTON GREASE BAND Music To Eat 2LP COLUMBIA 1971 US orig+foc+comp inner G30555
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HAMPTON GREASE BAND
Hampton Grease Band may have ultimately been a band easier to appreciate in concept
than to listen to in practice. They are also, for most listeners, a band that's much more fun
to read about than to hear. For a brief period, though, they were offering some of the wackiest
rock ever to be found on a major label. Clearly influenced by both Zappa and Beefheart,
but more grating and even less accessible to the rock underground, they took early-'70s
avant-rock aesthetics near to their extremes. This guaranteed an eternal cult reputation
for the group, but also ensured that their commercial success in their own time was virtually nil
"MUSIC TO EAT"
1971 2LP COLUMBIA RECORDS STEREO G 30555
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL PRESSING
GATEFOLD COVER + COMPANY INNER SLEEVES
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: COLUMBIA - RED/GOLD (Yellow) LABEL - BLACK TEXT (Gold/Yellow on rim)
Catalog on cover: (front, spine, inside left panel) G 30555
Catalog on labels: (DISC ONE) G 30555 (C 30581) AL 30581 / G 30555 (C 30581) BL 30581
(DISC TWO) G 30555 (C 30582) AL 30582 / G 30555 (C 30582) BL 30582
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): o P AL 30581-1A
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): o P BL 30581-1A
Matrix / Runout (Side C, Stamped): o P AL 30582-1B
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): o P BL 30582-1A
On labels: rim text reads <®"Columbia" Marcas Reg. Printed in U.S.A.>
On Inside Panels: All selections No Exit Music/Grease Music (BMI)
*Recorded at LeFevre Sound Studio, Atlanta and Apostolic studio, New York
**Recorded at Studio One, Atlanta, and Columbia Records Studios, New York
Produced by the Hampton Grease Band and Tom McNamee
Notes by James A. Tomlinson © The Marthasville Vacuum, October 1, 1970......
On back cover: Manufactured by Columbia Records/CBS, Inc./51 W. 52 Street, New york, N.Y./
®"Columbia", Marcas Reg. Printed in U.S.A.
tracklistingSide 1: HALIFAX
Side B: MARIA - SIX
Side C: EVANS a. Egyptian Beacer b. Evans - LAWTON
Side D: HEY OLD LADY AND BERT'S SONG
HENDON a. Spray Paint b. Major Bones c. Sewell Park d. Improvisation
grading
RECORDS NEAR EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Hampton Grease Band's only album, now reissued as a double CD, is a
one-of-a-kind item, drawing upon jazz, progressive/psychedelic guitar rock,
and a generally surrealist bent to back Bruce Hampton's idiot-savant ravings.
Comparisons with Zappa and Beefheart are really inevitable, though
Hampton Grease Band really weren't on the level of those two fellow weirdos.
They were definitely on their own wavelength, though, carving out a more
guitar-oriented sound that skirted even closer to the lunatic fringe...(AllMusic)
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