HELL PREACHERS Supreme Psychedelic Underground 1969 FREAKBEAT MOD PSYCH LP HEAR

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HELL PREACHERS INC. "SUPREME PSYCHEDELIC UNDERGROUND" LP

ORIGINAL 1969 LP ON THE GERMAN EUROPA LABEL, STEREO E 356

COVER IN EXCELLENT SHAPE, SUPER CRISP AND CLEAN

VINYL PLAYS EXCELLENT TO NEAR MINT

Bluesy psychedelic freakbeat a go go madness here from Germany, bathed in a psychotic haze of Teutonic acid, this is a logical step between the Beatles-inspired popsike of the Lords and Petards and the tribal cult madness of Amon Duul and the upcoming krautrock scene.  Long rumored to be Deep Purple in disguise, it's now assumed these are more likely the same guys from German bands Asterix and Lucifer's Friend, caught digging through their British psych record collection one last time before diving whole hog into the heavier Sabbath scene.  All bases are covered here - there's a trippy sfx-laden Pink Floyd/Syd Barrett rip called "Shalom," a faux classical organ rave-up called "Courante" that would've fit nicely in the Nice's repertoire, a trippy Indian hookah pipe chant called "Nirwana," and a shakin' mod freakbeat Diddley mover called "Turn Turn" that Pete Townshend could've pressed charges against for being a near-perfect "Magic Bus" clone.  The Hell Preachers may not get the respect they're fully due because a) they're German, b) the Europa label was something like the German equivalent of Alshire or Crown, and c) they're not nearly as Satanic as their name (and cover) would suggest.  But as an acid-dripped last foray of Teutonic psych-o-delic tab-licking excess, it doesn't get any better (and more fun) than this.

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