JOSEFUS Josefus LP MAINSTREAM 1970 US Promo+orig MOVING SIDEWALKS-AMERICAN BLUES
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JOSEFUS
DOUG TULL, PETE BAILEY, RAY TURNER, DAVE MITCHELL
Josefus was one of the first American bands to bridge late-'60s hard rock with early-'70s heavy metal.
Their two albums, both released in 1970, were extremely influenced by early Led Zeppelin,
and to a lesser degree other heavy British and American rock groups from the end of the '60s.
Blues-rock formed much of the base; Pete Bailey's high tortured vocals owed much
to the Robert Plant school, and the songs were built around crunching riffs.
If Josefus was a pioneer, it was in the sense that the band was one of the first models
for the blunt sound of Texas hard rock and heavy metal,
to be expounded upon with much greater success by the likes of ZZ Top
"JOSEFUS"
1970 LP MAINSTREAM RECORDS S/6127 STEREO
PRINTED IN USA ORIGINAL + PROMOTIONAL COPY
White Labels Promo
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
LABEL: MAINSTREAM - WHITE PROMO LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: S/6127
Catalog on labels: S 6127 (KY 646 / KY 647)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): KY 646A -1CP
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): KY-647B -1CP
On labels: A Product of Mainstream Records Inc.
Promotional Not For Sale
On back cover: All Selections Written by Bailey, Mitchell, Tull and Turner
All Selections Published by Brent Music Corp. BMI
Produced by Bob Shad
Mainstream Records 1700 Broadway N.Y.C. 10019
Printed in U.S.A.
from my records collection
tracklisting
Side A: BALD PEACH - B.S. CREEK - AMERICA
I'M GETTIN' ON - SEFUS BLUES
Side B: JIMMY, JIMMY - FEELIN' GOOD
CONDITION - I SAW A KILLIN' - SUCH IS LIFE
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RECORD EX, NEAR MINT (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) (please, see pictures and read above description)
Josefus' second album was actually an improvement over the band's first (Dead Man),
by virtue of its more versatile songwriting, slightly better riffs, and occasional drifts
beyond sub-Led Zeppelin-style early metal.
Less blues-based than Dead Man as well, it contains some of their better songs in "America,"
which shows the influence of lighter California-styled psychedelia, the odd "Jimmy, Jimmy,"
apparently about a friend unfairly institutionalized for freaking out
(inspired by fellow Texan Roky Erickson by any chance?),
and, most surprisingly, the gentle country-rock of "Such Is Life." ...(All Music)
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