MAD RIVER Mad River LP EDSEL 1968 UK reissue+inner ED 140 LAWRENCE HAMMOND
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MAD RIVER
DAVID ROBINSON, RICK BOCHNER, LAWRENCE HAMMOND, THOMAS MANNING, GREGORY LEROY DEWEY
One of the oddest San Francisco Bay Area bands of the late '60s, Berkeley-based Mad River cut two albums
that are highly regarded by psychedelic collectors. After releasing a rare EP on a tiny local label in 1967,
the band signed with Capitol and released their self-titled debut the following year.
Perhaps the most ominous San Francisco band of the time, the group often sounded like an extremely dark version
of Quicksilver Messenger Service with a bit of Country Joe & the Fish's minor-key melodies thrown in.
Their material veered between drawn-out angst jams and frenetic numbers, spotlighting
David Robinson's shimmering, blistering guitar leads
and leader/songwriter Lawrence Hammond's mournful, quavering vocals
"MAD RIVER"<reissue, originally published in 1968>
LP EDSEL RECORDS ED 215
MADE IN ENGLAND 1985 REPRESSING
SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE
Barcode and Other IdentifiersBarcode: none
LABEL: EDSEL - LILAC LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: ED 140
Catalog on labels: ED 140 (ED 140-A) / ED 140 (ED 140-B)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): MPO ED 140 A3 timtom
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): MPO ED 140 B3 TX
On labels: rim text reads "All Rights Reserved............Manufactured in the UK"
Produced by Nick Venet
Copyright Control
? 1968 Original sound recordings made by Capitol Records Inc.
© Courtesy of EMI Records Ltd
On Back Sleeve: Produced in San Francisco by Nikolas Kostantinos Venetoulis
Recorded at Golden State Recorders
Issued under license from EMI Records Ltd.
This album dedicated to Richard Brautigan
Edsel Records A division of Demon Records Ltd., Brentford, Middlesex
Manufactured in England
tracklisting
Side A: MERCIFUL MONKS - HIGH ALL THE TIME
AMPHETAMINE GAZELLE - EASTERN LIGHT
Side B: WIND CHIMES - WAR GOES ON - HUSH JULIANgrading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
The dark side of the psychedelic experience, sounding like a soundtrack to a bad trip
with its bleak, enigmatic lyrics, swirling, somewhat dissonant arrangements, and relentlessly minor melodies.
The longer tracks meander at times, but the hell-bent jerking tempos
of "Merciful Monks" and "Amphetamine Gazelle, " as well as the chilling closing lullaby
"Hush Julian, " still pack a punch...(AllMusic)
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