THE INDEX - Index - US LP - Voxx Garage Psych Punk Acid Rock

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THE INDEX

Index

US LP released on Voxx Records in 1984. Official reissue of Index's ultra-rare debut album from 1967 on DC Records.

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A haunting psychedelic oddity that's sort of a timewarp meeting place between the Byrds, Dick Dale, Hendrix, and the Velvet Underground. With their raw garage attack and over-the-top enthusiasm for feedback and wah-wah, the Index were very much of their time; with their brooding minimalism and savage, almost experimental electric guitar electronics, they sound oddly contemporary. Highlighted by the greatest cover of "Eight Miles High" ever attempted, and the closing instrumental bash of "Feedback," which is fierce psychedelic guitar distortion pushed to its white-noise limit.

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Formed at the University of Detroit in 1967, Index cut one of the most excruciatingly rare psychedelic albums of all time, pressed in an edition of a mere 100 copies.

A power trio with more or less equal links to the garage and psychedelic eras, Index enhanced their astral aspirations with an unholy amount of reverb drone. One reviewer likened their debut LP, pretty accurately, to sounding as if it had been recorded in a freight elevator. For a psychedelic act, Index's sound was uncommonly morose and minimalistic. They were prone to eerie, repetitious ragas, the reverb giving them a surfing-on-the-moon feel. Their originals were based around modal melodies and mournful, almost Nico-like vocals (although they were entirely male), and they wreaked slow-torture havoc with their drawn-out ragazations of "Eight Miles High," "John Riley," and "You Keep Me Hangin' On." Weirdest of all were their instrumentals, where melody took a distant second to cascading walls of reverb, wah-wah, and shrieking feedback that verged on the avant-garde.

Their 1968 debut was heard by very, very few people, and their follow-up (also 1968) was possibly heard by even fewer. Most of the copies of the Index LPs were given away to friends, and the group vanished after the '60s. It wasn't until the garage/psychedelic revival of the '80s that Index became known in collector circles, especially after the first album was reissued by Voxx in 1984.

Tracks Are :-

Side One

 Eight Miles High
Israeli Blues
John Riley
Turquoise Feline
Rainy, Starless Night

Side Two

 Fire Eyes
Shock Wave
You Keep Me Hanging On
Feedback

Released on 'Voxx Records' in 1984

Catalogue No. VXM 200.023

Disc is in EX++ condition

Sleeve is in EX condition (light wear)

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