Electric Funeral - Wild Performance 1970

Notes taken from the CD (2019 release) Electric Funeral were a pioneering Swiss hard rock band who sadly never registered any studio recordings at the time. Formed in the late 60's by Edi Hurt (drums), Pierrot Wemeille (bass), Alan Christinaz (guitar), and Dominique Bourguin (vocals). They were influenced by Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, and Led Zeppelin. Famous for their loud (they played behind giant Marshall stacks) and powerful shows, their sound was too heavy-sounding for a regular label to offer them a contract. 

'The Wild Performance" is made of private live & rehearsal tapes recorded in 1970, very raw and low-fi, but it's the only testimony of their brutal sound. First released in 1991 as a very limited (200, numbered, and now very sought after) LP, here's an expanded edition with newly remastered sound and four killer bonus tracks taken from the reels and tapes recently found in the bands archives. These tracks were also recorded in 1970 except for 'My Destiny (1973). Sound is still low-fi but slightly better than the original "Wild Performance" tracks, especially on the killer "You Can Help" (proto-punk a la Electric Eels), "My Destiney, and the alternate version of "To Be One."

"Electric Funeral should be mentioned right up there with their other country companions such as: Toad, Haze, After Shave and Pacific Electric."

--Klemin Breznikar "It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine"

This one is a real curiosity. Best I could find is that it's from Switzerland, and was recorded in 1970. It wasn't released until 1990 in a limited run of 200 copies on Vandisk (VAN-824).
It's heavy as hell and I just wish it was a little bit better sound quality, but I still like the grittiness of it! Pretty good hard psych/prog/proto metal that kind of reminds me of Edgar Broughton in parts. Turn it up!

2019 Edition