Thursday, February 11, 2016

Head Over Heels - s/t 1971

Formed in 1970, and disbanded in 1971, from the "land of the power trio's" Michigan, U.S.A., was alive only for a brief moment. At which time they left this, their sole self titled album. A God-Damned shame if you ask me, as this was a quality outfit. Keeping in the Michigan "Power Trio" tradition of screaming guitars, and early heavy metal type vocals. A lot of energy and talent in this one. Originally released in 1971, this album claimed almost instant cult status and sits in well with bands, Damnation, Power of Zeus, and Grand Funk, and sits in well with a host of other high energy American Rock 'n Roll bands.











Sandoz - "Pay Attention" 1971

From: Fantasy Blog (Highly recommended): "The kind of underground recording you always hope somebody'll unearth, but rarely does. Completely gone and twisted, over-the-top Beefheartian rotgrunt 'n bluewshowl from an early 70's band nobody'd previously heard about."
And I couldn't have said it better. Released in 1995, the E.P. consists of three tracks: "Apple Core Machine" (some really out there whacked out poetry), "I Ain't Strong", and "Demi-God."
John Goodshall is the entity to blame for this almost Edgar Broughtonesque opus. Which may be more than coincidence since the shared the same home turf. (but that's just one fellows speculation).
Sadly, I could only find two of the three tracks online, so I guess that means you'll have to go and BUY IT for the full effect! Released in 1995 on vinyl in an edition of 350, and again on cassette in 2012 on Acid Punx. (100 copies)




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Orange - "The Sun" b/w "Wait Until Sunrise" 45 1969

Early, EARLY Belgian heavy metal. Killer psych/fuzz, with a blues base and crawling pace.
This is the first of I believe four 7" singles for Orange, which were sporadically  released throughout the 70's, with the last installment in 1981.










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