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Profiles
Mystery Meat
Profiles
Genres: Pop, Rock
 
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All Artists: Mystery Meat
Title: Profiles
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Shadoks Music
Release Date: 8/23/2005
Genres: Pop, Rock
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 801670004127
 

CD Reviews

The epitome of homemade basement garage rock
hyperbolium | Earth, USA | 06/02/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)

"The provenance of this mid-60s rarity is so detailed as to make one wonder if it's a brilliant hoax. Reportedly this was recorded on a shoestring budget by five college acquaintances in the unfinished basement of an obscure Carlinville, IL small-college's administration building (itself constructed by the school's students through a work-study program), mixed through a PA system, and pressed in a tiny 100-copy custom lot, with self-made cover art, for the band members and sale through the school's student store. Spinal Tap, The Masked Marauders and other great works of fiction come immediately to mind.



Long rumored to exist, this collector's wet dream apparently came to light via the proverbial yard-sale-to-eBay trade route. With the LP's existence confirmed, Germany's Shadrock Records contacted members of the band and gained the rights for this deluxe CD release. The LP's original tracks are complimented by original cover art and extensive notes from band members Dick Leighninger (lead vocals) and Wayne Joplin (bass, songwriting). This is the epitome of mid-60s vanity garage-rock, two songwriters, a dozen original songs, and live recordings made in a concrete walled room with five mics! The cardboard box quality of the drum sound is especially mesmerizing.



Though recorded in late '67 and early '68, the organ-and-guitar dominated sound is rooted in '65 and '66. Leighninger's high-tenor vocals bring to mind Jack Bruce's singing in Cream, and though the guitar work isn't remotely comparable to Clapton's, the band still finds the same sort of psych groove now and again. The songs are catchy and inventively arranged, making this much more sophisticated than a teenage combo bashing out cover songs in a garage. The Mystery Meat had an original sound that was perfectly tempered by the limitations of recording equipment and practice time, resulting in a classic garage rock rarity. [©2007 hyperbolium dot com]"