All Artists: Surprise Package Title: Free Up Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Release Date: 1/6/2004 Genre: Pop Style: Vocal Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 766484370922 |
Surprise Package Free Up Genre: Pop
1998 reissue & the CD debut of album by late '60s/ early'70s act from the Pacific Northwest that featured members ofThe Viceroys (who featured Jim Valley before he was in PaulRevere & The Raiders) & would later... more » | |
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Album Description 1998 reissue & the CD debut of album by late '60s/ early'70s act from the Pacific Northwest that featured members ofThe Viceroys (who featured Jim Valley before he was in PaulRevere & The Raiders) & would later be known as The AmericanEagle. The album features the freaky title cut, which issimilar in structure to Iron Butterfly's 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida'. Six tracks total. Full color picture disc. 1998 Flashrelease. |
CD ReviewsA REAL SURPRISE! John Geneve | LA, CA | 01/05/2005 (5 out of 5 stars) "This is one freaky little record. Produced by the great Lee Hazelwood, I found this on vinyl in a cut-out bin in the 80s. I bought it more as a joke and found myself really digging it. As years have gone on, with my LP copy unfortunately given away to some ungrateful friend who sold it :( I found myself actively searching for another copy of this. Well, I had no idea that this LP was so scarce with copies selling between $50.00 and $100.00 on ebay. Also, being a vinyl hound who digs through tons of bins weekly, I can say that I've never found a copy even in Los Angeles.
Suffice it to say that I was pretty stoked to find this rereleased on CD. Such an obscure rarity, this was probably dismissed as a bandwagon psychedelic release in its day with allusions to too many "hip" topics. True, the title track is pretty close to a rip on In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida with its catchy riff, extended solos and 10,000+ minute running time (okay, I'm exaggerating...) and some of the other songs are a bit self-conscious. But, hearing this today is definitely a breath of fresh air. It's completely obscure with no songs turning up (to my knowledge anyway) on any Nuggets-type or Rhino-like releases and it comes off as a real psychedelic treat. If you dig Sagitarius and Love and other 60's Psych, I would recommend this to you. It's getting hard to find even on CD, it seems! You better grab one while you can... and FREE UP!" |