Search - Various :: Sixties Rebellion 8

One superb track for Love fans...

nicjaytee | London | 03/17/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Ignore the truly awful cover, ignore the fact that virtually all of the tracks are worse than the originals and buy this album for one thing only - "Feathered Fish" by The Sons of Adam - a 1966 psychedelic "classic" penned by Arthur Lee that was, unbelievably, never recorded by Love. With a driving beat that's up there with "7 & 7 Is", insidious Love-style harmonies and a typically soaring guitar-break it not only sounds like Love but features Michael Stuart on drums and (as rumour has it) Lee himself somewhere in the production. Certainly, it would have ranked as the stand-out track on their first album if they'd got round to recording it... which, of course, begs the question why they didn't. Even more intriguing is why, to this day, it's been virtually impossible to find... anywhere. It's a lot of money to pay for one track but, for any serious Love fan, it's worth every penny."