Tracks : 1 You're A better Man Than I 2 Saturday's Son 3 Feathered Fish 4 Baby Show The World 5 Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day 6 Take My Hand
Review: Six
of their rare songs, probably dubbed from the vinyl of the original
singles. "Baby Show the World" is first-class psychedelic raunch; "Take
My Hand" is a poppy number with nice harmonies that sounds kind of like
a raw, garage-psychedelic Monkees; and "Saturday's Son," their best
track, is a taut, Love-ish rocker with both harmonies and hard-driving
guitars. Things get even more Love-ish, naturally, on their cover of
the Arthur Lee-penned "Feathered Fish," which guitarist Randy Holden
would also record with his next band, the Other Half. This seven-inch
EP reissue is hard to find these days, but is definitely worth picking
up if you're into rare psychedelia or garage music, as they were one of
the best California bands that didn't last or succeed for one reason or
another. ~by Richie Unterberger
Biography: Releasing a few
obscure singles in the mid-'60s, this Los Angeles psychedelic band is
primarily remembered for just two things. Their guitarist, Randy
Holden, went on to Blue Cheer, and they recorded an Arthur Lee
composition, "Feathered Fish," which Love never released in their own
version. The slim evidence that survives on record suggests they were a
good band, though, striking a midpoint between garage pop and
California freakouts, and employing distortion and feedback when those
traits were still innovative. Their material has been very hard to come
by, although an EP reissue appeared in 1980s; someone should reissue
their singles on CD, or pad them out with any available unreleased
tapes to make an album compilation. ~by Richie Unterberger
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