Track Listing: Side One: Witch Burning / My Sweet Jane / Why Side Two: You Can't Run My Life / You're Just A Dream / Bare Tree / The Drifter
Musicians: Jim Klahr - keyboards Mike Snead - lead guitar and vocals Steve Towery - drums and vocals Matt Wilson - bass and vocals
You would assume the group Salem Mass is from Massachusetts right? Wrong. In
1971 four young men from Sun Valley Idaho; Jim Klahr (keyboards), Mike
Snead (lead guitar and vocals), Steve Towery (drums and vocals), and
Matt Wilson (bass and vocals) decided that would be a good name for a
group. I was attracted to them because of their name. I am from
Massachusetts and I have a fascination with the time period in history
when the persecution of innocent victims took place. I also happen to
really enjoy most music that was made in the seventies. Psychedelic
rock wasn't one genre I really knew anything about, as my time for
really listening to music of my own choice was around 1972, when there
was a shift to heavy metal and psychedelic rock was becoming a memory.
All of this wonderful music has been a revelation of discovery for me
every time I sit and listen to another group.
The album starts
off with the title track "Witch Burning." The lead vocals are high
pitched and irritating, yet the music is powerful and subsequently
sweeps that negative factor right under the table. I am not sure who
handles vocals on what track because it's not indicated on the album
liner notes or cover. That is the only song that lacks vocally, the
rest of the album has strong vocals to match the far-reaching and
authoritative music. "My Sweet Jane" follows and it put any doubt that
I was feeling to rest quickly. I found it to be the best track on the
entire album. This music sounds fresh even today. Reviewed by: Keith "Muzikman" Hannaleck
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