Chocolate Watchband - No Way Out

 

Tower 1967

01 Let's Talk About Girls

02 In The Midnight Hour

03 Come On

04 Dark Side Of The Mushroom

05 Hot Dusty Road

06 Are You Gonna Be There (At The Love Inn)

07 Gone And Passed By

08 No Way Out

09 Expo 2000

10 Gossamer Wings

Debut album from California's answer to The Rolling Stones. Unfortunately for the Chocolate Watchband, they fell foul of those awful 1960's deals. The contract gave full power to the producers who insisted on more covers than original material, removed Dave Aguilar's vocals and replaced them with a singer of their choosing on some songs and even having entire 'ghost bands' on some tracks.

Despite this, the album is still awesome and a psych must have. Material the band recorded went on to fill another two albums (along with more session player material), I'll be posting those in the future.

Father Pat Berkery - Prayers For A Noonday Church

 

Glasgow 1969

01 Baptism/Silent Night

02 Confession/Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent

03 An Altar/O Lord, I Am Not Worthy

04 Chalice/Panis Angelicus

05 Priesthood/Sing, My Tongue, The Saviors Glory

06 Seminary/Onward Christian Soldiers

07 Celibacy/Holy, Holy, Holy

08 Blessings/O God, From Whom All Blessings Flow

09 Preaching/To Jesus Christ Our Sovereign King

10 Sick Call/Dies Irae

Ridiculously rare curio from 1969. Father Pat Berkery was a hip priest from St. Louis who coupled his sermons with fuzz guitar west coast psychedelic rock. Never re-issued and hard to find.

Gila - S/T

 

BASF 1971

01 Aggression

02 Kommunikation

03 Kollaps

04 Kontakt

05 Kollektivität

06 Individualität

Haven't had any Krautrock in a while. Gila Füchs came from a Stuttgart political commune and this, their debut album (sometimes referred to as 'Free Electric Sound', was released in 1971.

Psychedelic German space rock, with jamming and sound effects. For fans of Agitation Free.

"HERE IT COMES THE BIG WAVE OF AGGRESSION!"