Browse by Artist: JOSEFUS

Artist:	JOSEFUS
Title:	Josefus...Plus
Label:	AKARMA (ITALY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	AK 361CD

"Authors of two albums published in 1970, the Texas based Josefus are the quintessence of hard psych made in the USA -- a gritty sound featuring prominent guitar and a solid and agile rhythmic base. This second album by Josefus, released a year after their debut, confirms their place as one of the most interesting and underestimated bands of the era. Largely influenced by early Zeppelin and British blues, Josefus deftly brought late sixties hard rock into the '70s, anticipating sounds that would later become synonymous with bands like ZZ Top and giving birth to a genre that would eventually give way to heavy metal. This reissue also features 6 bonus tracks. 'Country Boy' and 'Crazy Man' were taken from a rare 1969 single, 'I Love You' comes from their very first session when the band was still known as United Gas, and three tracks recorded live in 1969 at Houston's Love Street Light Circus."

Artist:	JOSEFUS
Title:	Light In Heaven: Early Studio & Live Recordings
Label:	FAN CLUB (SPAIN)
Format:	LP
Price:	$26.00
Catalog #:	FAN 1010LP

"Early 7" outtakes and live tracks never released on vinyl before. Josefus was one of the first American bands to bridge late-'60s hard rock with early-'70s heavy metal. Their two albums, both released in 1970, were extremely influenced by early Led Zeppelin, and to a lesser degree other heavy British and American rock groups from the end of the '60s. Blues-rock formed much of the base; Pete Bailey's high tortured vocals owed much to the Robert Plant school, and the songs were built around crunching riffs. But the songs and riffs, mostly in a downbeat foreboding posture, weren't all that good. If Josefus was a pioneer, it was in the sense that the band was one of the first models for the blunt sound of Texas hard rock and heavy metal, to be expounded upon with much greater success by the likes of ZZ Top."

Artist:	JOSEFUS
Title:	Josefus
Label:	MAINSTREAM
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	MAIN S/6127CLP

Exact repro edition of this LP, originally issued in 1970. This is the limited edition colored vinyl version. "Authors of two albums published in 1970, the Texas based Josefus are the quintessence of hard psych made in the USA -- a gritty sound featuring prominent guitar and a solid and agile rhythmic base. This second album by Josefus, released a year after their debut, confirms their place as one of the most interesting and underestimated bands of the era. Largely influenced by early Zeppelin and British blues, Josefus deftly brought late sixties hard rock into the '70s, anticipating sounds that would later become synonymous with bands like ZZ Top and giving birth to a genre that would eventually give way to heavy metal."

Artist:	JOSEFUS
Title:	Dead Man/Get Off My Case
Label:	SUNDAZED
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	SC 11066CD

First legit CD reissue of this legendary Texas group. Includes their self-released first album, Dead Man, from 1970, plus the demos from 1969 (later issued as the Get Off My Case album). "Pete Bailey's banshee vocals, Dave Mitchell's howling guitar and Doug Tull's cosmic thud made Josefus the uncontested lone Star state hi-decibel heavyweight champ. Deadman, their hideously rare first longplayer -- joined here by the previously unreleased version of the album -- is a bare-knuckled slugfest with the devastating wallop of a Texas tornado. Never before seen photos, new liner notes, and 14 killer tracks all taken from the original masters complete definitive Josefus package!"

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