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Artist:
MAD RIVER
Title:
Mad River
Label:
CAPITOL
Format:
LP
Price:
$13.00
Catalog #:
ST 2985HLP
Grey area exact repro of the first Mad River LP, originally release on Capitol in 1968. 180 gram virgin vinyl pressing. Classic west coast country-infused acid vibes. "Extraordinary band whose greatness has yet to be fully recognized. Unlike many I prefer the debut LP and its enticing mix of unique vocals, complex moods and angular sounds, as pure psychedelia as anything ever made in the Bay Area. The band formed at Antioch College in Ohio and recorded some demo tapes before leaving for the west coast. The debut LP recordings were accidentally sped up during the original mastering phase, which means that most releases including the 1968 original actually play at inaccurate speed." --Acid Archives
Artist:
MAD RIVER
Title:
Mad River
Label:
CAPITOL
Format:
LP
Price:
$11.50
Catalog #:
ST 2985LP
Exact repro of the debut album from this San Francisco psych band, originally released in 1968. "Mad River offered a darker brand of psychedelia than their Bay Area brethren; dissonant chord changes, oriental scales and unexpected rhythmic changes definitely did not make for a mellow vibe."
Artist:
MAD RIVER
Title:
Mad River
Label:
SUNDAZED
Format:
LP
Price:
$19.00
Catalog #:
SC 5243LP
"By far the most ominous-sounding of the Bay Area's 1960s psychedelic bands, the music of Berkeley's Mad River comes across like a spiraling, acid-spiked descent into hell. With a raw, garagey style marked by Lawrence Hammond's quavering vocals and the interlocking exchanges of guitarists David Robinson and Rick Bockner, Mad River's sound conjures a darker, more menacing version of Quicksilver Messenger Service or early Country Joe and The Fish. No wonder the quintet's self-titled 1968 debut has long been at the top of many collectors' want lists. Mad River's tabs of tortured soul -- cuts like the lysergic opening rush of 'Merciful Monks,' the lengthy, labyrinthine 'The War Goes On,' and the truly demented 'Amphetamine Gazelle' -- add up to one cathartic ride, a ride that psych-heads will be tripping all over themselves to take again and again. Sundazed's exact reproduction of this lost classic is sourced directly from the original Capitol Records stereo masters."
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