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01. CAL - Key To My Heart
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02. CAL - Rock & Ride
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03. CAL - Hard Day
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06. CAL - Today (Instrumental)
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ARTIST
CAL
TITLE
Homegrown
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
OUT-SIDER
CATALOG #
OSR 046CD
OSR 046CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
7/8/2016
Out-Sider present the first reissue of
Homegrown
(1982) by
Cal
. This is a totally under-the-radar US private pressing from 1982 with '60s and '70s influenced psychedelic hard-rock full of distorted guitar and freaky synths with some mellowed-out folky moments. Cal - also known as "Cal Rock & Roll" - was a band formed in the mid '70s in New York by some veteran musicians from the club scene. The band is made up of
Larry Calabrese
on guitar & vocals,
Andy Barone
on bass,
Jerry Joly
on drums/vocals and
Jeffrey Gaer
on keyboards. Famous for their powerful live shows - one of their stellar moments was opening for
Leslie West
and
Mountain
- Cal secured a faithful fan base, especially among the biker crowd. In 1980, they recorded
Homegrown
, their only album. As the title suggests, it was self-produced by the band and recorded by Larry at his 8-track home studio. But unlike other similar private albums, there's nothing amateur here. This is a perfectly recorded & played effort, featuring well-crafted songs. There's lot of loud distorted guitar, Hammond, analog synths and some
Doors
influence on the vocals, especially on the lysergic "Couragous Cat".
Homegrown
was released in 1982 in an edition of 2000, most of which were discarded due to pressing faults. Also, the album was mastered at lower speed. This reissue has remastered sound with corrected pitch/speed. Soon after, Larry met
Todd Rundgren
at a recording studio and he expressed interest in the band and some of their songs. Famous record label Sugarhill were also interested in adding Cal to their roster but nothing came of it in the end. So
Homegrown
vanished into obscurity until some original copies were discovered by psych dealers and collectors in the '90s. "
Despite the 1982 release date, this upstate NY album feels like vintage '70s stoner music, it's mostly mild hard-rock with some psych and prog moves
" --
Aaron Milenski
(
The Acid Archives
) File next to other psych misfits such like
T Kail
,
D.R. Hooker
,
Marcus
,
Michael Angelo
. Insert with detailed liner notes and rare photos.
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