All reviews by hcrink
David Hemmings: HappensEven though I knew what this was when I found it, I didn’t have high hopes for it being good. I figured guy from Blow Up + record that bombed = bogus psych moves. I mean, come on, how good could it be? The guy was an actor!
David Kessner/Rudy Helm: Music For Progressive Relaxation Vol.1Decent new age lp from early 80’s Mill Valley, CA. It’s basically your usual mix of analog synths, flutes, and nature sounds, but it also gets just a tiny bit jazzy at times which is interesting. Some of it veers dangerously near to mystical smooth jazz territory, but much of it is quite cosmic and […]
David Pritchard: Nocturnal Earthworm StewI’d never heard of David Pritchard when I picked up this mid-70’s lp on Island. It just looked interesting, so I gave it a try - WOW! Super duper great record! Just as the title says, it is a real stew. An other-worldly concoction of electronic and acoustic sounds simmering and bubbling over. Reminds me […]
David Wilkerson: The Coming PersecutionDefinitely one of the best Christian covers I’ve ever seen. I, however, was hoping the sermon would be a bit more crazed based on the liner notes. But, while Mr. Wilkerson’s prophecies seem pretty radical in print, the way he explains them leaves one wondering just how much divine help was actually needed to come […]
Deirdre Wilson TabacKind of a hard album to describe - a bit too horny to be “folk funk”, but a bit too whussed out to be “horn rock”. It would seem that “the Tabac” was the brainchild of producer Sonny Casella - who, in the liner notes, reminds us that “You got to dig it to dig […]
Demetrio Gonzalez - Mariachi ElectronicoI really thought this one was gonna be good.
Diego De Cossio: S/TReally cool Mexican surf guitar lp on the Dimsa label. Lots of reverb/tremoloed out versions of 60’s pop hits. His version of the Beatles “Michelle” is especially nice. Love the cover too.
Dogwood: Out In The OpenI’m too afraid to actually listen to this record.
Don JuANONYMOUS - Deep Bottoms & Thirsty ThroatsWOW.
Dr. Jacques Hondorus - Within: A Cosmic OdysseyFairly cool mystical spoken word record from the “You Institute, Inc.” in Los Angeles, Ca. I’ve had this a few times, but it honestly doesn’t ever get much play. The cover alone makes it pretty worthwhile though…
Ecology Sea in Song and Ballad“Hey, I know, let’s get ripped and record some songs about the ocean for kids.” I suppose one of the beauties of making your own record is that there’s no one to tell you no… as is evident on this custom job devoted to stoner octopus ballads and the like. Not that I’m knocking […]
Eddie Baxter: Super OrganI realize that after uncovering possibly thee DIY keyboard gem in Ron Lasiter, master diggers made of lesser stuff would probably just rest on their laurels. Wallowing in their new e-fame, visions of fantasy dancing in their head, they’d become lazy and complacent. Disgusting. I am no such person. For I’m still out relentlessly “diggin’ […]
Ella and Leroy: It’s A Good DayYet another selection of such firm mediocrity it seemed only fair to include it in the Waxidermical canon. It definitely has that can’t-quit-put-my-finger-on-it quality that makes it hard to dismiss and harder still to actually compliment. Well, I guess I’m probably leaving out too many of the vitals for you the reader to draw your […]
Ellison Family: Roots Of My SoulI know nothing about the Ellison Family, so, rather than write nothing, I’ll tell you how I came to posses this record.
(cue hypnotic music/enter flashback scene)…
Emerson Meyers: Provocative ElectronicsHow this harsh electronic record snuck into the catalog of ABC’s Classical reissue label Westminster Gold is definitely one of the great mysteries of our time. I mean, sure, they were hip to put pictures of naked chicks on the front of Bach lp’s, but that in no way could have prepared listeners for the […]
Eric Dimson: That Latin Feelin’I waste dollar bills at thrift shops in search of the ultimate lounge record the way chain smokin’ grannies fritter away their Social Security on lottery scratchers. If I could curb this habit a bit I’d probably be driving a nicer car, but every now and again you end up with something pretty sweet - […]
Evelyn Lohoefer DeBoeck: Music For Movement ExpressionI was totally unprepared for an avant-jazz freakout on an Educatinal Activities Inc. record - but that is exactly what a couple tracks on here are. Prepared piano with bass and percussion that reminds me of something you might hear on an ESP-Disk lp. I was amazed to say the least. The rest is quite […]
Faith For Today Quartet - Choose YeThat wacky Jesus is at it again! Here he is stopping a man in the middle of the road & using the bible to convince him to run off & leave his wife & family. If you’ve seen it once, you’ve seen it a thousand times.
Father Ian and Caroline‘Nuther interesting record made by one of those “hip priests”. Some of the stuff on here is pretty cheese, but there are a couple fun pop-psych things. I especially dig this track, with it’s mix of groovy sounds and apocalyptic imagery.
Flight: S/TIt seems you could look through records weekly for the rest of your natural life and you’d still be finding these one-off obscurities on Capitol as you keeled over and died. As an example I present: Flight. Definitely walking the line between goofy and great, but there is something I like a whole lot about […]
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