The Lewis And Clarke Expedition: S/T
Buffalo Springfield-esque folk-rock lp on the RCA subsidiary Colgems. At times this gets just a tiny bit too cheesed out for it’s own good, but the solid tracks more than make up for it. These guys handle folked out trippy sitar stuff and straight ahead fuzzed out rockers equally well. Top-notch production and arrangements as well. Don’t know why you don’t hear about this one more often.
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the theme of ‘straight ahead fuzzed out’
Seems to be very commun. I have a disc
with the same melodies.(pseudo religious)
I think they took some traditional stuff
and put them on a few pop lyrics.
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if you want more info on this , I can give you a 33′ rip and a cover.It’s absolutely the same theme
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both tracks are nice..whereas the folky sample must be “House of My Sorrow”, could you please indicate the title of the “straight ahead fuzzed out rocker…) Thanks
an all time favorite! Way, way underrated.
“House of My Sorrow” is one of my top pop psych songs.
yes!, “house of my sorrow” is one of the BEST psych song ever! really…
I’ve had this LP for more than 20 years. I wish there was less sappy stuff on side 1, but the best stuff–“House of My Sorrow,” “Blue Revelations,” and “Destination Unknown” (the source of the straight ahead fuzz)–is great indeed.
It’s especially strange that you don’t hear about this LP more often because the shortest guy, the one in the orange fringe jacket, is Michael Martin Murphey! Yes, Mr. “Wildfire” himself, an old Texas buddy of Mike Nesmith’s.
In addition, the biggest guy, in the hat, is John London, an old pal of Michael Nesmith’s (and Nez’ double on the Monkees’ TV show) who later played bass with Nez in the First National Band.
It’s likely that Nesmith used his weight to get the Lewis & Clarke Expedition a deal to put this record out on the Monkees’ label, Colgems.