1968 SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET HONKY BLUES Garage
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~ 1968 SCARCE ORIGINAL ~
GRITTY ELECTRIFIED BLUESROCK COLLECTIBLE
SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET
HONKEY BLUES
...USA -SMASH RECORDS - SRS 67108
TOP COPY !
CLEAN original 1968 first pressing in old unipack gatefold cover...one of the QUINTET's BEST Lp's....
Contains the SCARCE original YELLOW inner sleeve to the pressing
The 1968 raucous recordings of the Sir Douglas Quintet have stayed fresh, and the tracks on their first album "Honky Blues" will keep fans buzzing for the ages...
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Plain and simple, this is the best gritty blues/soul rock out there. Electric Flag may have had more raw talent than the Sir Dougless Quintet, but Sir Dougless was smarter.
At the peek of rock getting a massive tye-dye, this band does not, like the Flag on its 1968 release A Long Time Comin' try to psychedelicize the R&B, when here, Sir Douglas and crew leave it pure so it radiates on its own massive power. Pure does not mean simple: this music has all kinds of complex moves, and the songs are full of compositional adventure. The singer sounds a little like Jack Bruce, and at times, the band does in fact sound like a less experiemtnal Cream. But, again, on its own terms...
It is hard to believe that this is the first Sir Douglas Quintet album, as it seems like the kind of experimental venture an artist might try after a handful of successful albums have already been released. The electic nature of bandleader Doug Sahm is undisputed, but this has got to be his album with his most experimental leanings, again not something one would expect. The type of themes that Sahm would return to again and again in his songwriting are here, delivered by a grouping that lacks one of the essential sparkplugs in the Sir Douglas Quintet engine, keyboard man Augie Meyers. There is presumed to be compensation in the form of a total of five members, and someone decided to record them with enough reverb to submerge a whale. A total of seven songs that get a loping, jamming treatment that gets the message across. Certainly a promising, original album well above the level of most rock-bands-with-experiments of this era of the sixties...
A:
Are Inlaws Really Outlaws
Sell a Song
A Song of Everything
B:
Can You Dig My Vibrations
Glad for Your Sake
Whole Lotta Peace of Mind
You Never Get Too Big and You Sure Don't Get Too Heavy, That You Don't Have to Stop and Pay Some Dues Sometimes
CONDITION: The cover: in old style unipak cover is solid M- clean all over... tiny bb delete at top left is all ... No seam splits, no bends, no writing. Just careful use, looks VERY collectible.
The vinyl: all glossy & clean both sides M- plays highly enjoyable, TOP LEVEL clear/clean audio playback
keeper copy!
A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTIBLES!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for more & more of similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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