CAL Rock & Rolll - Homegrown (RARE ORIGINAL local NY HARDROCK/PSYCH 1982)

	€		19
	$		22

• Label: self released 1982  - ltd edition!
• Zustand: 
  Record: mint- (played only 1 - 2 x!) 
  Cover:  mint- (corners very slightly dented - still in shrink!) 
• Kommentar: von guerssen records.
  Totally under the radar US private pressing from 1982.
  
  60s/70s influenced psychedelic hard-rock full of distorted guitar and freaky synths with some mellowed-out folky moments.
  File next to other psych misfits such like T Kail, D.R. Hooker, Marcus, Michael Angelo…
  
  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: 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 & Mountain - , Cal secured a faithful fan base, especially among the biker crowd.
  
  In 1980, they recorded their only album: “Homegrown”. 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, analogue synths and some Doors influence on the vocals, especially on the lysergic “Couragous Cat”.
  
  “Homegrown” was released in 1982 in a edition of 2000 copies, most of which were discarded due to pressing faults. Also, the album mastered at lower 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 rooster 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 hardrock with some psych and prog moves…” - Aaron Milenski (Acid Archives) 
            
• Tracks:
  A1 Key To My Heart 4:15 A2 Rock & Ride 3:33 A3 Hard Day 2:46 A4 What's Going On 3:20 A5 State Of Mind 4:14 A6 Today (Instrumental) 4:10 B1 Couragous Cat 5:06 B2 Today 4:04 B3 Movin' On Down 5:19 B4 Party Party 5:03 B5 Young & Angry 1:20

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Ich löse jetzt nach und nach meine Schallplattensammlung auf, die ich in über 30 Jahren zusammengesammelt habe...

I am liquidating during the following months my record-collection after collecting for over 30 years....  

Ich biete nur originale LP's an.
I am offering only original LP's.

Zustandbeschreibung: erst LP dann Cover   

Grading:    Record / cover

Zustandsangaben:

SS = still sealed = Platte ist noch versiegelt. Dies ist aber keine Garantie für  Pressfehlerfreiheit ! /
Record is still sealed . This is not a guarantee, that the record is free of pressing-defects

mint/m : Die Platte (bzw. Cover) ist in jeder Beziehung optisch und akustisch in einem neuwertigem Zustand /
The record/cover is in every way like new !

very good /vg = Platte ist gespielt und weist leichte Fremdgeräusche auf . Haarkratzer sind vorhanden jedoch kaum hörbar. Cover hat leichte Abnutzungsspuren /
Record is used and has slight surface noise. Slight scratches may be seen but only very hard to hear. Cover shows slight traces of wear

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