J. D. Blackfoot-The Ultimate Prophecy MINT 70 HEAVY PSYCH MONSTER CLASSIC+INSERT
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J. D. Blackfoot ?– The Ultimate Prophecy (Mercury SR-61288) STONE MINT (looks unplayed) vinyl. Comes with VG++ cover with cut-out hole and crease on bottom right corner and a slight ding on the top left corner (see pix). This also includes a M- one-sided printed 11” x 11” lyric/photo insert also with a cut-out hole.
Beautiful keeper copy of PHENOMENAL 1970 psychedelic classic with some West Coast/Rural vibes. Side two’s extended multi-movement suite is an absolute intense gem of the era. Mandatory listening for anyone into Kak, Tripschord Music Box, Blue Cheer, Neil Young, or Randy Holden’s epic “Population II.”
One of the BEST major label psych LPs from that era that just gets better and better upon repeated listenings.
Tracklist: Side One: One Time Woman 3:42 Angel 3:47 We Can Try 4:06 Good Day Extending Company 4:41 I've Never Seen You 3:15
Side Two: The Ultimate Prophecy 4:57 Death's Finale 3:38 Cycles 3:29 Waiting To Be Born 5:03 Pink Sun 5:20
J.D. Blackfoot's first LP -- recorded when future Pure Prairie League member Craig Fuller was in the lineup -- was a curious affair that very much reflected prevalent trends in the world of album-oriented rock in 1970. The songs were diverse enough that they sounded as if they could have been the work of several bands, and emulated more famous acts in both good and bad ways. The first side of the album was definitely the more song-oriented one, and while the better tracks are derivative, they're pretty good derivations. Fuller's "One Time Woman" is very much in the mold of journeyman Creedence Clearwater Revival; "Angel" quite credibly approximates the kind of light, wistful folk-rock that Jesse Colin Young sang with the Youngbloods; and "I've Never Seen You" brings to mind the lightest, sweetest material of the young Neil Young. The second side, however, takes a turn for the more bombastically progressive, offering a song suite of sorts with much of the pretentious lyricism-mysticism to which this genre was particularly prone. The multi-movement structure used by some British art rock bands of the time is dusted with some West Coast psychedelic-influenced guitar arrangements, and the lyrical vision dragged down by such passages as (in "Cycles") "for my mind is but the sperm, and this earth be the womb," spoken à la some of the Moody Blues' portentous narrations. (Ritchie Unterberger/All Music Guide)
When I was growing up, The Ultimate Prophecy was something of a cult favorite, at least on one of the radio stations in St. Louis, Missouri. Mining the fertile fields of country and hard rock, the first five tracks on this disc make the strongest case for The Ultimate Prophecy as something of a lost curiosity. "One Time Woman" sports some excellent lead guitar work, and wouldn't have sounded out of place on an early Pure Prairie League album. As for the other tracks, "Good Day Extending Company" is the hardest thing on side one, although the vocal is mixed a bit low and the lyric is dumb. "I've Never Seen You" is just as melodic as the Fuller songs, but not especially memorable. And then the record flips over and goes to pot. But the first several songs are great, and if you're a fan of obscure but mostly accessible early-'70s rock with occasional country leanings, J.D. Blackfoot's The Ultimate Prophecy will introduce you to at least a few excellent songs. If ridiculous conceptual suites are your bag, well, there's something for you, too. (Tom Usetted/PopMatters)
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