RANDY HOLDEN population II V Rare Orig US 1970 Hobbit LP Heavy Psych Blue Cheer
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Randy Holden
Population II
Very Rare original US LP released on Hobbit Records in 1970. 1st US pressing on the Green label.
Holden's first solo album (he would not release any more music for about 25 years) was a strange bridge between psychedelia and heavy metal. At times these lurching, extended songs sound like sub-Jimi Hendrix noodling. But at the same time they sound genuinely more sinister and feverish than the by-the-numbers heavy metal soloing that would become so popular starting in the early 1970s. The slow, sometimes dirge-like tempos were a result of an adventurous two-man band situation in which Holden's only accompanist was Chris Lockheed, who played drums and keyboards simultaneously and couldn't be expected to effectively keep rapid rhythms. Holden is much more of a guitar player than a singer/songwriter, but these do have some smoking sustain passages, sometimes with a stratosphere-like wobbly bite, as on "Fruits and Icebergs." According to Holden the album was never officially released, but somehow the tapes or pressings must have reached collectors, as it's been bootlegged more than once.
TRACKS ARE :-
Side One
1 Guitar Song 6:06
2 Fruit & Iceburgs 5:59
3 Between Time 1:48
4 Fruit & Iceburgs (Conclusion) 1:48
Side Two
1 Blue My Mind 6:01
2 Keeper Of My Flame 10:07
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Released on Hobbit Records in 1970
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Catalogue Number HB 5002
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Record is in Vg condition (light surface marking and some light scuffing)
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Sleeve is in Vg + condition (some rubbing and ring wear, some patches round the edges have been coloured over with a plack marker, see pictures, drill hole through the center)
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