THE EXKURSIONS RARE 1971 ORIGINAL VINYL HARD BLUES XIAN POWER TRIO PSYCH SEALED
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Nov 13, 2025
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"THE EXKURSIONS"
1981 private label
STILL SEALED ORIGINAL PRESSING FROM 1971!
SCARCE Original 1971 first pressing of a really good, solid and even excellent hard guitar dominated blues rocker that comes highly regarded by collectors & dealers around the globe. Led by Mike Johnson, he's all about the flash & fire that burns within.
Alright, here is a private pressed guitar magic fingers heavy blues-rock winner ...This album by THE EXKURSIONS is their first and ONLY album issued in limited quantity from 54 years ago delivering tastey blues rock with lots of burning wah-wah & fuzz guitar fills. You will find a lot of different genres of music mixed in this album. There is definitely a good amount of fuzzed out psych guitar with the band being a trio...and they kick it into gear, so at times bordering on a heavy rock feel, but never does it get too heavy. You will find it has the early Groundhogs sound that can be heard at points. The percussion is rudimentary but at the same time works very well with the vocals and guitar work...."Its Been Set Down", starts with a drum solo that after 30 or so seconds breaks into a very heavy very fuzzed out psych guitar riff that continues throughout the song.This album is owned or wanted by about every underground rock collector with a decent library of music. Again, it is a very heavy guitar dominated trio, very bluesy psych rock, so if you like bands like The Groundhogs and so forth, you won't be let down by this album, which is by far more hard to find having been released over 50 years ago on private only label...The now legendary Mike Johnson's is quite an accomplished guitarist. Not quite the Jimi Hendrix clone some reviewers would have you believe, but quite impressive - check out his work on 'Third Eye'. Also be sure to check out 'Baby You Lied' with a pair of headphones on ... great stereo engineering from Jonnzen. The main focus of the album is Chicago based psychedelic blues rock, with heavy fuzz guitar sound. Overall it's a pretty irresistable Christian leaning bluesy guitar-psych work-out featuring the prolific Mike Johnson in his younger days as a Christian laced Hendrix epigon. That being said, the Lp has to be one of the coolest x-ian albums of all time, with a confident powertrio groove, laidback Jimi-style vocals, and several truly great tracks like the above mentioned "Third Eye". Overall Mike Johnson is a truly talented guitarist and a few songs here have a fuzz sound to die for. The songwriting doesn’t match the performances, and there are a few bluesy/hard rock clichés, but for the most part this is solid hard rock and one of the best centered in the heavenly waters.... credits in part: Bad Cat records ...check 'em out, it will be worth it....
VERY RARE! TOP COPY!
COMBINED SHIPPING RECOMMENDED! INTERNATIONAL: $5 PER ADDITIONAL LP'S UP TO 4 POUNDS & DOMESTIC: IS $1 PER ADDITIONAL LP'S
ALL LP'S SHIPPED IN A PROFESSIONAL LP MAILER WITH STIFF INSERTS
THANK YOU & GOOD LUCK!
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