Euclid – Heavy Equipment 1970 (USA, Heavy Psychedelic/Hard Rock)

24 Окт 2024 - vovchik59

Исполнитель: Euclid
Откуда: USA
Альбом: Heavy Equipment
Год выхода: 1970
Жанр: Heavy Psychedelic/Hard Rock
Формат: MP3 CBR 320
Размер архива: 78.3 МB

Euclid’s one and only album is among the very best of the late 1960’s — early 1970’s heavy rock albums of all time. Based out of Haverhill, Massachusetts, the musicians themselves come from a diverse New England garage & psych-rock background. Bassist Harold Perino Jr. (aka «Maris»), came from The Ones, a central Mass. garage band who also had a rare garage LP on the Ashwood House label. The other members were from southern Maine. Garage rockers Gary Leavitt on lead vocals & guitar, and his brother Jay Leavitt on drums were in the Cobras together. Ralph Mazzota from the psych-tinged Maine group Lazy Smoke is outright dazzling on blistering lead guitar. Pedigree aside, this is a powerful and inventive psychedelic heavy rock album that stands on its own as a great work. Euclid was signed to Bob Thiele’s Flying Dutchman Records subsidiary label, Amsterdam Records, distributed by Mainstream Records, and was one of the few, if not only «rock» releases on either label (a notable exception being the rare Minx soundtrack by The Cyrkle). With its tremendous rumbling in-your-face riffing fuzz guitars; screaming solos, backwards bits, thick fuzz bass, pounding drums and oddly-effected vocals, the album, produced by the legendary Bobby Herne, with finishing touches to the mix by Les Paul, Jr; stands proudly with one foot in the 1960s & one in the 1970s, crafting their sound with a heavy-handed metallic attitude.

Tracks:
01. Shadows Of Life — 11:35 including:
a) Shadows Of Life
b) On The Way
c) Bye Bye Baby
02. Gimme Some Lovin’ — 3:38
03. First Time Last Time — 2:52
04. Lazy Livin’ — 5:57
05. 97 Days — 3:11
06. She’s Gone — 2:47
07. It’s All Over Now — 3:23

Personnel:
Gary Leavitt — leader, guitar, vocals
Ralph Mazzotta — guitar, vocals
Maris (Harold Perino Jr.) — electric bass, vocals
Jay Leavitt — drums, vocals
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Bobby Herne — producer, arranger
Charlie Dreyer — producer, engineer

Enjoy