Learn Ultimate Spinach 1968 [1995] Behold & See

artist/ultimate-spinach-mn0000215843">Ultimate Spinach's minute album The Penultimate Spinach (as they would brand exclusively 1 to a greater extent than LP) is a slightly to a greater extent than subdued continuation of the derivative psychedelia inwards their debut. Again, it's similar a hack accept on West Coast groups. There's artist/country-joe-the-fish-mn0000128266">Country Joe & the Fish inwards Ian Bruce-Douglas' electrical keyboards (which don't play anything every bit skillful every bit his solos on "Sacrifice of the Moon" from the firstly album); artist/jefferson-airplane-mn0000840102">Jefferson Airplane-like woman somebody vocals (by invitee vocalist Carol Lee Britt) as well as songwriting on "Where You're At"; roughly artist/quicksilver-messenger-service-mn0000317417">Quicksilver Messenger Service-type guitar arrangements on "Mind Flowers"; a tune as well as vocal reminiscent of Kaleidoscope's "Keep Your Mind Open" on "Fragmentary March of Green"; as well as more. Songwriter Bruce-Douglas' lyrics are unintentional hippie parodies without whatever irony or humor, whether solemnly aspiring to a beatnik province ("take a trip to the centre of your mind") or indicting the instantly footing ("he has an ulcer inwards his brain, from thinking of how to divorce his wife"). When the album turns to social critiques, it's uncertain whether the band is trying to mimic the Mothers of Invention without the wit, or whether they're unwittingly embodying the really kinds of groups whom the Mothers took the piss out of on We're Only inwards It for the Money. 

A psychedelic stone masterpiece, a musical tour-de-force from 1968 as well as the minute album from the Boston psychmasters. Weird vocal structures, off the wall lyrics, role of odd instruments. Reverb, feedback, drone.
More complex compositions, such every bit the suite inwards iv movements 'Genesis of Beauty' as well as "Fragmentary March of Green', 2 pieces soaked inwards mysticism.. 'Jazz Thing' as well as 'Mind Flowers' experimented amongst fifty-fifty to a greater extent than odd tempos as well as atmosphere, acre the graceful "Gilded Lamp Of The Cosmos" exemplifies the best of their psychedelic folk ballads.This album's songs focus on a hippie guild which would eventually give means to suburbia, status-symbols, relationships, religion as well as success. Beneath the "Mind Flowers" musical streams of consciousness was a painting of life inwards a changing guild at the firstly of the novel ‘70s decade. As the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist as well as songwriter Ian Bruce-Douglas, Ultimate Spinach privileged long elaborated suites, alternating instrumental passages, verse as well as multipart vocals (the phonation of Barbara Hudson reminding Grace Slick as well as Sonja Kristina) amongst original arrangements, including flutes, sitar, harpsichord as well as the electronic Theremin instrument.
IAN BRUCE DOUGLAS :"My lyrics own got e'er come upward from 2 places: from my ain observations as well as experiences as well as from that Dream Place the Shaman walks in. Some of the lyrics I write; roughly of the lyrics are written through me. Either way, don't necessitate heed to my lyrics if you're looking for that warm-and-cuddly feeling "We Are The World" gives. Listen to my lyrics because you lot desire to live on reminded that you lot are live on as well as capable of independent actions: that it's all correct to live on "unique" instead of common...or because you lot desire to live on taken to surrealistic places non accessible inwards the 9-to-5 world...or, if you're actually nuts, for BOTH reasons! My materials has ALWAYS been nighttime as well as my sense of sense of humour is non for folks who dig Chevy Chase movies or TV sitcoms".

Tracks:

All tracks written yesteryear Ian Bruce-Douglas.
01. Gilded Lamp Of The Cosmos – 3:01
02. Visions Of Your Reality – 5:50
03. Jazz Thing – 6:39
04. Mind Flowers – 9:35
05. Where You’re At – 3:09
06. Suite: Genesis Of Beauty (in iv parts) – 9:45
07. Fifth Horseman Of The Apocalypse – 5:56
08. Fragmentary March Of Green – 6:37
Bonuses:
09. Mind Flowers (mono version) – 9:32
10. Fragmentary March Of Green (mono version) – 6:35

Personnel:

– Ian Bruce-Douglas – vocals, electrical pianos, organ, vibes, electrical guitar, recorders
– Barbara Jean Hudson – acoustic guitar, woman somebody vocals
– Geoffrey Winthrop – electrical guitar
– Richard Nese – bass
– Russell Levine – drums, percussion
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– Carol Lee Britt – woman somebody vocals
– Alan Lorber – producer