Cold Sun - Dark Shadows '70 (2008 remaster with bonus tracks)

"Carefully remastered from the mastertapes, this album will bring new rewarding listening experiences in expanded fidelity, plus 2 unreleased non-album songs, authentic Live/Concert recordings of "Live Again"(10 min) and "Mind Aura"(7 min). The fidelity of these reel to reel Live recordings is also remarkable." --Label

"Incredible 1960s-vibe teen guitar-psych featuring autoharp wizard Bill Miller, later of Roky's Aliens. Best Rockadelic LP ever, and in my opinion the best Texas LP after "Easter Everywhere" and "Power Plant". The recordings were made in Austin 1970-71, the acetate was pressed by a band member years later just to be able to listen to the music. The Rockadelic release was mastered from the original Sonobeat tapes, not from the acetate which only features about 2/3rds of the band's material. Two completely different inserts exist for the Rockadelic release, 150 copies had one credited to Mike Ritchey, 150 copies had one credited to Arthur Bloch. [PL]
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Austin band with an obvious 'Elevators influence recorded this amazing psychedelic demo LP in '70. There's no hints of prog or hard rock on this beast though, just 100% psychedelia. Truly inspired original and uncompromising stuff, it actually sounds like the logical next step after Easter Everywhere and Bull Of The Woods - great Texas desert psych! Most songs are long and winding, full of echoey fuzz, Roky-inspired vocals, autoharp and some harmonica. It never gets into boring hippie jams though. It's more like entering a state of mind than listening to a regular album. The lyrics are also some of the best I've ever heard, managing to be totally strange/psychedelic without getting the least pretentious. Not only the best Rockadelic release, but possibly one of the best and most important psych reissues ever. Roky's first backing band, Bleibalien, were essentially made up of members from Cold Sun. Fantastic LP! [MM]" --Acid Archives

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