My scratch off notes from 12 years ago said: Room are yet another band from the 1970 era with female vocals, and a jazzy/bluesy/psych sound that was all the rage at the time (Affinity, Goliath, Catapilla, Frumpy, etc...). And I love everyone one of them. Room is no different, though they added a little mini-orchestra to spruce things up. Great stuff.
Honestly there just isn't that much to add. This time I heard more Sandrose in their sound (and Room were 2 years prior). Goliath might be the closest overall. Side 1 has more of a blues angle while all of side 2 is hard edged prog. An excellent album throughout, but it does require the listener to take in the time and place aspect. A charter member of my Post Psychedelic, Proto Progressive with Female Vocals list.
Ownership: CD: 1994 Si-Wan (Korea). Standard jewel case release with liner notes in Korean. Purchased new near the time of issue. There's never been a worthy LP reissue and Esoteric did put this out on CD in 2008, but I'm not sure how thorough it is. I'll probably just stick with this, as originals are a real fortune and always have been. Doubt very many copies sold originally. If a great reissue comes along I'll reconsider then.
Ownership: CD: 1994 Si-Wan (Korea). Standard jewel case release with liner notes in Korean. Purchased new near the time of issue. There's never been a worthy LP reissue and Esoteric did put this out on CD in 2008, but I'm not sure how thorough it is. I'll probably just stick with this, as originals are a real fortune and always have been. Doubt very many copies sold originally. If a great reissue comes along I'll reconsider then.
3//95; 3/11/10 (new entry); 10//12; 9/17/22 (update)
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