Mighty Baby were one of the big names in the collecting world of the 1980s. And I was very fortunate to stumble onto their second album A Jug of Love at a used record store during that period (for all of about $5). I couldn't wait to play it, only to hear what I would call country rock. Whaaaat??? I couldn't it get out of the collection fast enough. Fortunately it was the rarer of the 2 albums and I was able to trade it for something more to my tastes that was also rare (you should see what this goes for now - not for me!). I haven't heard A Jug of Love since then, but I'm sure I'd appreciate it more these days. But back then I thought everyone was insane calling Mighty Baby a great psychedelic band.
Oh. They meant this album, something I didn't get to hear for another 10 years after A Jug of Love. Now I get it! Interesting to hear this back to back with the Gun album that I also just reported on. There are many similarities between the two. Mighty Baby are a bit less direct and intense, but the songwriting is more advanced. Why there is no doubt the music belongs to the psychedelic genre, Mighty Baby have some early progressive rock components. Clearly they were a talented band who could have taken the music to new levels of complexity, and possibly some commercial success (it was the early 70s after all). But instead they went the route of the Grateful Dead. Which didn't work out for them obviously. Anyway, easy recommendation for psych fans.
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